Post by kuyashii on Sept 26, 2019 20:05:51 GMT
Jón "Jónsi" Þór Birgisson
Associated Acts: Sigur Rós (1994-currently)
Vocal Range: G2-G5
High Notes
G5 ("Kaleidoscope", "Milano", "Olsen Olsen", "Sinking Friendships", "Tornado")
F♯5 ("Ævin Endar", "Gong")
F5 ("Boy Lilikoi", "Hengilás", "Hún Jörð …", "Untitled 1 (Vaka)" ( ) Version)
E5 ("Á" Various Live Performances, "Ágætis Byrjun" Demo Version, "Festival", "Fortress", "Funeral Pyre", "Gathering Stories", "Go Do", "Hafssól" Von Version, "Hljómanlid", "Hoppípolla", "Milano", "Saeglópur", "Salka", "Sé Lest", "Sinking Friendships", "Varða" Various Live Performances)
E♭5 ("Around Us", "Fljótavik", "Með Blóðnasir", "Part 2", "Sun", "Untitled 1 (Vaka)" Heim Version)
D5 ("Á" Various Live Performances, "All Alright", "Ára Bátur", "Bláþráður", "Dögun", "End", "Festival", "Góðan Daginn", "Gong", "Glósoli", "Grow Till Tall", "Hafssól" Von & Hvarf Versions, "The Hidden World, "Hrafntinna", "Icicle Sleeves" Live in Belgium 2010, "Ísjaki", "Kaleidoscope", "Milano", "Myrkur", "New Piano Song" Live at Brighton 2010, "Olsen Olsen", "Óveður", "Untitled 5 (Álafoss)", "Salka", "Sé Lest", "Sinking Friendships", "Stormur", "Together from Afar", "Varða" Various Live Performances, "Við Spilum Endalaust", "Who Are You Thinking Of", "Yfirborð")
C♯5 ("Andvari", "End", "First Day", "Ilsa Drown", "Indian Summer", "Óveður", "Rafstraumur", "Saeglópur", "Sticks and Stones", "Svefn-g-englar", "Syndir Guðs (Opinberun Frelsarans)", "The Rains of Castamere", "Untitled 1 (Vaka)" Heim Version, "Varúð", "Where No One Goes")
C5 ("Á" Various Live Performances, "Animal Arithmetic", "Ára Bátur", "Atlas Song", "Brennisteinn", "Dögun", "Debata Mandire" Unknown Live 1999 Performance, "Fljótavik", "Glósoli", "Hafssól" Hvarf Version, "Hjartað Hamast (Bamm Bamm Bamm)", "The Hidden World, "Icicle Sleeves" Live in Belgium 2010, "Kaleidoscope", "Kveikur", "Kolniður", "Með Suð Í Eyrum", "New Piano Song" Live at Brighton 2010, "Niður" Various Live Performances, "Saint Naïve" Live in Belgium 2010, "School Bus", "Sinking Friendships", "Stars in Still Water", "Svo Hljótt", "Together from Afar", "Tornado", "Untiled 7 (Dauðalagið)", "Untiled 8 (Popplagið)", "Við Spilum Endalaust", "Von" Von Version, "Waving Goodbye", "We Bought a Zoo", "Why Not")
B4 ("Ágætis Byrjun" All Versions, "All Alright", "Bláþráður", "Ég Anda", "Festival", "Fljúgðu", "Flugufrelsarinn", "Fortress", "Funeral Pyre", "Go Do", "Góðan Daginn", "Gong", "Grow Till Tall", "Hafssól" Hvarf Version, "Heima", "Heysátan" Heim & Takk Versions, "Hjartað Hamast (Bamm Bamm Bamm)", "Hoppípolla", "Í Gær", "Inní Mér Syngur Vitleysingur", "Logn", "Memories", "Niður" Various Live Performances, "Olsen Olsen", "Óveður", "Rafstraumur", "Saeglópur", "Salka", "Sinking Friendships", "Starálfur" Heim Version, "Sticks and Stones", "Svefn-g-englar", "Syndir Guðs (Opinberun Frelsarans)", "Untitled 5 (Álafoss)", "Untitled 6 (E-Bow)", "Untiled 7 (Dauðalagið)", "Viðrar vel til Loftárása", "Where No One Goes", "Yfirborð")
B♭4 ("Animal Arithmetic", "Around Us", "Boy Lilikoi", "Brennisteinn", "Ekki Múkk", "The Rains of Castamere", "Revelation", "Simple Gifts", "Snæridar", "Stars in Still Water", "Sun", "Track 2", "Untitled 1 (Vaka)", "Untitled 2 (Fyrsta)")
