Shed Your Skin
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Les Adventures de President Bongo is a unique work of art that will reveal itself over the next seven years, give or take, in the form of 24 LP's.
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Les Aventures de President Bongo 2/24
Release date: May 16th, 2018
Label: Radio Bongo
Distribution: Kompakt
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Saga:
Amidst destruction on the mainland, the two locomotives Minør and Pionér transported wagons full of rock and gravel to the Icelandic seaside during the construction of the Reykjavík harbour in 1913- 1917. The two metallic giants ushered in a new age in Iceland. However, soon after construction ceased the two trains were parked and have never drivensince. Minør is on display near the waterfront and Pionér stands lifeless in an outdoor museum on a hill. They are the only trains ever to have graced the Icelandic landscape. Now they only serve to remind us of the grandeur of a bygone future. At the dawn of the 21st century – again, tumultuous times – we allow ourselves to dream of new Minørs and Pionérs capable of pulling the tremendous weight of the past strewn all around us and putting it towards constructing an ambitious future.
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Credits:
All tracks written by Högni Egilsson, Atli Bollason & Stephan Stephensen except Andaðu by Högni Egilsson, Atli Bollason & Framtíð færist nær by Davíð Þór Jónsson & Stephan Stephensen
Vocals by Högni Egilsson
Lyrics by Atli Bollason
Produced by President Bongo
Male choir by Fóstbræður
Conducted by Árni Harðarson
Choir recorded by Aron Arnarsson at Vatnagarðar
Treated piano by Davíð Þór Jónsson
Live percussion by Ólafur Björn Ólafsson
Guitar by Aaron Roche
Violin by Viktor Orri Árnason
Strings performed by members of The Icelandic Symphony Orchestra
Strings arranged and conducted by Högni
Mixed by Addi 800 & President Bongo
Mastered by Jörg Burger
Photography by Stephan Stephensen
LAPB silhouette by Gabríel Patay & Linda Loeskow
Design by Paul Mcmenamin
Supported by Hljóðritasjóður, IMX and Stef
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