Highlights of the evening were king and cross and torrent, two of the most active tracks on his album. Asgeirs angelic falsetto and soulrich voice lends optimism and wisebeyondhisyears insights to the electric guitarladen surge torrent and twinkling title track. Pet sounds presents asgeir torrent presents, pets, favors, gifts, gift. The hopefilled album bursts with warm acoustic guitars, jubilant horns and majestic piano, recalling bon iver, mew, kings of convenience and james blake. I used to tell most people that i didnt feel any pressure, he laughs now. Buy in the silence deluxe edition by asgeir mp3 download online from 7digital united states over 30 million high quality tracks in our store. Asgeirs second album, afterglow, is quite a different trip. On august 20, asgeir released the video for king and cross, the debut single from the. The icelandic artist has spent three years honing and perfecting the eleven tracks that. Sign up for free to append your song lyrics or to facilitate musical culture. Nov 12, 2014 asgeirs track king and cross is from the deluxe limited edition of the album in the silence order asgeirs new album afterglow here. Since the arrival of bjork and sigur ros in the 1990s, iceland has developed into musics geographical curio. Still the melody, lyrics and overall production are listenable over and over. Asgeir returns in 2017 with his highly anticipated brand new album, afterglow.
Glistening nighttime dew, and she is walking with me. What surprises you most since iceland and the world listen to your songs. Singles unbound and stardust soar skywards on top of a buoyant keyboard line not dissimilar to the one that elevated king and cross far above your standard folktronica fare. Torrents wash away everything raindrops flowing all around queen takes king, the pawns are falling onto the ground over you and me, there is rising the pink moon. Oct 29, 20 a little mystified as to how the title got translated to king and cross when i cannot find a reference to a cross in the song. The icelandic artist has spent three years honing and perfecting the eleven tracks that make up this magnificent and affecting body of work. This one permits to promote artists, understand lyrics, provide french translations etc. He was an overnight success in his native iceland, where the then 21yearold released his 2012 debut album, dyr. Wrecking ball king and cross acoustic was there nothing torrent king and cross in the silence higher going home summer. Merciless though the wind takes hold with freezing cold. Asgeir king and cross official music video youtube. Cross the line glamorous i gotta feeling imma be ordinary people save room where is the love adams, william american boy beep do my thang adams, yolanda shining star adamski killer adamson, barry tupelo adamson, harold an affair to remember. The heaviest of weights knocks me to the ground, right down to the dew that sparkles on the ground.
Hes following very much the same path as bon iver and james blake, experimenting in distortion, testing the boundaries of sound. Although the wind is blowing and the gloom is in the air out where the ocean meets the northern hemisphere and in the cold of winter. On august 20, asgeir released the video for king and cross, the debut single from the prospective album with john grant appearing in the single release. Nov 24, 2014 two weeks ago, so so gay premiered the stunning electric piano version of asgeirs international debut single king and cross. Let your light shine now, this burden weighs me down.
I alreaedy added the most important chord variations. King and cross off the album in the silence order asgeirs new album afterglow here. In 20, he started using the mononym asgeir as his recording name. He began moving pianos with his father, who owned a piano store and needed someone to help him. Asgeir trausti einarsson is an icelandic singersongwriter and musician. With the release of dyrd i daudathogn, icelandic singer songwriter asgeir has become something of an overnight sensation in his countrys music scene breaking all records to become icelands fast. I really like this solo piano version of king and cross.
Learn to play guitar by chord tabs using chord diagrams, transpose the key, watch video lessons and much more. Asgeir king and cross by asgeir music free listening. He performs with his own band, the asgeir trausti band. Upon graduation he moved to montreal and worked at west end piano refurbishing and moving pianos professionally. Our love affair around the world daybreak everything i have is yours ferryboat serenade. Asgeir performs king and cross gigwise session yoga holidays, iceland, beats. He released in 2012 an album entirely composed in icelandic dyr. Paroles musique is the best of music in lyrics and legal. Much of in the silence recalls perthera bon iver, such as torrent currently itunes single of the week which combines a melancholic piano riff with bursts of impassioned drumming. For his followup record, asgeir elects to push ever further down the welltrodden path that leads from borderline acoustica over to pure electronica. Glistening nighttime dew, and she is walking with me from the house of red, i hear a child crying foxes heading home, their prey hangs from their jaws and the forest knows. Icelandic sonic tapestry weaver asgeir with a set of truly spellbinding music, recored on september 5th by the alwayspresent vpro described in his native iceland as melodicfolk, asgeir is a. Asgeir is the 21 year old icelandic singer asgeir trausti, whose debut album dyr. The video was shot by ivar kristjan ivarsson and is edited by gu.
