- Iður til Fóta
Infobox Album | Name = Iður til Fóta
Type = EP
Artist =Þeyr
Recorded = 13:46
Released = 1981
Genre = Rock
Length = ??:??
Label =Eskvímó
Cat. No.: ESQ 1
Producer =Þeyr andTony Cook
Reviews =
Last album = "Life Transmission "
(1981)
This album = "Iður til Fóta"
(1981)
Next album = "Mjötviður Mær "
(1981)"Iður til Fóta" was a single released in 1981 by the Icelandic New Wave/rock group
Þeyr throughEskvímó and it was edited in 10” format.
The title translates as "Moving Your Feet" but in icelandic also forms a pun which can equally translate as "Guts at Your Feet".This record was never reissued since the masters are believed to be lost. However, in 2001 some of its recordings appeared in "
Mjötviður til Fóta ", a CD to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the creation of Þeyr. The title of this CD also combined the name of "Mjötviður Mær " (1981), the other album included.The front and back covers
The front cover, which was designed by
Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson , depicts a dancer being hypnoptized by a man who points at her and shows a geometric shape on her head. This illustration was intended to represent the "hypnotizing effect" of Þeyr’s music towards the audience.The back cover depicts a German inscription, here translated:
"The fall ofAsgard onAtlantis ."
"TheRagnarök of theEdda and “the thousand-year empire ofGod on Earth” according toDaniel ,Ezekiel and John’sBook of Revelation ."This text is followed by two quotations from the
Bible written inLatin :
"Væ væ væ habitantibus in terra. "Apocalypsis VIII""Cuncta in quibus spiraculum vitæ est mortua sunt. "
Genesis VII"Where the first quotation refers to
The Seventh Seal and means "Woe! Woe! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth" ( [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Apocalypsis%208:13;&version=31; Apocalypsis 8:13] ). The second quotation refers to The Flood and translates as follows: "Everything on dry land that had the breath of life in its nostrils died." ( [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%207:22&version=31 Genesis 7:22] )These writings are complemented by an illustration of the "Beinhaus" ("House of Bones") taken from a series of drawings of the "Totentanz" ("Dance of Death").
7” record track listing
Cassette track listing
Length time: 28:32
Credits
Music and lyrics:
1 Magnús Guðmundsson.
2: Hilmar Örn Agnarsson and Magnús Guðmundsson.
3: Hilmar Örn Agnarsson.
4: Þeyr.Performers:Vocalist: Magnús Guðmundsson.
Guitars: Guðlaugur Kristinn Óttarsson and Þorsteinn Magnússon.
Bass: Hilmar Örn Agnarsson.
Drums: Sigtryggur Baldursson.Other collaborators:
Cover design: Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson.Notes
*The tracks "Bas 12" and "Tedrukkin" are the same as "Dead / Undead" and "Are you Still There?" that appear on the later album "
As Above ", only here the vocal tracks were recorded in English.
*The titles translate as 1.Booth Twelve, 2.Magga's Vision, 3. Tea-Drunk (or "Drunk on Tea") and 4. Aryan Reggae.External links
* [http://home.swipnet.se/~w-10797/kukl/theyr.htm Page about Þeyr]
* [http://www.hanshan.org/musikk/theyr.php Website about the history and discography of Þeyr]
* [http://www.tonlist.is/ViewArtist.aspx?AuthorID=2947 Tónlist.is] - Page about Þeyr. It features mp3 samples (in Icelandic).
* [http://www.intravenous.de/home/musik/artikel/island1.html Intravenous.de] - Page about Icelandic music. It includes a section for Þeyr.
* [http://www.islandia.is/gko/ Official site of Guðlaugur Kristinn Óttarsson]
* [http://www.isound.com/music/gkottarsson/ Page about G. K. Óttarsson at Isound.com]
* [http://www.myspace.com/godkrist Page of G. K. Óttarsson at MySpace.com]
* [http://www.isound.com/stanya Page of Þorsteinn Magnússon at Isound.com]
* [http://www.myspace.com/steinimagg Page of Þorsteinn Magnússon at MySpace.com]
* [http://www.smekkleysa.net/sigtryggur Official site of Sigtryggur Baldursson]
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