Jóhann Jóhannson - IBM 1402 Card Read-Punch
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Uploaded by Sykiesfk on Feb 17, 2011
Artist: Jóhann Jóhannson
Album: IBM 1401, A User's Manual
Released: October 24, 2006
Tracklist:
1. Part 1 - IBM 1401 Processing Unit [8:32]
2. Part 2 - IBM 1403 Printer [9:33]
3. Part 3 - IBM 1402 Card Read-Punch [10:23]
4. Part 4 - IBM 729 II Magnetic Tape Unit [7:15]
Voice: Erna Ómarsdóttir
5. Part 5 - The Sun's Gone Dim And The Sky's Turned Black [7:09]
Lyrics By [Text Based On A Poem By]: Dorothy Parker
Voice: Jóhann Jóhannsson
Inspired by a recording of an IBM mainframe computer which Jóhann's father, Jóhann Gunnarsson, made on a reel-to-reel tape machine more than 30 years ago, the piece was originally written to be performed by a string quartet as the accompaniment to a dance piece by the choreographer Erna Ómarsdóttir. For the album version, Jóhann rewrote the entire score, and it was recorded by a sixty-piece string orchestra. He also added a new final section and incorporated electronics alongside those original tape recordings of the singing computer.
The full story of the album can be read at www.ausersmanual.org
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Fucking beautiful! So relaxing and emotional. Music is perfect if you want to write! :)
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this is too beautiful...
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Absolutely phenomenal. Bought the CD as soon as I heard this - this should be in everyone's life.
Must stop typing now; I seem to have something in my eye...
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Gave me goosebumps. Thank you for uploading this.
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Why does this not have more views? This song is what I consider to be true beauty. Nothing compares.
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Deeply awesome
priels1240 10 months ago 7