Heima

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00:01:08 Heima means "at home".
00:02:18 It's a bit like being on trial,
00:02:23 It's like, you know,
00:02:33 Kind of nervous, because it's friends
00:02:38 I think it's harder to play
00:02:42 I found it quite interesting
00:02:46 because they're so judgmental.
00:10:08 We had been travelling
00:10:11 and wanted to come back
00:10:14 and make the last concerts
00:10:18 There used to be pop bands
00:10:24 and had some... you know...
00:10:27 and danced to the music,
00:10:31 It seemed like something
00:10:35 was to go around
00:10:37 in small towns
00:10:40 These people are also the people
00:10:45 so it was really nice.
00:11:19 I guess that's sort of our idea,
00:11:22 to give back, in a way.
00:14:26 Space is what we have here,
00:14:28 in our personal life
00:14:35 Because it's a small community,
00:14:38 I think people are unconsciously
00:14:42 of giving you space.
00:14:46 So I think we kind of have to do that,
00:14:49 and I think it's a bit in our souls.
00:18:14 Next up is a band from Iceland
00:18:18 gushing about its elegant,
00:18:20 Here to perform "Njósnavélin",
00:18:24 please welcome Sigur Rós!
00:18:32 I was very young. Yeah, I was 21.
00:18:36 And then all of a sudden, you had
00:18:42 and money and...
00:18:46 You know, all that stuff.
00:18:48 It was kind of...
00:18:52 and freaked me a bit out.
00:18:56 You're in a band,
00:19:00 You're having meetings with lawyers
00:19:04 In a way, it's quite, like I say, exciting.
00:19:06 You think about the future,
00:19:09 At the same time, it's almost like
00:19:13 The music business is left
00:19:18 We were really sceptical
00:19:21 like doing a lot of interviews,
00:19:23 a lot of photo sessions
00:19:26 all this stuff, all these typical things.
00:19:31 And if you deny that,
00:19:34 then people are,
00:19:38 It's confusing.
00:19:40 Then they start to build up
00:19:44 I'm just a normal person.
00:20:11 But we take our music seriously.
00:20:14 We work a lot on the music.
00:20:18 Maybe we work sometimes too much.
00:20:21 It takes a lot to make us happy,
00:20:24 with what we do.
00:20:26 When we meet, the four of us,
00:20:30 with some instruments
00:20:35 we don't talk much, we just play
00:20:37 until something feels right,
00:20:40 and we just mould it and form it
00:20:46 like things just come to you.
00:27:40 When you travel, you play
00:27:44 so it's really nice to come back here
00:27:48 and just to relax a little bit.
00:33:49 At first, we didn't have an idea
00:33:54 so we imagined some places
00:33:57 I was talking to local people
00:34:01 and they were really happy to get
00:34:57 I think we got a lot of attention,
00:35:02 But then it should get
00:35:07 I mean, not a lot of people
00:35:11 making concerts so easy
00:35:17 for people to be able to attend.
00:35:55 Halfway through, we saw
00:35:59 about how the band was giving back
00:36:04 and also it was really noble
00:36:07 and all this effort
00:36:10 was joining the soul
00:36:14 so people had this great focus
00:36:18 Everyone seemed really happy
00:36:21 and glad to be able
00:36:24 And people bringing
00:36:26 grandparents and grandchildren,
00:36:31 it was really, really cosy.
00:37:33 A lot of people were just coming
00:37:37 to some nice moment,
00:37:41 I think that's as nice
00:44:13 There's never been much planning
00:44:17 Or in Sigur Rós in general,
00:44:21 So they taught us a lot
00:44:27 without speaking or planning,
00:44:30 It's just eight people
00:44:34 This is one big family,
00:44:37 because you have
00:44:39 but it's not really close, like stealing
00:44:44 That only happens
00:45:43 Páll, he's an artist,
00:45:45 and there are these landslides
00:45:49 He goes up and hits the stones,
00:45:54 and they produce a tone.
00:45:56 Then he makes this chromatic marimba
00:46:10 Amazing instrument,
00:46:25 Totally natural guy.
00:46:28 He just lives alone with his mother
00:46:32 and just makes things all day,
00:46:35 or like a rhubarb marimba,
00:48:26 Djúpavík,
00:48:30 lying in this old factory that
00:48:34 Then there was no more fish
00:48:37 Only two people live there,
00:48:40 Total isolation.