A4 ("Á" Various Live Performances, "Ágætis Byrjun" All Versions, "All Alright", "Ára Bátur", "Bíum Bíum Bambaló", "Bláþráður", "Dauðalogn", "Ég Anda", "Ég Fæ Jjolágjof" Live at Gaukur Stöng 1998, "Gathering Stories", "Gítardjamm" Live at Djúpavík 2006, "Gobbledigook", "Glósoli", "Icicle Sleeves" Live in Belgium 2010, "Ilsa Drown", "Kaleidoscope", "Milano", "New Piano Song" Live at Brighton 2010, "Ný Batterí", "Óveður", "Revelation", "Saint Naïve" Live in Belgium 2010, "Stormur", "Svefn-g-englar", "Svo Hljótt", "Together from Afar", "Untitled 4 (Njósnavélin)", "Untitled 6 (E-Bow)", "Untiled 8 (Popplagið)", "Varða" Various Live Performances, "Volume Pedal Song" Live in London 2010, "Von" Hvarf & Heim Versions, "Who Are You Thinking Of")
G♯4 ("Hoppípolla", "Indian Summer", "Nýja Lagið" Live at Icelandic Opera House 1999, "Rembihnútur", "Starálfur", "Sticks and Stones", "Untitled 1 (Vaka)", "Untitled 2 (Fyrsta)", "Varúð", "We Bought a Zoo")
G4 ("Animal Arithmetic", "Boy Lilikoi", "Brennisteinn", "Flugufrelsarinn", "Fönklagið" Live in Reykjavíc 1998, "Hjartað Hamast (Bamm Bamm Bamm)", "Hljómanlid", "Hrafntinna", "Í Gær", "Kaleidoscope", "Með Suð Í Eyrum", "Memories", "Simple Gifts", "Together from Afar", "Untitled 4 (Njósnavélin)", "Untiled 7 (Dauðalagið)", "Við Spilum Endalaust", "Von" Hvarf & Heim Versions, "Waving Goodbye", "Why Not")
Low Notes
G3 ("Ágætis Byrjun" All Versions, "Animal Arithmetic", "Ára Bátur", "Bláþráður", "Festival", "Heysátan" Heim & Takk Versions, "Hrafntinna", "Íllgresi", "Kaleidoscope", "Með Suð Í Eyrum", "New Piano Song" Live at Brighton 2010, "Niður" Various Live Performances, "Ó Frídur", "The Rains of Castamere", "Sinking Friendships", "Saint Naïve" Live in Belgium 2010, "Together from Afar", "Tornado", "Untitled 2 (Fyrsta)", "Untiled 4 (Njósnavélin)", "Untitled 6 (E-Bow)", "Untiled 7 (Dauðalagið)", "Untiled 8 (Popplagið)", "Við Spilum Endalaust", "Volume Pedal Song" Live in London 2010, "Who Are You Thinking Of", "Yfirborð")
F♯3 ("Andvari", "Dauðalogn", "Fortress", "Funeral Pyre", "Góðan Daginn", "Hoppípolla", "Í Gær", "Over the Pond", "Untiled 8 (Popplagið)")
F3 ("Animal Arithmetic", "Boy Lilikoi", "Brennisteinn", "Hún Jörð …", "Hrafntinna", "Icicle Sleeves" Live in Belgium 2010, "Rembihnútur", "Simple Gifts", "Starálfur" Ágætis Byrjun Version, "The Rains of Castamere")
E3 ("Dauðalogn", "Gathering Stories", "Go Do", "First Day", "Fljúgðu", "Heima", "Ilsa Drown", "Ísjaki", "Myrkur", "New Piano Song" Live at Brighton 2010, "Over the Pound", "Rafstraumur", "Sticks and Stones", "Svefn-g-englar", "Together from Afar", "Tornado")
E♭3 ("Fljótavik", "Rembihnútur", "Starálfur" Ágætis Byrjun Version, "Stars in Still Water", "Sticks and Stones")
D3 ("Ágætis Byrjun" Demo Version, "All Alright", "Góðan Daginn", "Flugufrelsarinn", "Hengilás", "Hjartað Hamast (Bamm Bamm Bamm)", "Icicle Sleeves" Live in Belgium 2010, "Íllgresi", "Inní Mér Syngur Vitleysingur", "Salka", "Starálfur" Heim Version, "Sinking Friendships", "Tornado")
C♯3 ("All Alright", "Ævin Endar","Varúð")
C3 ("Hengilás", "Kolniður", "The Rains of Castamere")
B2 ("Ævin Endar")
B♭2 ("Around Us", "Stars in Still Water")
A2 ("Kolniður","Together from Afar")
G♯2 ("Fljúgðu", "Svefn-g-englar")
G2 ("Kolniður", "Untitled 2 (Fyrsta)")
Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.
