"RICEBOY SLEEPS by Jonsi & Alex is one of the most glorious c.d.'s I've ever had the pleasure of listening to. The following is from the book The Poetics of Reverie by Gaston Bachelard, which contains a quote by Franz Hellens: "Childhood is not a thing which dies within us and dries up as soon as it has completed its cycle. It is not a memory. It is the most living of treasures, and it continues to enrich us without our knowing it ... Woe to the man who cannot remember his childhood, recapture it within himself, like a body inside his own body, a new blood in the old blood: he is dead as soon as it leaves him." The music on this album, more than any I've ever heard, is the musical conduit that validates the truth of this quote. Music has the power to transport. If you are in need of, or have allowed yourself to become separated from that " most living of treasures," I cannot too highly recommend to you .... RICEBOY SLEEPS."
A Glimpse of Heaven
Danny T. Moore | DC Area (NVA) | 04/18/2010
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I cannot tell you what affect this album has had on me. Some may call it ambient-for those who care to use that description but, I actually use it in my personal worship of God and time to reflect on Him. The music does not compete with my inner thoughts and takes me to the place into His Presence where I am alone with Him. This will never be a high demand album, but for me it has been priceless to set a mood for worship."
Perfection
FrenchMachine | 04/25/2010
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I'd give this album 6 stars if I could. 5 stars isnt enough. It is brilliant.
I put this album on all the time when I'm using Salvia Divinorum, Ayahuasca, or Mescaline-containing Cactus.
And even when I'm sober!
It's that good."
For those who take their Sigur meager
IRate | 02/16/2010
(3 out of 5 stars)
"
Clearly notable in the ambient field for its detailed sparkling, RS still feels too monotonous in self-absorption to offer more than a few tracks which transcend textural experiments in familiar aesthetics."
Very different, very good
Dream's Raven | USA | 04/17/2010
(5 out of 5 stars)
"From the opening of this CD, you know you're getting into something that represents a departure from the work of the artists in Sigur Ros. I've never heard anything like this before. It's not the orchestral rock of Sigur Ros, and it certainly isn't anything mainstream. The tracks are very slow, with a lot of vocals that aren't singing any particular words, just adding to the overall ambient and ethereal feel of this interesting CD. If you like the slower tracks of Sigur Ros, I'm thinking particularly of some of the songs on ( ), you might want to check this out."