It’s very seldom that we manage to surprise each other with new strange sounds these days. We’ve played together for two and a half year now and we’ve explored so many different things that we’ve pretty much heard it all. Which is why it was even more exhilirating and surprising when Mari suddenly turned into, what this IKI would call, a trumpet-playing elephant.
The silence you hear at 1:28 is genuine stunned surprise. I actually, for a split second, started wondering where the trumpet played had hid (no, seriously, I did). And when we asked her afterwards why she never had used the sound before with IKI she replied: “I had forgotten I knew it!”. That’s my favourite thing about IKI. Everytime you think you have explored every little nook and cranny something new always pops up.
Anna María’s beautiful, Icelandic solo is also a hilarious example of what I like to call the “Foreign Languages are Exotic and Beautiful” effect. Because we were convinced that her lyrics were deep and soulful, and told about the majestic animal that is the elephant. In reality, or so I’ve been told, the lyrics goes something like this: “Big, fat elephant – please, don’t step on me.” That is my favourite kind of IKI song. Surprising, hilarious and beautiful.
Love from the summer in Copenhagen,
Guro//IKI