We wanted to learn more about his album in the silence, his inspiration and thes songs, king and cross and torrent which haunt us from the moment we first listen to them. Born asgeir trausti einarsson in the diminutive hamlet of laugarbakki, icelandic singersongwriter asgeir specializes in intimate, soulful songs that span indie electronic and atmospheric folk. Asgeirs voice which is softly spoken amd heavily layered is one of the most unique parts to this album. King and cross, the closest thing to a hit, with a video full of authentic norse elves and trolls. Torrent chords by asgeir learn how to play chords diagrams. A little mystified as to how the title got translated to king and cross when i cannot find a reference to a cross in the song. For a country roughly the size of pittsburgh, iceland has produced quite a few huge musical exports.
He grew up in a tiny icelandic island where silence reigned. Released 28 october 20 on one little indian catalog no. Higher based on an electronic loop, doubled with a grand piano. F dm a bb am gm bbm d chords for asgeir where is my mind. Like bjork, sigur ros, of monsters and men, and olafur arnalds, asgeir is beginning to garner a large following outside of his home country, and, with tracks like torrent, it may not be long before he is a household name. Blending the jerky strum of acoustic guitar with lucid funk bass grooves and semijazz drum beats was a bold gamble, but the result is a folktronica anthem if ever there was such a thing that oozes swagger out of. Asgeir trausti einarsson is an icelandic singersongwriter born in 1992. Accurate asgeir guitar, bass, drum, piano, guitar pro and power tabs at 911tabs. Deriving from folk roots and a scope of other personal influences, icelandic singersongwriter asgeir is an artist who approaches emotional expression with s. Nov 27, 2014 the songs vary in feel from the deep immersion higher track 1 and going home track 7 to more intense upbeat torrent track 6 and in the silence track 2. He discovers music by johnny cash, dylan and other nirvana.
Official site of icelandic singersongwriter, asgeir. Torrent chords by asgeir with chords drawings, easy version, 12 key variations and much more. Aug 08, 20 king and cross is the title of the english debut single of icelandic singer and songwriter asgeir trausti who simply uses his first name as stage moniker. Since winning the icelandic music award for best album of the year in his home country a few years ago, asgeir trausti best known simply as. King piano moving was founded in 1999 by sean king. What can you tell us about the track king and cross. Our music community which gather together 3 814 members to keep a cultural database. Roland td11k electronic drum kit reaper studio software sony vegas movie studio hd all respective rights goes to asgeir and the record. In his icelandic releases, he was credited as asgeir trausti.
Asgeir in the silence alternative written in music. Glistening nighttime dew, and she is walking with me from the house of red, i hear a child crying foxes heading home, their prey hangs from their jaws. Queen takes king, the pawns are falling onto the ground. Asgeir trausti surprised us, his songs touched us all in different ways. Perhaps it is the lands extreme isolation, pristine nature and clandestine mythology that guide even the most ordinary of musicians to melodic bliss, or perhaps its just that these guys are more talented than the rest of the world. Of the music actually on in the silence, you may have already heard asgeirs disarmingly wonderful ditty, king and cross. The songs vary in feel from the deep immersion higher track 1 and going home track 7 to more intense upbeat torrent track 6 and in the silence track 2. While attending the university of albany and playing football for the great danes, sean worked parttime for adm piano moving. The 1956 film soundtrack album for director walter langs adaptation of the king and i is distinguished from the broadway cast album chiefly by the expanded orchestrations, played by the large studio orchestra conducted by alfred newman, and by the presence of marni nixon in the role of anna leonowens. Then i recorded the piano, drums, guitars and then the vocals, in that order. He also plays guitar in the icelandic band the lovely lion. Mar 02, 2018 king and cross, the closest thing to a hit, with a video full of authentic norse elves and trolls. In the silence laat een groot talent horen wiens muziek absoluut niet als van een debutant klinkt.
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