the album was to be released in october 1998, with plenty of time before christmas. the band had planned the process from start to finish, with a solid work schedule having been drawn up. soon it became clear that the band's vision of the album was crystal clear. eventually we recruited ken thomas, who had been a big fan of "von", to record the album and oversee the studio work. the budget was under constant revision as the band's ideas were very ambitious - a big string band, a brass band, etc. you could feel the interest in the band mounting.Ĭontract negotations were lengthy and many meetings were held. i remember a performance of "flugufrelsarinn" at the icelandic music awards, as well "svefn-g-englar" at a packed concert in the music club gaukur á stöng in 1998. i recall having heard three songs from the album being played publically before the band went into the studio. it was my impression that this was a particularly creative time in the band's career, although the band hadn't been playing many of the songs that would later appear on "ágætis byrjun". dave and alex from fat cat records had previously heard "von" but this was the first time they sigur rós perform live. Sigur rós performed at a music festival in 1998 along with gus gus, hilmar örn, einar örn and mark bell, if i remember correctly. shortly thereafter began talks about making a remix album for "von" ("von brigði"). i first remember meeting kjartan when sigur rós held their release concert for von. i had known the band for a few years before ágætis byrjun. The release of ágætis byrjun was an especially memorable time for myself and an important chapter in the history of smekkleysa records. ási, smekkleysa records (the band's record label in iceland) To celebrate ten years of ágætis byrjun, we asked people close to the band for their memories of the recording and release of the album.
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