eberg - daybreak

one of my fondest memories of iceland was hanging out in 12 tonar with headphones on listening to a stack of cds.  12 tonar is a little record store in central reykjavik and they also run a label by the same name.  the focus of the store is icelandic music and it was my favorite record store i visited while i was there.

i had some downtime while clayton was taking a nap, so i knew i could kill an hour or two.  they had a big table of icelandic artists to check out and had no qualms with people grabbing stacks of cds and taking them to their little listening room.  once you’ve picked out your couch in the listening room, the nice gentleman who works there offers you a cup of espresso while you listen.  i put on some big comfy headphones and got lost in music for an hour.  then i’d go back to the table and grab more.

a few artists really stuck out to me and eberg was one of them.  also known as einar tonsberg, he’s mostly an electronic artist that uses samples and programming to do a lot of his music.  i read a review of his music that called it “dreampop” which seemed a pretty good description to me.

after listening to a few songs, i bought the cd.

now that i’ve had a few weeks with it, i love it even more.  now i have this great little musical momento of this trip of a lifetime and a great album to boot.  i’m pretty sure you’ll enjoy it too… even without all the icelandic nostalgia attached.

i wanted to just post the MP3, but i am having computer issues, so you’ll have to do with the music video.  it’s kind of a silly video concept that i think takes away from the song, but what can ya do?