BA BA TI KI DI DO (EP)
Sigur Rós
•Post Rock/Math rock
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Singles/EPs/Fan Club/Promo, released in 2004 Songs / Tracks Listing 1. Ba Ba (6:11) - Jón Thor Birgission / vocals
CD EMI 549 691 2 (2004 UK) and to The Bearded Bard for the last updates Edit this entry |
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SIGUR RÓS Ba Ba Ti Ki Di Do (EP) ratings distribution
(30 ratings)
Essential: a masterpiece of progressive rock music(10%)
Excellent addition to any prog rock music collection(37%)
Good, but non-essential (17%)
Collectors/fans only (30%)
Poor. Only for completionists (7%)
SIGUR RÓS Ba Ba Ti Ki Di Do (EP) reviews
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PROG REVIEWER

Anyone who loves "()" and "Agaetis Byrjun" should definetly find this EP and add it to their collection as I find it just as good as their last 2 albums. The EP may lack any real vocals, guitar and drum parts but it is still a very strong piece. Highly recommended! Godspeed fans will probably like this one too as it is very uplifting, similarly to "Storm" from "Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven" but it is much less dramatic and more mellow.
SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Honorary Collaborator

Where Sigur Ros's album releases conjure up images of the vast, almost lunar landscapes of their native Iceland, this ep has more in common with the claustrophobic electronica explored by Radiohead on Kid A/Amnesiac, particularly on the closing track which pits a child's music box ( a recurring theme throughout) against some increasingly discordant sounds. The sound is mostly quite dreamy and minimal, and the decision to leave it as a 20 minute ep rather than turn it into an album was probably for the best - if it went for much longer it would become extremely dreary.
The 3 star rating is not so much for the music itself (which is easily worth 4 stars) but because this is non essential unless you're a fan. Newcomers would be better advised going straight for one of their albums, and some fans of their main output may find it oddly out of step. Post rock fans will love it, as will any fans of adventurous and experimental music.
PROG REVIEWER

SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Honorary Collaborator

The music is almost entirely instrumental except for the strange word in the title which is repeatedly spoken in the last song Di Do. As mentioned the three songs seque into each other to form a suite of sorts. The music is very minimalistic and atmospheric in nature but that´s not unusual for Sigur Ros. There is one important part missing from the music on this EP IMO though and that´s the high pitched and emotional singing of Jón Thor Birgission. Without his vocal input the music is reduced to a sound experiment to my ears. A pleasant experiment but not really something that suits my taste and I can imagine other fans of the band feeling the same way. If you´re open to ambient atmosheric sound experiments this might be your thing. I prefer the extremely beautiful and more song oriented album releases from the band and I can´t give this release more than a 2 star rating. Listen before purchase is my advice.
The sound quality and the musicianship is excellent as usual.
Latest members reviews
Truly wonderful.Nothing else...Three very sentimental and touchy songs..(at least i can
call them like that).This kind of radiohead-influenced ep is a masterpiece that justifies the
phrase ' less is more '.An ambient (oh yes..) 20minute journey (i really can't see how this
could accompany a da
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Report this review (#89929) | Posted by Angeldust | Monday, September 18, 2006 | Review Permanlink
This is an extremely interesting and mysterious single, with one of the more
puzzling stories to its existence. Ballet choreographer Merce Cunningham (who's
cut-up voice samples are the only spoken words on the single) requested that Sigur
Rós and Radiohead write a 20min song to accompany his da
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Report this review (#37110) | Posted by Verisimilitude | Tuesday, June 21, 2005 | Review Permanlink
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