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.

Lunaire 7"

Lunaire

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)

Patre, Track #4 from the album "Dense Time" (2006)

Zontal was written by GKO 1984 and first performed when Björk and GKO formed a duo alongside K.U.K.L. where the piece was performed in many concerts but Björk and GKO recorded it in a session which also included Patre, Stígðu mig and Síðasta ég. The engineer in these sessions, Mel Jeﬀerson, thought the music sounded classical and called the duo “The Elgar Sisters”. The recordings have since come to be known as The Elgar Sessions.

Compositionally, the piece is a sort of back-to-front blues with a diabolus. The work is horizontal in two ways: The text that Björk sang and is now read by Megas is a poem by Þór Eldon called Horizontal Position and the piece is written in a “horizontal” key.

To complete, Eldon’s lyrics are supplemented by entries from GKO's research on weak-light versus ponderable structures - along with Platonic solids and magic numbers.

Zontal, Track#1 from the Album "Dense Time" (2006)

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