Englabörn

Tense, anxious, ambient. Strings pulsate nervously, with lines that emerge from the frozen foggy sound gradually and crystallize as melodies - the pulse quickens and a wider range of instruments come in filling it out, but remaining looping, iterative, ominous.

Islannin vedessä on kyllä jotain, kun sieltä tulee poikkeuksellisen paljon kiinnostavaa musiikkia. Tykkäsin tämän kauniin rauhallisesta tunnelmasta.

More of an ambient electro orchestra soundtrack than anything.

Tough every song was awesome, as an album it did not feel like a cohesive whole

Love his soundtrack work, and this was great to start with, but it did get a bit samey after a while.

Very interesting inclusion but I dig it. I like the incorporation of electronic instruments into the orchestral arrangement. The vocaloid vocals in particular are super fascinating.

It's nice to get a sound completely absent from the main 1001 list, it really shows the benefits to user submission. Album was very pretty, and I loved the overall theme, it was always satisfying to come back to.

Slow Orchestral's a very nice change of pace from most of the rest of the list.

Perfect studying music, happy to be in the background with with plenty of depth for proper listening. Icelandic as hell, which is a good thing! Takes the best parts of classical, electronic and acoustic influences, to create a magical blend of sounds and styles.
For a tiny country, Iceland really do produce an outsize number of absolute classics, and probably have the best "per capita" representation of any country on this list - and it's not all Björk!

Enjoyed this, but just a bit long and repetitive for me to add to my frequent rotation.

So you're telling me that the robot voice from Radiohead's "Fitter Happier" was actually a prototype A.I. which was given the nickname Johann Johannsson, and not only did it provide the famous interlude for "OK Computer," but it also composed "Exit Music (for a Film)," and was considered a 6th member of the band, who continued to provide guidance and input up through "Amnesiac," before suddenly disappearing, only to return in 2002 with a fully formed modern classical album entitled "Englaborn"? Unbelievable.