Ibm 1401 Johann Johannsson Vinyl

Ibm 1401 a user s manual pays tribute to the composer s father using recordings of the titular computer and some seriously luscious and emotive string arrangements.

Ibm 1401 johann johannsson vinyl. The late johann johannsson did a great many great things over the course of his career. Jóhann g jóhannsson jóhann jóhannson johann johannsson johann johansson johannson jóhannsson johansson a52220 artist. 4ad released the album on vinyl for the first time on december 8 2017. Ibm 1401 a user s manual is the fourth full length studio album by icelandic musician jóhann jóhannsson released by 4ad on october 30 2006.

Inspired by the work his father did in the sixties when chief. Free shipping on orders over 25 00. Seven years later when it became redundant it wasn t simply thrown away. In 1964 the ibm data processing system arrived in iceland.

Instead the melancholic melodies produced by the machine s electromagnetic waves were recorded for the final time by the computer s chief engineer and johannsson s father johann gunnarsson. The reissue was a double lp pressing on clear coloured vinyl and included two previously unreleased live bonus tracks. Johann johannsson johann johannsson. Orphee lp by johann johannsson vinyl 23 98.

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. Never before pressed on vinyl ibm 1401 a user s manual is one of jóhann jóhannsson s most loved works. Shop for vinyl cds and more from jóhann jóhannsson at the discogs marketplace. Download mp3 wav flac wav 24 bit.

Among them was this album one of the most emotionally intense records with one of the most emotionally detached titles. Only 3 left in stock more on the way. Buy ibm 1401 a user s manual by jóhann jóhannsson on bleep. 4ad herald the cries of one thousand and one modern classic heads by cutting to vinyl jóhann jóhannsson s 2006 overtly sci fi concept album about an icelandic computer ibm 1401 a user s manual.

With much of jóhann jóhannsson s material we d usually say its best suited to cd or digital formats.