Jónsi (of Sigur Rós)
June 2, 2010
Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso
DPA 4060's (front of house, 8 meters from left stack) > DPA MMA6000 amplifier (100 Hz low-cut filter) >
Edirol R-09HR recorder (44.1 kHz/16 bit WAV) > Audacity 1.3.11-beta (track splitting + fading) > flac > CDR

01. Stars In Still Water (Killed By Death) 
02. Hengilás 
03. Icicle Sleeves 
04. Kolniður 
05. Tornado 
06. Sinking Friendships (Soggy Potato Chips) 
07. Saint Naive 
08. Go Do 
09. Boy Lilikoi (Oh Boy Lollipop uh ai uh ai) 
10. Piano Player Song* 
11. Around Us 
12. -- encore break -- 
13. Animal Arithmetic (Anal Gymnastics) 
14. Grow Till Tall (The Lady In The Dark Room Shows Me Her Desires) 
15. -- curtain call -- 
Running time: 79m 35s 

* This song is as yet untitled, but appears with this name on the actual set list used during the gig. 
Where the titles on on the actual set list pulled from the stage differ from the official titles, they are given in parentheses. 

NOTES: 

This was better than I thought it was going to be. I'm a big fan of Sigur 
Rós, but not so much of their last album, 'Með suð í eyrum við spilum 
endalaust', or of Jónsi's solo outings. They're OK, but I'm not wild about 
them. 

I attended this gig in order to try out the 'Go' material live. I'm glad I 
did, because it came across a lot better in a live setting than in the studio. 

Tonight's show at the Paradiso had been sold out for months, so a second gig 
was added for 3rd June. I considered going to both, but just the one is enough 
for me. 

The merchandise stand was selling, amongst the usual tat, Jónsi raw chocolate 
bars. Although they were EUR 4 a pop, I got one for my wife, a rabid chocoholic. 

Inside the main hall, I had to manoeuvre and worm my way down to the front. 
The crowd were packed in tightly. It was hot in there and I was a little 
concerned that the chocolate in my pocket would melt. 

Security was tighter than I've seen it before in the Paradiso. Although entry 
through the doors was as relaxed as ever, monitoring of the audience was quite 
strict and I saw many people approached by security staff and sternly told to 
stop taking photographs. I had to operate in full stealth mode to avoid 
getting the dreaded tap on the shoulder. 

Jónsi ran through the whole of 'Go', complementing it with some as yet 
unreleased songs. This ran the gamut from fragile piano pieces to deafening 
crescendos of reverberated feedback: a jolly good racket from start to finish, 
that's for sure. 

As the gig progressed, Jónsi looked progressively more ridiculous, leaping and 
thrashing about all over the stage, sporting an Indian headdress adorned with 
brightly dyed feathers. The man is an eccentric and isn't afraid to express 
his unique style. More power to him, regardless of what I think of his 
aesthetic choices. 

As I was filing out of the venue, I bumped into a chap who had managed to grab 
a set list from the stage. I took a photo of it outside the venue. Many of the 
titles given, however, are not the official ones. Where these differ, I have 
given the jocular title in parentheses above. 

No mastering of the recording has been performed, so you're hearing it exactly 
the way I did. The sound quality is excellent. 

Enjoy!