{Questionable Notes}
B♭5 ("Boy Lilikoi"2)
A5 ("Varðeldur"2)
G5 ("Dauðalogn"2, "Sé Lest"2)
F♯5 ("Festival"2, "Saeglópur"2, "Varúð"2)
E5 ("End"2, "Ísjaki"4, "Svefn-g-englar"4, "Við Spilum Endalaust"5)
D5 ("Gobbledigook"4, "Heysátan" Takk Version, "Inní Mér Syngur Vitleysingur"2)
C♯5 ("Gobbledigook"2, "Over the Pond")
C5 ("Daniell in the Sea"2)
B4 ("Hún Jörð …"3)
B♭4 ("Daniell in the Sea"2, "Untitled 3 (Samskeyti)"4)
A4 ("Unsoundness"2)
G♯4 ("Syndir Guðs (Opinberun Frelsarans)"2)
F♯3 ("Gobbledigook"2, "Untitled 6 (E-Bow)"2)
E3 ("Íllgresi"1)
D3 ("Boy Lilikoi"1)
A2 ("Góðan Daginn"1)
G2 ("Together from Afar"2)
F2 ("The Rains of Castamere"2)
E2 ("Svefn-g-englar"2)
[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
His music often employs cut-up and pitch-shifted vocal samples. Notes that are mentioned here are only the ambiguous cases where you can't really guess whether the note was indeed legit or manipulated. Obvious pitch-shifted notes like those on "Untitled 1 (Vaka)" are disregarded altogether.
B♭5 ("Boy Lilikoi"2)
A5 ("Varðeldur"2)
G5 ("Dauðalogn"2, "Sé Lest"2)
F♯5 ("Festival"2, "Saeglópur"2, "Varúð"2)
E5 ("End"2, "Ísjaki"4, "Svefn-g-englar"4, "Við Spilum Endalaust"5)
D5 ("Gobbledigook"4, "Heysátan" Takk Version, "Inní Mér Syngur Vitleysingur"2)
C♯5 ("Gobbledigook"2, "Over the Pond")
C5 ("Daniell in the Sea"2)
B4 ("Hún Jörð …"3)
B♭4 ("Daniell in the Sea"2, "Untitled 3 (Samskeyti)"4)
A4 ("Unsoundness"2)
G♯4 ("Syndir Guðs (Opinberun Frelsarans)"2)
F♯3 ("Gobbledigook"2, "Untitled 6 (E-Bow)"2)
E3 ("Íllgresi"1)
D3 ("Boy Lilikoi"1)
A2 ("Góðan Daginn"1)
G2 ("Together from Afar"2)
F2 ("The Rains of Castamere"2)
E2 ("Svefn-g-englar"2)
[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
His music often employs cut-up and pitch-shifted vocal samples. Notes that are mentioned here are only the ambiguous cases where you can't really guess whether the note was indeed legit or manipulated. Obvious pitch-shifted notes like those on "Untitled 1 (Vaka)" are disregarded altogether.
{Discography, Range by Release & Other Info}
Sigur Rós – Von (1997) (E3-F5)
Sigur Rós – Ágætis Byrjun (1999) (G♯2-G5)
Sigur Rós – ( ) (2002) (G2-F5)
Sigur Rós – Takk... (2005) (F♯3-F♯5)
Sigur Rós – Hvarf/Heim (2007) (D3-E5)
Sigur Rós – Með Suð Í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust (2008) (C♯3-E5)
Jónsi & Alex – Riceboy Sleeps (2009) (-C♯5)
Jónsi – Go (2010) (G2-G5)
Jónsi – We Bought a Zoo (Soundtrack) (2011) (B2-F♯5)
Sigur Rós – Valtari (2012) (C♯3-C♯5)
Sigur Rós – Kveikur (2013) (E3-D5)
Guest Appearances
The Album Leaf – "Over the Pond" (In a Safe Place, 2004)
Tiësto – "Kaleidoscope" (Kaleidoscope, 2009)
Death Vessel – "Ilsa Drown" (Island Intervals, 2014)
Sin Fang – "Candyland" (Candyland, 2016)
Alex Somers – "Funeral Pyre", "Memories", "School Bus", "Unsoundness", "Waving Goodbye", "Fortress" (Captain Fantastic Sountrack, 2016)
Other Info:
The song "Fljúguð" (or at least the rips posted on YT) seems to be somewhere between the keys of E and F but it's somewhat closer to E, so that's what I took as a key to measure the notes.
