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artist · mugison
release · mugimama is this monkey music
year · 2005
genre · indie
label · accidental records
catalogue · ac18promocd
website · www.magicandaccident.com
date · 05-mar-2005
quality · 209kbps/44,1khz
source · compact disc
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01 i want you 3:54
02 the chicken song 3:05
03 never give up 0:50
04 2 birds 5:08
05 what i would say in your funeral 3:53
06 sad as a truck 3:16
07 swing ding 0:28
08 id ask 2:48
09 murr murr 2:53
10 salt 3:50
11 hold on 2 happiness 4:30
12 affirm 9:06
playtime · 00h 43m 41s
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"the most exhilarating presence at this years triptych was
mugison, a former icelandic sailor, whose solo performance - he
played wild, crashing guitar while mixing vocals and distorted
breathing through a laptop - was a meld of the recklessly
shambolic (his computer crashed twice), endearing love songs and
epic, disturbing soundscapes out of the barents sea. mugison's
electro-shock body movements and raging absurdities only
heightened the feeling that absolutely anything could happen on
stage, an increasingly rare thing in our pre-programmed,
pre-packaged musical age."
so went part of the independent newspaper's review of 2004's
triptych festival in scotland. this feeling that 'absolutely
anything can happen' is one that surrounds all mugison's musical
adventures, in fact, it's one that surrounds him full-stop.
mugison comes from the remote town of isafjordur in the west
fjords of iceland. if you look at a map of iceland, isafjordur is
on the bit that sticks out of the top left hand corner, a day's
sail from the north pole. after working in his teens on fishing
boats, in fish factories and in the harbour (papamugi is
isafjordur's harbour-master), mugison left isafjordur for london
where he spent time studying music and hanging out.
it was during his time in london that he started recording the
sounds that would form the basis for his debut album 'lonely
mountain', which was released by lifelike in 2003. 'lonely
mountain' was a staggeringly ambitious debut. the cd packaging was
equally ambitious with mugison and his family hand-stitching over
10,000 copies before putting them all on a boat to england.
following its release, mugison began honing his skills as a live
performer. building himself 'the mugibox', a box, no bigger than a
suitcase, that contained all the equipment he needed to go out on
the road (including his pants), mugison tirelessly toured europe
throughout 2003 and 2004. a troubadour for the electronic age,
mugison won fans over through exactly the kind of explosive and
endearing performances detailed at the top of the page here. this
culminated in a series of astonishing shows at the triptych and
sonar festivals, on tour with fellow icelanders mum and in support
of super furry animals.
remarkably, in 2004 mugison still found time to record two albums.
his soundtrack to fridrik thor fridrikksonφs film 'niceland' was
recorded almost entirely in a church in sudavik, close to his
hometown of isafjordur, and the influence of the surroundings
often nudge the album towards a more acoustic sound. beware though
- ghosts called 'patrick swayze' lurk in the corners. 2005 will
see the release of mugison's second album proper, 'mugimama, is
this monkey music'. more smiles, tears, love, guts and rock and
roll.
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