Eberg

b. Einar Tonsberg, 6 Feb 1973, Reykjavík, Iceland. Tonsberg create this experimental notebook folk solo task following involvement in several short-lived pop, punk and electro serves in his home-town as well as the London, England-based Lorien through the 90s. Although he previously a limited quantity of devices and money, Tonsberg were able to reach a wider target audience through a combined mix of business and an idiosyncratic method of songwriting. The 1st 50 copies of 2004’s Plastic material Lions were offered inside a handmade, hand-painted, numbered, solid wood box. The gains from this launch were utilized to press up another 1, 000 copies from the Compact disc in a far more standard jewel case, before Oxford, Britain self-employed label, Rotator, offered the record a complete launch. Tonsberg statements that his songwriting procedure usually began having a seek out interesting noises and rhythms that to foundation a monitor around. Certainly, his music is sparse lyrical mantras linked with skewed but wonderful audio collages, ‘Cigarette smoker INSIDE A Film’ being truly a ideal example. Among Tonsberg’s preferred equipment may be the ‘eharp’, his very own spurious hybrid of the Fender Stratocaster and a layer hanger. It had been this sort of ingenuity, twinned with a specific Icelandic eccentricity previously place to similar make use of by Björk, which triggered the united kingdom music press to get sucked in. In 2006 Tonsberg transferred to some other UK unbiased label, Quick Karma and with this emerged Voff Voff. Wittily called following the sound created by Icelandic canines, the record was a stage on in the debut discharge only with regards to creation. The same feeling of humour permeated Voff Voff, and was especially noticeable on opener ‘Appreciate Your Bum’, a monitor that acquired a lyric completely constructed from slogans utilized to sell bathroom rolls. This wackiness was counterbalanced with sombre and whimsical acoustic compositions such as for example ‘Sober In June’ and ‘Place Between Today And After that’.