one of my favorite european trip-hop bands out there.

this is a documentary which covers their unannounced performances done around their home country, iceland.

"'heima' is sigur rós's first ever film, filmed over two weeks during the summer of 2006 when the band undertook a series of free, unannounced concerts in iceland. they hauled 40-plus people round 15 locations to the furthest flung corners of their homeland for their debut venture into live film, to create something, well, inspirational.

on their way they went to ghost towns, outsider art shrines, national parks, small community halls and the absolute middle-of-nowhere-ness of the highland wilderness, as well as playing the largest gig of their career (and in icelandic history) at their homecoming reykjavik show.

'heima' (icelandic for "at home" or "homeland"), truly, shows sigur rós as never before. whereas seeing the group live is normally a large-scale and sometimes overwhelming experience, making full use of lights and mesmeric visuals, 'heima' was always intended to reveal more of what was actually going on on stage. it does this via long-held close-ups and a rare intimate proximity, without ever once breaking the spell.

loosely based on a documentary format - and including personal reflections from the band - 'heima' also serves as an alternative primer for iceland the country, which is revealed as less stag destination-du-jour and more desolate, magical place where human beings have little right to trespass.

'heima' features performances of songs from all four sigur rós albums, many radically reworked, as well as two exclusive new songs in 'guitardjamm', which was filmed inside an abandoned herring oil tank in the far west of the country, and the traditional 'a ferd til breidarfjardar 1922', performed with poet steindor andersen.

'heima' was directed by dean deblois, a long-time fan of the band and director of the oscar-nominated animated feature 'lilo & stitch', using an icelandic crew."

Label: Fierce Angel
Genre: Downtempo
Date Released: 05.02.2007

Tracks:
CD1:
1. The Memory Band - Why
2. Sol Seppy - Enter One
3. Bat For Lashes - Sad Eyes
4. Decoder Ring - Somersault
5. Bonnie Bailey - This Womans Work
6. Nerina Pallot - Sophia
7. Lou Rhodes - Treat Her Gently
8. Holly Throsby - Things Between People
9. The Funky Lowlives - Time To Let Go
10. Jose' Gonzalez - Crosses
11. Missy Higgins - Nightminds
12. Bonnie Bailey - Trust
13. Peyton - Too Much
14. Fac15 - Stay With Me Til Dawn

CD2:
1. Eva Abraham - So Fine (David Thomas Mix)
2. James Bright Feat Rachel Lloyd - Little Things
3. Robina - Human Nature
4. Camilla Boler - Love To Suffer
5. Dan Arborise - Beauty Through Her Eyes
6. Mooli - Underneath The Same Sun
7. Nouvelle Vague - Let Me Go
8. Project Moonhound - Strong
9. Kenneth Bagler - And I Kept Hearing
10. Elektralow - Water Feels Warm
11. Chris Coco & Sascha Puttnam Feat Cathy Batistessa - Starlight
12. Honeyroot - Sweet As Honey
13. William Orbit Feat. Finlay Quaye - Dice

CD3:
1. Agoria Feat Nenah Cherry - Million Miles
2. Dani Siciliano - Frozen
3. Samantha Marais - Warm
4. Justine Electra - Fancy Robots
5. Kaskade - Maybe
6. The Beauty Room - Holding On
7. Coldcut Feat Robert Miles - Walk A Mile In My Shoes (Henrik Schwarz Mix)
8. Grandad Bob - Hide Me
9. Sugardaddy - Love On The Attack
10. X-press 2 - Enjoy The Ride Feat. Kissing The Pink
11. Snow Patrol - Chocolate (Grand National Remix)
12. Royksopp - Beautiful Day Without You
13. Sebastian Tellier - La Ritournelle

These 3 tracks are what I like the best in this 3CD Compilation. Sorry, had a hard time uploading all songs from the 3 CDs. If you want a particular song there to be uploaded here though, just tell me okay? :)

And give these 3 songs at least until chorus, so you'll exactly know why I picked them :)

(Songs after the first 3 were added by request :) )