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Sigur Rós are performing as trap/dubstep DJs under the name Triple Nipple
by Aaron Zorgel
July 3, 2013
How’s this for a 180? The Icelandic troupe of emotional woodland sprites known as Sigur Rós have taken a detour from their self-described “glacial soundscapes of awesome dimensions,” in favour of something they describe as “Triple Nipple.”
How’s this for a 180? The Icelandic troupe of emotional woodland sprites known as Sigur Rós have taken a detour from their self-described “glacial soundscapes of awesome dimensions,” in favour of something they describe, quite simply, as “Triple Nipple.” Yeah, we had to check if this was an Equalizer Magazine headline, too.
During an appearance at the Boiler Room in Berlin last week, Sigur Rós busted out their iPads for a DJ set comprised of Baltimore club music, dubstep, minimal hip-hop, and trap-house, which basically sounds like the antithesis of their usual “warm bubble baths of yoga wind-down muzak.”
According to a statement on the band’s website, no one involved in Triple Nipple “lays claim to be able to mix, even remotely.” This project represents what the Icelandic lads do while they’re off duty, in attempt to “get down and unwind in the dressing room and on the tour bus after a show.” After churning out an hour and a half of hyper-emotive post-rock soundscapes, you’d probably want to wild out to some dubstep, too.
Here’s a fair warning to diehard fans of the Rós, straight from Jonsi: “if you are expecting a mystique enhancing exercise of deep solipsism, look away now.”
Check out their set from the Boiler Room below, courtesy of Fact.