The song "Track 2" is found on the Untitled 1 (a.k.a. Vaka) EP released on 2003. It also appeared together with “Track 3” from the same release as a single song called “Untitled 9 (a.k.a. Smásfika)”, which was the name the song was called when it was played on tour, on the 2007 box set In a Frozen Sea: An Year with Sigur Rós.
On the topic of the performance of “Debata Mandire”: According to an YT response I got “they performed this also at All Tomorrow’s Parties April 7, 2000; it was was the “intro” into Ebow. However this does not sound like that version based on the ending so it’s likely Laugardalshöll, Reykjavik, Iceland on August 28, 1999. They played it on the 23rd at that same venue as well but since there is a recording of Orrilagð which was performed on the 28 but not the 23rd, I am betting the duet was recorded at the same show.” The upcoming Ágætis Byrjun 20 Years Anniversary Boxset is set to include a performance of the song live at Laugardalshöll but we'll have to wait until its release to confirm it.
I don't think they changed the arrangements for the new songs they've been playing live since 2016-17 ("Á", "Varða" and "Niður") for any specific performance so for those I simply went with "Various Live Performances".
Sigur Rós – Von (1997) (E3-F5)
Sigur Rós – Ágætis Byrjun (1999) (G♯2-G5)
Sigur Rós – ( ) (2002) (G2-F5)
Sigur Rós – Takk... (2005) (F♯3-F♯5)
Sigur Rós – Hvarf/Heim (2007) (D3-E5)
Sigur Rós – Með Suð Í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust (2008) (C♯3-E5)
Jónsi & Alex – Riceboy Sleeps (2009) (-C♯5)
Jónsi – Go (2010) (G2-G5)
Jónsi – We Bought a Zoo (Soundtrack) (2011) (B2-F♯5)
Sigur Rós – Valtari (2012) (C♯3-C♯5)
Sigur Rós – Kveikur (2013) (E3-D5)
Guest Appearances
The Album Leaf – "Over the Pond" (In a Safe Place, 2004)
Tiësto – "Kaleidoscope" (Kaleidoscope, 2009)
Death Vessel – "Ilsa Drown" (Island Intervals, 2014)
Sin Fang – "Candyland" (Candyland, 2016)
Alex Somers – "Funeral Pyre", "Memories", "School Bus", "Unsoundness", "Waving Goodbye", "Fortress" (Captain Fantastic Sountrack, 2016)
Other Info:
The song "Fljúguð" (or at least the rips posted on YT) seems to be somewhere between the keys of E and F but it's somewhat closer to E, so that's what I took as a key to measure the notes.
The song "Track 2" is found on the Untitled 1 (a.k.a. Vaka) EP released on 2003. It also appeared together with “Track 3” from the same release as a single song called “Untitled 9 (a.k.a. Smásfika)”, which was the name the song was called when it was played on tour, on the 2007 box set In a Frozen Sea: An Year with Sigur Rós.
On the topic of the performance of “Debata Mandire”: According to an YT response I got “they performed this also at All Tomorrow’s Parties April 7, 2000; it was was the “intro” into Ebow. However this does not sound like that version based on the ending so it’s likely Laugardalshöll, Reykjavik, Iceland on August 28, 1999. They played it on the 23rd at that same venue as well but since there is a recording of Orrilagð which was performed on the 28 but not the 23rd, I am betting the duet was recorded at the same show.” The upcoming Ágætis Byrjun 20 Years Anniversary Boxset is set to include a performance of the song live at Laugardalshöll but we'll have to wait until its release to confirm it.
I don't think they changed the arrangements for the new songs they've been playing live since 2016-17 ("Á", "Varða" and "Niður") for any specific performance so for those I simply went with "Various Live Performances".
If you have any questions concerning the whereabouts of a note or has notes I happened to miss, feel free to say anything!
