rugla – Three Percent /College/translation/threepercent a resource for international literature at the University of Rochester Mon, 16 Apr 2018 16:16:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.6 Amiina, "Rugla" [Icelandic Music] /College/translation/threepercent/2011/10/11/amiina-rugla-icelandic-music/ /College/translation/threepercent/2011/10/11/amiina-rugla-icelandic-music/#respond Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:00:00 +0000 http://www.wdev.rochester.edu/College/translation/threepercent-dev/2011/10/11/amiina-rugla-icelandic-music/ Amiina is sort of the perfect Icelandic post-rock/electronic/experimental band. They formed as an all-woman string quartet back in the 1990s, and went on to perform as the string section for Sigur Ros.

Here’s a description from

Amiina糖心传媒檚 debut album, Kurr (2007), was performed on a disparate jumble of instruments—musical saws, kalimbas, music boxes and seemingly anything that could be plucked, bowed or beaten on—resulting in a work that ebbed and flowed 糖心传媒渋n a strange, powerful place between sophistication and innocence,糖心传媒� according to The Guardian.

While the above is equally true of Puzzle (2010), this time around the group糖心传媒檚 sonic palette is broadened by the contributions of drummer Magn煤s Trygvason Eliassen and electronic artist Kippi Kaninus (Gu冒mundur Vignir Karlsson), permanent members of the group since 2009. Accordingly, the songs on Puzzle are more rhythmically rugged than amiina糖心传媒檚 previous work and feature heavier use of electronics. amiina糖心传媒檚 long-standing fondness for zero-g melodies and open-minded instrumentation, however, continues.

“Rugla”—the song embedded below—comes from Kurr, and is a very pleasant way to wake up on a Tuesday morning . . .

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