Tributes have poured in for golden globe winner johann johannsson after the composer died aged 48. Find johann johannsson discography, albums and singles on allmusic. Oscarnominated composer johann johannsson has died at 48. Delivering a second longform release for 4ad, icelandic composer johann johannsson continues with a second part of his proposed trilogy of albums themed around iconic american brands. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to. Often blending electronics with classical orchestrations, his work bears the diverse influences of the baroque, minimalism. The same thing happened with my next solo album, ibm 1401, and fordlandia. All electronic sounds were derived from the ibm 1401 data processing system and the hammond b3 organ with ring modulator, distortion and filter pedals. Track information is printed on a small folded mylar card attached to the inner sleeve by a small red ribbon. Never before pressed on vinyl, ibm 1401, a users manual, is one of johann johannssons mostloved works. Records like ibm 1401, a users manual are defining works in the electronic avantgarde while scores for films including arrival and sicario helped elevate those pictures from being good films to true greatness. After ibm 1401 a users manual, johannsson turns his attentions to fordlandia, named after the expanse of land purchased by henry ford in the brazillian.
Johann johannssons ibm 1401, a users manual is a warm, beautiful exposition of the potential of artificial intelligence and the future of ethics in relation to our computerized companions. Album ibm 1401 a users manual, johann johannsson qobuz. Modern classical, ambient johann johannsson 4 albums. Johannsson moved to 4ad for two of his most ambitious solo albums. Apparat organ quartet and johann johannsson piero scaruffi. Nov 09, 2006 ibm 1401 a users manual comes with a compelling backstory. The ibm 1401 was the first mass produced computer, and it was also the computer that my father worked on as an engineer and a programmer in iceland. Andre rieu my music my world the very best of 2019 decca. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the enter key is pressed. In their overview of johannssons music for small ensemble, acme traverses his recorded catalog and performs music from his albums englaborn, ibm 1401, fordlandia, and orphee. One such person is johann johannsson who on discovering his fathers old ibm 1401,the worlds first mass produced business computer and one for which his father used to be a technician, saw the possibilities to create a stunning piece of art and wellpromptly did. Johann johannsson last and first men cdbluray combo. As the original system was taken out of service in 1971, this suite is very much a cycle of birth, rebirth and reboot.
The first bit of music i heard from icelandic composer johann johannsson was odi et amo from his 2002 album englaborn. Johann johannsson ibm 1401, a users manual 2006, cd. Released in 2006, the decade since its release has seen johann establish himself as one of the most important composers in the world today, most notably scoring movies such as arrival, sicario and the theory of everything. The ibm 1401 was taken out of service in 1971, and his father gave it a farewell ceremony that included playing some of the short melodies he had.
Sometimes i write music for films and sometimes i write music for my own projects and i try to keep that balance fairly even. The machine was a hit because it was simple and inexpensive. The performance comes amid a flurry of nostalgia for the ibm 1401, which was decommissioned in 1971 and is now the subject of a major restoration project at the computer history museum in mountain. Ibm 1401 was the first computer introduced in nepal for the census purpose in 1971. Johann johannsson was an icelandic composer most widely known for his. Ancora una volta, come molte delle sue opere, in sostanza medita sulla. Johann johannsson last and first men 2 lpbluray box. Johannsson, johann ibm 1401 a users manual color vinyl. A truckbased ibm 1401 configured in 1960 for military use was designated a portable computer, and nicknamed a datamobile. Ibm 1401, a users manual is the fourth full length studio album by icelandic musician johann johannsson, released by 4ad on october 30, 2006 4ad released the album on vinyl for the first time on december 8, 2017. Englaborn was written for string quartet, percussion and electronics, and johanns second album, virthulegu forsetar 2004, for brass ensemble, drones and percussion, whilst his third album and his first for 4ad, ibm 1401 a users manual 2006, was his most ambitiously orchestrated composition to date involving a 60 piece string. Customers who bought this item also bought these digital items. The following is the text of an ibm data processing division press fact sheet distributed on october 5, 1959.
Johann johannsson mandy original motion picture soundtrack 2018 24bit hires september 14, 2018 0 comments. Apparently the 30,000 orchestral instruments finally welded together are added over a layer of bleeps and bloops which come from the recording of sounds from johannsson s dad who combined a career of being a computer nerd and musicianthe results of which meant that he tried to make music with some 1964 ibm in the days when it was still hard. Whilst the recent, extraordinary orphee gave room for johannssons solo spirits to roam, back at the day job. A compilation of live recordings sold during his 2010 world tour. At that time the population of nepal was about 10,000,000.