00:48:44 And before it was this village
00:48:47 with lots of activity
00:48:51 The fish went.
00:54:09 It was good to be able to bring life
00:54:14 just for a short moment,
00:55:05 Iceland is a unique place
00:55:08 on this planet.
00:55:13 It's so strange
00:55:16 that people can think about it
00:55:20 We're not protecting it enough,
00:55:23 all these nice,
00:55:27 Like tearing down old houses
00:55:32 - Ugly.
00:55:36 - Big.
00:55:38 And maybe pretending to be
00:55:42 Most people divide
00:55:44 People that want to make
00:55:48 and the people that think about
00:55:54 Speaking of that, I'm mostly referring
00:55:59 with all the aluminium factories
00:56:04 We went up to this protest camp
00:56:08 where they were protesting the building
00:56:19 The place where the dam is
00:56:21 is kind of the biggest unspoilt
00:56:27 We wanted to show support
00:56:30 because they've sunk
00:56:33 just to drive
00:56:37 When we came and saw the dam
00:56:42 I think everybody was just
00:56:45 because it was
00:56:58 They'd brought up this small PA
00:57:01 and were gonna get electricity
00:57:04 And then we thought
00:57:08 the building of a dam
00:57:11 so we thought it would be a good idea
00:58:46 Exactly when we started playing,
00:58:51 It was really magical,
00:58:52 because it was meant
00:58:55 and after the performance
01:00:29 It can't be taken back.
01:00:34 And it's really sad.
01:02:20 In every small little village
01:02:25 Some say it might be because
01:02:29 but I don't really buy that.
01:02:33 I think there must have been
01:02:38 But it's very interesting for us
01:02:40 because we're learning
01:02:44 exploring them, like the rimur,
01:02:47 the old chanting style.
01:04:24 We met Steindór Andersen,
01:04:29 who is the head
01:04:32 just in a small room.
01:04:34 He has this deep voice and he started
01:04:39 and something connected inside me,
01:04:42 It was warm and right,
01:04:45 so I was interested
01:04:52 It's just so beautiful, I think.
01:07:14 I really like the Sey?isfjör?ur
01:07:19 It was really nice,
01:07:24 The mist was beautiful.
01:07:30 Slept in a Mongolian tent
01:07:34 It was really weird,
01:07:41 Just the more we travel,
01:07:44 the more you appreciate
01:07:48 To travel the whole world
01:07:53 It's kind of a safe haven
01:07:56 We are left on our own here.
01:13:32 I think the Ásbyrgi show
01:13:36 ...a bizarre show for all of us!
01:13:38 And it was so special for us
01:13:44 I mean, we haven't played a proper
01:13:49 and who knows when we will,
01:13:52 so it was very emotional.
01:13:55 Very dramatic.
01:14:06 It was during a public holiday,
01:14:09 that usually during that weekend
01:14:11 people spread around the countryside
01:14:15 but everyone was suddenly thinking,
01:14:17 "Yeah, are you going to make it
01:14:20 In the end it was just packed!
01:15:09 Then I just realised it was the last,
01:15:14 We don't know what will happen,
01:18:42 I don't think we maybe realised
01:18:46 that it kind of became
01:18:50 so it was really nice.
01:18:52 And Klambratún, the Reykjavík
01:18:57 because it was...
01:19:00 Everyone was there,
01:20:03 The show was good.
01:20:05 I start playing and I remember
01:20:08 And then I sort of wake up
01:20:11 just before everything goes crazy.
01:20:14 I sort of wake up and think,
01:20:18 There is this kind of...
01:20:23 you know, together,
01:20:29 A really nice feeling.
01:20:37 I think on stage, when everything
01:20:41 like good sound
01:20:44 you just kind of float.
01:20:46 And it's the best feeling ever
01:20:50 You don't know you're singing,
01:20:52 it's just totally empty headed,
01:31:33 I think Kjarri's grandmother,
01:31:35 she went to the concert
01:31:38 and thought it was really loud,
01:31:41 and then heard it was on TV, too.
01:31:44 Like, "It was on the TV!
01:31:47 "If it's on TV, let's go home
01:31:50 Then it was the end of the last song
01:31:52 and these crazy backdrops and stuff,
01:31:55 like really intense.
01:31:58 Then she thought something was wrong
01:32:03 I think it's nice.