Wednesday 26 August 2009
Riceboy Sleeps
(photo: jonsiandalex.com)
It’s not too often you come across a recording artist who has a “Recipes” page on their official web site, but it’s not too often you come across a duo like Jónsi Birgisson (Sigur Rós) and visual artist Alex Somers. Besides being musical partners and life partners, they’re both big advocates of eating raw foods, so in a way, they’ve cornered the market on multi-sensory musical experiences: sight, sound and taste.
Riceboy Sleeps is definitely the name of the LP the pair have released, but I’m not absolutely clear on whether the band’s name is also Riceboy Sleeps or whether they want to be known as Jónsi & Alex. Not that any of this matters, though; a Rós by any other name is still as sweet. Riceboy Sleeps is a delicate blossom of a record, slowly unfolding as it shakes the titular sleep from it’s eyes. The orchestrated and majestic sounds of Sigur Rós are present and accounted for; what’s missing are the post-rock touchstones and Birgisson’s trademark vocals. The entire Riceboy Sleeps project consists of the music on the LP, a 50-plus page wordless book and the various videos they’ve created for the tracks on their web site, so to truly appreciate the vastness of the project takes a fair bit of effort and time. Even if you only go so far as exploring the music, you’ll get your money’s worth: the nine dream-like compositions are an ambient wet dream.
MP3: Riceboy Sleeps “Daníell In The Sea”
Myspace: Riceboy Sleeps/Jónsi & Alex
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