art direction, design Chris Bigg art direction, design Vaughan Oliver concertmaster Bohumil Kotmel conductor Mario Klemens contractor [orchestra] James Fitzpatrick engineer [mixing] Finnur Hákonarson engineer [orchestra recording engineer] Jan Holzner mastered by [mastering engineer] Nick Webb orchestra The City Of Prague Philharmonic orchestrated by Arnar Bjarnason orchestrated by Jóhann Jóhannsson organ [hammond b3], piano, celesta, bells Jóhann Jóhannsson photography by Chris Bigg recorded by [ibm 1401 data processing system] Elías Davídsson recorded by [ibm 1401 data processing system] Jóhann Gunnarsson recorded by [ibm 1401 data processing system] Örn Kaldalóns written-by [musical fragment played by the computer from the hymn "island ogrum skorid"] Sigvaldi Kaldalóns written-by, arranged by, producer Jóhann Jóhannsson Phonographic Copyright (p) 4AD Ltd. Copyright (c) 4AD Ltd. Mastered At Abbey Road Studios Recorded At Barrandov Studios Recorded At Smecky Music Studios Mixed At Studio Sýrland Designed At v23 Glass Mastered At Sonopress Arvato Comes in a four-panel digipak with a liner notes paper sticked inside.
The orchestra was recorded at Barrandov Studios, Smecky Soundstage in Prague in September 2005. Additional recordings were made in Reykjavik, Skálholt, Florence, Madrid, Zurich, Piran and Rennes during the period 2003-2006. Mixed in Syrland, Reykjavik in February 2006. Mastered in Abbey Road.
Tracks two and three feature the voice of an unknown instructor from an IBM 1401 Data Processing System maintenance instruction tape found in my father’s attic.
All electronic sounds were derived from the IBM 1401 Data Processing System and the Hammond B3 organ with Ring Modulator, Distortion and Filter pedals. The music and sounds of the IBM 1401 Data Processing System were recorded by Jóhann Gunnarsson, Örn Kaldalóns and Elías Davídsson in Reykjavik in 1971. The musical fragment played by the computer is from the hymn Ísland Ögrum Skorid by Sigvaldi Kaldalóns, used by kind permission.
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