An American magnate builds a doomed utopia in the depths of the Brazilian rainforest. A Victorian poetess laments the death of Pan. A pagan rocket scientist blows himself up in his Californian garage. A crippled German physicist draws up the equations that could make faster than light travel possible, unseen by the rest of the world.
Jóhann Jóhannsson’s spellbinding new album Fordlândia draws these tantalizing threads together, weaving a musical tapestry of hypnotic richness and surprising emotional depth. Jóhannsson makes stately, slow-building and hauntingly melodic music – frequently combining electronic processing with classical orchestrations – that has been bewitching listeners since 2002.
Fordlândia springs out of a diffuse set of influences and incorporates sections recorded with a 60-piece string orchestra in Prague. It is an intimate album, moving between heady, melting cadences and crystalline motifs with gorgeous, dreamlike logic.
Log onto www.IcelandNaturally.com for tour dates and a chance to win a free trip to Iceland Airwaves, Oct. 14-18, 2009. Just click on the flashing banner with Johann’s name, scroll down, and enter your email address for a chance to win a trip to our beautiful, musical isle. It’s that easy.
Jóhannsson tour dates include:
June 25 New York, Le Poisson Rouge
June 26 Cambridge, Mass., YMCA Theater
June 27 Philadelphia, St. Mary’s Hamilton Village Church at Penn
June 28 Pittsburgh, Andy Warhol Museum
June 29 Chicago, Lakeshore Theater
June 30 Minneapolis, Southern Theater
