IBM 1401, a User's Manual
by J贸hann J贸hannsson
- Type: Album
- Released: 30 October 2006
- Label: 4AD
- Country: Iceland
- Length: 42:52
- Community rating: 3.96/5 from 5 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
This deeply moving neoclassical concept album incorporates reel-to-reel tape recordings made by the composer's father on an early IBM mainframe computer. The pristine, melancholic string orchestration swells beautifully around the synthesized, robotic melodies of the antique machine. It is a profound, elegiac meditation on obsolescence and the humanization of early technology.
Genres
Descriptors: atmospheric, conceptual, sampling, orchestral, strings, choral, melodic
Tracklist
Credits
- J贸hann J贸hannsson - primary artist, orchestrated by, organ [hammond b3], piano, celesta, bells, written-by, arranged by, producer, voice
- Chris Bigg - art direction, design, photography by
- Vaughan Oliver - art direction, design
- Bohumil Kotmel - concertmaster
- Mario Klemens - conductor
- James Fitzpatrick - contractor [orchestra]
- Finnur H谩konarson - engineer [mixing]
- Jan Holzner - engineer [orchestra recording engineer]
- Nick Webb - mastered by [mastering engineer]
- The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra - orchestra
- Arnar Bjarnason - orchestrated by
- El铆as Dav铆dsson - recorded by [ibm 1401 data processing system]
- J贸hann Gunnarsson - recorded by [ibm 1401 data processing system]
- 脰rn Kaldal贸ns - recorded by [ibm 1401 data processing system]
- Sigvaldi Kaldal贸ns - written-by [musical fragment played by the computer from the hymn "island ogrum skorid"]
- Erna 脫marsd贸ttir - voice
- Dorothy Parker - lyrics by [text based on a poem by]