Name: Dense Time, Track#12 for the "Dense Time" album by GKO
Duration: 3 min 11 s
Description: Dense Time was composed by GKO in 1985 and arranged for Elgar Sisters in 1987 and finalized in 2005 with three vocalists and a trumpet player. This is the missing title track of the Dense Time Album GKO released in 2006. Björk is accompanied by two male vocalists; Megas & Magnus from MEGAS & ÞEYR respectively. This is the 1st official release beside a video version on youtube.

The album "DENSE TIME" contains compositions by Guðlaugur Kristinn Óttarsson from 1982-2005, or just over two decades, reﬂecting his research in music theory and his extensive collaborations with musicians and bands such as Þeyr, K.U.K.L., Björk, Psycich TV, Current 93, Killing Joke and Megas, to name but a few. Himself a virtuoso guitarist and experienced studio producer, GKO is joined on this album by various prominent Icelandic musicians and vocalists. The compositions range from jazz to post-punk with echoes of Bach and ambient music, the time signatures running to 5/4 and 7/8 alongside the more familiar 4/4 and 6/8.

One of the last three recordings of the legendary band ÞEYR, recorded in Copenhagen, in a Reggie Studio, terminating our last Scandinavian Tour of 1982.

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Dense Time was composed by GKO in 1985 and arranged for Elgar Sisters in 1987 and finalized in 2005 with three vocalists and a trumpet player. This is the missing title track of the Dense Time Album GKO released in 2006. Björk is accompanied by two male vocalists; Megas & Magnus from MEGAS & ÞEYR respectively. This is the 1st official release beside a video version on youtube.

Dense Time, Track#12 for the "Dense Time" album

Patre is based on the Icelandic national anthem. Written by GKO in 1984, it adheres to every stricture of copyright and the statutes applying to the Icelandic National Anthem. It is GKO’s ode to his country and countrymen. The piece was originally recorded in the Elgar Sessions with Björk in 1986. The text is read by Megas with words taken from GKO’s comments on magic numbers and Platonic polyhedra - along with additional words from a poem by one of Björks boyfriends (Þór Eldon)

Dense Time, Track#12 for the "Dense Time" album

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