liminal is more than an ambient sigur rós mixtape curated by jónsi, alex somers and paul corley. liminal sees sigur rós as an eco-system. it identifies the connections and blurs the boundaries between work done and work to come; between new music and ideas barely yet born; between songs written 20 years ago and collaborations to be made tomorrow. in bringing together these collaborations and commissions – for choreographers, visual artists and new technologies – with solo work and remixes, film score and generative music, as well as friends in the wider sigur rós ‘family’, liminal aims to take the listener to a place neither here nor there, a “liminal” space. liminal will live as an ‘endless’ mixtape, always growing but never done….
soundbaths are a way of experiencing Liminal in a live arena with other human beings. the haze is thick, the music gauzy and mellifluous, the performance element arcane (jónsi, alex and paul being steeped in gloom), but of undeniable power. there are sleepwalkers in the dark, soaring live vocals and mesmeric sound-reactive lights to bliss you out. everyone surrenders to the stillness and, if it’s been done right, gets to go away feeling like they might just have seen everything from a slightly different angle.