A performance by the dancer erna omarsdottir and the composer johann johannsson captured in dro, italy by filmmaker thorgeir gudmundsson. Majestic 2006 album from the icelandic composer behind the scores to arrival and sicario, on 4ad. Ibm 1401, a users manual, johanns fourth studio album, was released on 30 october 2006 on the 4ad label. Acme and artistic director clarice jensen want johannssons music to live on not only through the lm scores for which he is well known, but in the concert hall as. Never before pressed on vinyl, ibm 1401, a users manual is one of johann johannssons most loved works. Ibm 1401, a users manual processing unit johann johannsson ibm 1401, a users manual part i ibm 1401 processing unit video directed by magnus helgason. Ibm 1401 a users manual, an album by johann johannsson on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Beatport is the worlds largest electronic music store for djs. It took about one year to take the census of the country. Download johann johannsson 4 albums 20022006 flac torrent or any other torrent from audio flac direct download via magnet link.
Listen to your favorite songs from ibm 1401 a users manual by johann johannsson now. Inspired by a recording of an ibm mainframe computer which johanns father, johann gunnarsson, made on a reeltoreel tape machine more than 30 years ago, the piece was originally written to be performed by a string quartet as the accompaniment to a dance piece by the choreographer erna omarsdottir. The first installment of a planned trilogy of albums about technology and iconic american brands, 2006s ibm 1401, a users manual was inspired by the first computer brought to iceland in 1964 and based on a recording of an ibm computers electromagnetic emissions that his father one of icelands first computer programmers. Mandy is the exceptional final soundtrack realised by dearly departed composer johann johannsson for the film directed by panos cosmatos.
The reissue was a double lp pressing on clearcoloured vinyl and included two previously unreleased live bonus tracks. Johann johannssonibm 1401, a users manual lp4ad vinyl. About the computer history museum s ibm 1401 machines by guy fedorkow 12minute mandelbrot. Ibm 1401, a users manual processing unit johann johannsson. Delivering a second longform release for 4ad, icelandic composer johann johannsson continues with a second part of his. Thankfully not everyone is as profligate and regressive as me. Whereas ibm 1401, a users manual was a personal response to technology and its inevitable obsolescence inspired by his fathers work with mainframe computers in 1960s iceland, fordlandia springs out of a far more diffuse set of influences. Ibm, which included recordings of its titular computer, could have been gimmicky or overly. Tracks two and three feature the voice of an unknown instructor from an ibm 1401 data processing system maintenance instruction tape found in my fathers attic. The ibm 1401, the first member of the ibm 1400 series, was a variable wordlength decimal computer that was announced by ibm on october 5, 1959.
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Never before pressed on vinyl, ibm 1401, a users manual, is one of johann johannssons most loved works. Filmmakers started to notice my music through my solo work as a composer and then i started to get requests to work on. Yet with the incredibly vivid futurepast feeling translated within the ibm 1401 a users manual and the fact blown up, the sleeve looks stunning the retroactive current feels completely at home pressed to vinyl. The icelandic composer johann johannsson wrote the orchestral work ibm 1401. In the case of ibm 1401, a pioneer leviathan of a computer that could fill a roomand fordlandia, his homage to the crank it yourself model t and its successors.
I read that your solo album ibm 1401 is a response to technologys inevitable extinction. Download johann johannsson ibm 1401 a users manual. Ibm 1401 a users manual by johann johannsson on amazon. This has huge sweeping, epic strings galore and in places is not unlike the soundtrack to a bbc wildlife documentry. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Johannssons father worked at ibm as a maintenance engineer for the 1401 data processing system, an early and popular business. All electronic sounds were derived from the ibm 1401 data processing system and the hammond b3. Feb 10, 2018 oscarnominated composer johann johannsson has died at 48. It was inspired by his father, an ibm engineer and one of icelands first computer programmers, who used early hardware to compose melodies during his downtime at work. Listen to a spellbinding mix of music composed by johann. Eschewing any expected atonality and vogueish electronica, ibm 1401, a users manual has been performed around europe with a full orchestra and in collaboration with dancer choreographer erna omarsdottir. Johann johannssons ibm 1401, a users manual pressed to vinyl. His breakout album, 2006s ibm 1401, a users manual, was based on 1964 reeltoreel recordings made by his father, of the first computer to arrive in iceland. Inspired by the work his father did in the sixties when chief.
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