It's easy, simple, and at this point downright redundant to point out how an Icelandic act like Sigur Rós mimics the icy mountains of its frozen home.
But if you've ever hitchhiked across an Alps plateau in the middle of the night, with the slightest shade of dark and darker separating the hills and the sky, then you know that Tripper, by the Danish ten-piece ensemble Efterklang, would have been the perfect soundtrack.
In this place, the minimal hush of objects is so large that their very existence vibrates.
Efterklang take that hush and decorate it with male and female vocals, whispered so as to not awake the sleeping glaciers.
Barely perceivable electronic cells sit near absolute zero, as if left frozen on the ice banks of Mars.
You can even hear the melodic sound of you breath's water molecules crystallizing to ice inside your nose.
String arrangements by Iceland's Amina Ensemble reinforce the link with similar Arctic acts, but they also give the sole indication of some warmth and light out there after six months in the dark.
It's not all nature's wonders and northern lights.
People live in those mountains, too.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FoetusEfterklang | Efterklang | Play | 03:10 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | SwarmingEfterklang | Efterklang | Play | 06:32 | 14 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | Step AsideEfterklang | Efterklang | Play | 04:38 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | Collecting ShieldsEfterklang | Efterklang | Play | 05:57 | 13 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | DoppelgängerEfterklang | Efterklang | Play | 06:40 | 15 MB | 0 MB |
| 6 | Tortuous TracksEfterklang | Efterklang | Play | 03:39 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 7 | MonopolistEfterklang | Efterklang | Play | 06:57 | 15 MB | 0 MB |
| 8 | Chapter 6Efterklang | Efterklang | Play | 06:37 | 15 MB | 0 MB |
| 9 | Prey & Predator | Efterklang | Play | 06:26 | 14 MB | 0 MB |
| 50 mins | 116 MB | |||||
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| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jonas Aalborg | Drawing |
| 2 | Kjeld Winberg Andersen | Direction |
| 3 | Mikkel S. Andersen | Drawing |
| 4 | Svend Aage Andersen | Choir/Chorus |
| 5 | Hildur Årsaelsdöttir | Member of Attributed Artist |
| 6 | Hildur Àrsælsdóttir | Violin |
| 7 | Bjarne Axelsen | Drawing |
| 8 | Jesper Bergmann | Trombone |
| 9 | Bolethe Bernhardsen | Choir/Chorus |
| 10 | Lise Bertelsen | Flute |
| 11 | Pauline Berthelsen | Choir/Chorus |
| 12 | Linda Drejer Bonde | Guest Artist, Vocals |
| 13 | Kathrine Blichsted Brauer | Drawing |
| 14 | Mads Brauer | Engineer, Group Member, Mixing, Producer |
| 15 | Nils Carlsson | Trombone |
| 16 | Mathilde Christiansen | Choir/Chorus |
| 17 | Casper Clausen | Group Member, Producer |
| 18 | Jakob Clausen | Drawing |
| 19 | Efterklang | Composer, Cover Art Concept, Drawing, Primary Artist |
| 20 | Anne Fokdal | Choir/Chorus |
| 21 | Kathrine Fokdal | Choir/Chorus |
| 22 | Karim Ghahwagi | Group Member, Visuals |
| 23 | Nils Grøndahl | Violin |
| 24 | Bente Heering | Choir/Chorus |
| 25 | Thomas Husmer | Group Member |
| 26 | Ditte Marie Legard Ipsen | Choir/Chorus |
| 27 | Abigael Jacobsen | Choir/Chorus |
| 28 | Agnes Jensen | Choir/Chorus |
| 29 | Nathan Josefsen | Choir/Chorus |
| 30 | Nils Karlsson | Member of Attributed Artist, Trumpet |
| 31 | Henny Konradsen | Choir/Chorus |
| 32 | Bjarke Friis Kristensen | Drawing |
| 33 | Marianne Larsen | Cello, Drawing |
| 34 | Henrik Lützen | Trumpet |
| 35 | Jonathan Go Matsushima | Drawing |
| 36 | Rune Mølgaard | Group Member |
| 37 | Betina Nielsen | Drawing |
| 38 | Bo Holm Nielsen | Drawing, Flugelhorn, French Horn |
| 39 | Daniel Smith Nielsen | Assistant, Choir Arrangement |
| 40 | Christine Nordentoft | Drawing |
| 41 | Edda Run Olafsdottir | Member of Attributed Artist |
| 42 | Edda Rún Ólafsdóttir | Violin |
| 43 | Augustinus Olsen | Choir/Chorus |
| 44 | Margethe Rasemussen | Choir/Chorus |
| 45 | Jakobine Rasmussen | Choir/Chorus |
| 46 | Torben Reitzel | Photography |
| 47 | Ida Riegels Riegels | Cello |
| 48 | Pernille Rosbach | Choir/Chorus |
| 49 | Kristina Schjelde | Member of Attributed Artist, Trombone, Trumpet |
| 50 | Michael Schwabe | Mastering |
| 51 | Thomas Sjöberg | Guest Artist, Vocals |
| 52 | Eva Skipper | Double Bass |
| 53 | Rasmus Skovgaard | Trombone |
| 54 | Rasmus Sørensen | Drawing |
| 55 | Ove Steenholdt | Choir/Chorus |
| 56 | Rasmus Stolberg | Group Member |
| 57 | Sidsel Tuxen | Drawing |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |