Free Again by Egill Sæbjörnsson is IIL‘s fourth proto-langspil release

The Intelligent Instruments Label releases its second proto-langspil track next Friday: Free Again by Egill Sæbjörnsson. Egill was one of the artists we got to write for an album featuring diverse proto-langspil tracks.

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD8oRXBgBpE

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/30Pzx8I1TmWWJEVjpnrrKf?si=hvEA4JOEReS5s6jySbHNLg

All the proto-langspil tracks: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3jsrfO6fknJ2eyW783RSLV?si=65362cdd69b241d0

Egill Sæbjörnsson is a visual artist that is also known for his music, both as a musician, composer and as an explorer in the field of music. He has often collaborated with his friends from S.L.Á.T.U.R. such as Áki Ásgeirsson, Magnús Jensson and Halldór Úlfarsson. His music got know when the album Tonk of the lawn came out on BadTaste Smekkleysa Records in the year 2000. On that album is the song “I love you so” that is well known in Iceland and has reached international airplay. He has since then released a few albums, but the last one, Moonlove, was released on The Vinyl Factory London, but the release concert was held at HAU Theatre Berlin the same year. In his art installations with video projections and sound he often create sculptures that are at the same time: non-human performers, musical instruments, and the musical score at the same time.

In the song Free again, Egill solely used the proto-langspil created at the IIL, sampling techniques and recordings of his own voice. The song was done fast and was finished within one hour. Egill is convinced that the future of music making is bound to the invention of new musical instruments and is highly content to get the opportunity to experiment with this new invention.

Josh Wilkinson did the mastering. The project is supported by the Recording fund and Composer’s fund of Bylgjan and Stöð 2.

Egill Sæbjörnsson was born in 1973 in Iceland and is currently based in Berlin. He has been making artworks that bring together 3D environments, digital projections, technology, and sound since the 1990s. These range from small intimate installations in museum and gallery settings to larger-scale permanent architectural installations. Sæbjörnsson conceives his work as a technological continuation of painting and sculpture, exploring the space between the virtual and physical. His work is playful and humorous but always probes deeper ontological and philosophical questions. Sæbjörnsson gives regular performance lectures in which he explores the theoretical underpinnings of his practice.

LINKS:

@egillsaebjoernsson

http://egills.de

https://smekkleysa.net/shop/international-music/vinyl/egills-tonk-of-the-lawn/

https://thevinylfactory.com/product/egill-saebjornsson-moonlove/

First release: https://iil.is/news/langspil_album

Second release: https://iil.is/news/langspil_kira_ey

Third release: https://iil.is/news/trio_for_lokkur

Free Again eftir Egil Sæbjörnsson er fjórða lag af langspilsplötu IIL

Egill Sæbjörnsson er myndlistarmaður sem einnig er þekktur fyrir vinnu sína með tónlist, bæði sem lagahöfundur, flytjandi og sem rannsakandi tónlistar, oft í samvinnu við vini sína úr S.L.Á.T.U.R. hópnum á Íslandi. Má þar einna helst nefna Áka Ásgeirsson, Magnús Jensson og Halldór Úlfarsson. Hann varð þekktur fyrir tónlist sína þegar plata hans Tonk of the lawn kom út á Smekkleysu árið 2000. Á þeirri plötu má finna lagið “I love you so” sem er velþekkt á Íslandi og þó víðar væri leitað. Hann hefur síðar gefið út nokkrar hljómplötur en sú síðasta, Moonlove, kom út árið 2019 á The Vinyl Factory í London, en útgáfutónleikar plötunnar fóru fram í HAU Theatre í Berlín sama ár. Í myndlistarverkum sínum vinnur hann oft með performans skúlptúra og sér videóskúlptúra sína sem hljóðfæri, sem virðast gefa frá sér hljóð og performera sem ómennskir (non-human) flytjendur.

Í laginu Free Again studdist Egill einungis við prótó-langspilið frá IIL, sampl tækni og upptöku eigin raddar. Það var unnið hratt og var klárað á innan við klukkutíma. Hann segist sannfærður um að tilurð nýrra hljóðfæra sem undirstaða framþróunar tónlistar og er mjög ánægður með að fá að spreyta sig á þessari nýju uppfinningu.

Lagið á Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD8oRXBgBpE

Lagið á Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/30Pzx8I1TmWWJEVjpnrrKf?si=hvEA4JOEReS5s6jySbHNLg

Öll lög plötunnar sem eru komin út: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3jsrfO6fknJ2eyW783RSLV?si=65362cdd69b241d0

Josh Wilkinson sá um hljómjöfnun. Verkefnið er styrkt af Hljóðritasjóði og Tónskáldasjóði Bylgjunnar og Rásar 2.

Egill Sæbjörnsson fæddist í Reykjavík 1973 en býr og starfar í Berlín. Hann hefur fengist við að búa til listaverk sem tengja saman þrívíð rými, stafrænar videó varpanir, ný svið tækni og hljóð frá því á tíunda áratug síðustu aldar. Verkin eru allt frá smáum innsetningum í söfnum og gallerínum upp í stærri listaverk í almenningsrýmum borga. Egill sér verk sín sem einhvers konar tæknibundna framþróun málverksins og höggmyndarinnar og rannsakar rýmin milli sýndarveruleika og hlutveruleikans. Verkin hans eru gjarnan full af leik og innihalda gjarnan ákveðin léttleika en spyrja einnig samtímis dýpri og ágengrari spurninga um lífið og tilveruna. Egill flytur reglulega gjörningafyrirlestra þar sem hann rannsakar fræðilegar undirliggjandi uppsprettur verka hans.

HLEKKIR:

@egillsaebjoernsson

http://egills.de

https://smekkleysa.net/shop/international-music/vinyl/egills-tonk-of-the-lawn/

https://thevinylfactory.com/product/egill-saebjornsson-moonlove/

Fyrsta lag: https://iil.is/news/langspil_album

Annað lag: https://iil.is/news/langspil_kira_ey

Þriðja lag: https://iil.is/news/trio_for_lokkur