| · From post-rock to pre-classical...
I wasn't too impressed by Agaetis Byrjun (Sigur Ros’s second full-length, but first crack at North America), despite some brilliant moments – their 2002 release () was better, but carried its single thought around for 30 minutes too long. However, the three tracks on Ba Ba Ti Ki Di Do, this 20-minute-long soundtrack to a Merce Cunningham ballet get the balance exactly right, beginning with a Mike Oldfield-like (Steve Reich-like for you Tortoise fans) marimba opening which, by the third track, has gradually devolved into electronic sound collage. As with (), it's a small idea, but this time expressed without excess, and given a novel twist.
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