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Ryuichi Sakamoto’s ‘Async: Remodels’ Is One of Those Rare Remix Albums That Enhances the Original Recording

Ryuichi Sakamoto’s ‘Async: Remodels’ Is One of Those Rare Remix Albums That Enhances the Original Recording

Ryuichi Sakamoto's async sounds almost as good when it comes out the remix wringer as Async: Remodels.

Jóhann Jóhannsson – “A Song for Europa” (video) (premiere)

Jóhann Jóhannsson – “A Song for Europa” (video) (premiere)

PopMatters premieres the video for "A Song for Europa" from Jóhannsson's most recent artist album Orphée.
Jóhann Jóhannsson: Orphee

Jóhann Jóhannsson: Orphee

Orphée is the first album by Jóhann Jóhannsson not associated with a film since 2009’s Fordlandia, and from the opening track, it shows itself as a work to be heard on its own terms.
Jóhann Jóhannsson – “Drone Mass” Met Museum World Premiere

Jóhann Jóhannsson – “Drone Mass” Met Museum World Premiere

Oscar-nominated Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson premiered his new work Drone Mas in the unique setting of the Met Museum's Temple of Dendur in March.
Jóhann Jóhannsson: The Theory of Everything

Jóhann Jóhannsson: The Theory of Everything

Jóhann Jóhannsson evokes the sound of space and time falling in love together... in the '60s.
A Melancholy Never Far Away: An Interview with Jóhann Jóhannsson

A Melancholy Never Far Away: An Interview with Jóhann Jóhannsson

PopMatters speaks with Jóhann Jóhannsson about his latest venture into music for cinema, his moody and melancholy score for the police thriller, McCanick.

Jóhann Jóhannsson: 10 September 2013 – LPR, New York

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