u/Boobalieboo

Way back in the early 2000’s when I was first introduced to Sigur Ros I remember downloading a bunch of free mp3s from the 18 Seconds Before Sunrise website. That’s where I first heard tracks like Olsen Olsen, Dvergmal, Dánarfregnir Og Jarðarfarir, and…a live version of Vaka (Untitled #1) that I always believed to be superior to the album version.

Years later, after the theft of an iPod and the subsequent transition from downloading to streaming, I’ve lost this live version. Anyone know where I can find it?

EDIT: The track has been found by accessing the Way Back Machine. It is a live recording from a Vienna show in 2002 — https://web.archive.org/web/20071025030435/http://download.sigur-ros.co.uk/sigur\_ros-untitled1-live.mp3

This album was, and continues to be, extremely influential for me. But I’ve never been able to label it properly. Is it ambient music, or something else?

If it is an ambient album, how does it stack up against the classics?

Edit: Also, does anyone have recommendations for similarly produced albums that heavily incorporate field recordings of natural soundscapes?

I thought I saw something (probably a fan theory) that The Voidz had something prepped for release this summer, kind of drafting off of attention around the new Strokes album?