untitled 1 (a.k.a. Vaka)
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| EP by Sigur Rós | ||
| Released | May 2003 | |
| Recorded | Sundlaugin | |
| Genre | Post-rock | |
| Length | 18:30 | |
| Label | Smekkleysa Fat Cat Records |
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| Producer | Sigur Rós | |
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- The correct title of this article is untitled #1 (a.k.a. Vaka). The substitution or omission of a # sign is because of technical restrictions.
"untitled #1", also known as "Vaka" and released as "untitled #1 (a.k.a. Vaka)" was Sigur Rós' 2003 single and DVD, from the October 2002 album ( ).
As late as November 12, 2006, the single remained fifteenth in the Canadian singles chart, having spent a total of 160 weeks in the top 20 [1].
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[edit] Track listing
- "untitled #1" (a.k.a vaka) — 6:43
- track 2 — 4:38
- track 3 — 2:47
- track 4 — 4:22
- The band had closed their set with tracks 2 and 3 from this single during their spring 2003 tour, calling the two songs "Smáskífa" (single) on their setlist.
- Track 2 was originally meant to be a remix of Vaka but it turned out into a different song altogether, although some remnants of Vaka's melody can still be heard.
- Track 3 features a solo on piano by drummer Orri Páll Dýrason.
- Track 4 is the music looped before and after Sigur Rós' live shows.
- The DVD accompanying the 5" CD contains the first three music videos the band has made: Svefn-g-englar, Viðrar vel til loftárása and Vaka. The menu screen has a video which the band shot of some birds on a wire, with track 4 from the single playing.
- The single was also released as a 10" limited vinyl gatefold sleeve with an artwork stencil.
[edit] Music video
Directed by Floria Sigismondi, the music video shows a post-apocalyptic world in which children, attending school, get ready to go outside and play. The children, after putting on many layers of clothes as well as ominous gas-masks, exit the school building and emerge to a yard covered in black ash, which falls from the sky like snow. The children play in the ash, throwing it at one another and making snowmen out of it as well as roughhousing with each other. In the video's climax, one of the schoolchildren's gasmasks comes off, and she falls to the ground. Her classmates gather around her as she closes her eyes, and dies. The video won the "Best Video" award at the 2003 MTV Europe Music Awards in Edinburgh, Scotland. [2]
[edit] References
- ^ CANOE JAM! Showbiz. Singles: Top 20. Retrieved on November 2, 2006.
- ^ Akwagyiram, Alexis. "World's pop stars descend on Edinburgh for awards", The Guardian, November 7, 2003. Retrieved on 2006-11-15.
[edit] External links
- untitled #1 (A.K.A. Vaka) on Sigur Rós' official site
- untitled #1 (A.K.A. Vaka) video on Sigur Rós official site
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