Valgeir Sigurdsson's sound, his distinctive artistic voice, has been filtering through the cracks of 'mainstream' music for years. At first, comparisons may not be strikingly obvious between Björk's seminal 'Vespertine' and 'Medulla' albums, the hushed confessions of Bonnie 'Prince' Billy's 'The Letting Go' and the cacophonous nursery rhymes of Cocorosie's 'Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn', but upon careful listening there is a recognizable sense of craft in the work of Valgeir Sigur?sson behind the controls; attention to detail, an intensity of focus and a nurturing hand that coaxes introspection and experimentation to new extremes.

On Bedroom Community, Sigurdsson's own label, these ideas are elaborated and extended, abandoning popular forms entirely to create large scale explorations into interior states of perception, as shown to us by Nico Muhly's 'Speaks Volumes' and Ben Frost's 'Theory of Machines' - an album which is sure to grace the top of many an end of year chart. But what to expect from the third Bedroom Community release, where Vageir allows himself enough time to 'go solo' and create a private world of his own? How will a producer and engineer renowned for bringing out the best in artists bring out the best in himself?

'Ekvílibríum' is Sigurdsson's first solo album, and includes vocal performances from Bonnie 'Price' Billy, who helps craft one of the highlights of the album, 'Kin', where rivers of strings flow around playful music boxes and prepared piano, as well as contributions from Faun Fables' Dawn McCarthy and J. Walker aka Machine Translations. It's an album that blends genres so effortlessly and gracefully that the word 'genre' itself becomes obsolete, mixing all the vital elements like a bricklayer mixes concrete; at first just basic ingredients and particles of dust, but with careful blending and a watchful eye they form an unbreakable bond and an unstoppable force. Despite the solidity of Sigur?sson's id.......
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Valgeir Sigurdsson to producent i inżynier muzyczny takich artystów jak Björk, Cocorosie i Bonnie 'Prince' Billy. Wreszcie sam zrealizował swój debiutancki album. Delikatna elektronika i smyczki od razu kojarzą się z wyżej wymienionymi twórcami. Valgeir przyzwyczaił nas do tych charakterystycznych dźwięków i na swoim solowym albumie stara się z dbałością o szczegóły uniknąć wtórności - odkryć nowe przestrzenie dla chłodnych i nostalgicznych melodii rodem z krainy Królowej Śniegu, Islandii.
Sigurdsson jest także właścicielem wytwórni Bedroom Community, która wydała albumy dla Nico Muhly'ego i Bena Frosta. W pracy nad albumem "Ekvílibríum" udział wzięli tacy wykonawcy jak wspomniany Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (wokal w "Evolution of Waters"), Nico Muhly (klawisze w "Evolution of Waters", "Focal Point", "After Four", "Winter Sleep", "Before Nine", "Kin" - czyli w większości utwórów), a także wiolonczelistka Hildur Gudnadóttir (ostatnio wydała album w Touch).