Sigur Rós: Heima Page #2

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one night.

Iceland is a unique place

in a way

on this planet.

It's so strange

that people can think about it

as a money-making scheme.

We're not protecting it enough,

all these nice,

special things we have.

Like tearing down old houses

to build really...

- Ugly.

- In our opinion, ugly...

- Big.

- Big houses.

And maybe pretending to be

something we are not.

Most people divide

into two groups:

People that want to make

loads of money in a short time

and the people that think about

the long-term effect on Iceland.

Speaking of that, I'm mostly referring

to the big industry in Iceland

with all the aluminium factories

being built in Iceland.

We went up to this protest camp

at Snafell

where they were protesting the building

of the dam at Krahnjkar.

The place where the dam is

is kind of the biggest unspoilt

highland in Europe.

We wanted to show support

by going up there,

because they've sunk

all of this land

just to drive

some aluminium smelter.

When we came and saw the dam

and it was...

I think everybody was just

turned speechless,

because it was

such a humungous monster!

They'd brought up this small PA

and were gonna get electricity

from some generators.

And then we thought

we're actually here to protest

the building of a dam

to produce electricity,

so we thought it would be a good idea

to do it completely acoustically.

Exactly when we started playing,

the wind just went down.

It was really magical,

because it was meant

to happen that way,

and after the performance

the wind started coming again.

It can't be taken back.

I mean, it's flooded now.

And it's really sad.

In every small little village

in Iceland there's a choir.

Some say it might be because

of the lack of instruments,

but I don't really buy that.

I think there must have been

some instruments in the old days.

But it's very interesting for us

because we're learning

about things as well,

exploring them, like the rimur,

the old chanting style.

We met Steindr Andersen,

the guy we've worked with a little,

who is the head

of the rhyme society in Iceland,

just in a small room.

He has this deep voice and he started

to chant these rhymes for me,

and something connected inside me,

something like, "Whoa!"

It was warm and right,

or something,

so I was interested

in this tradition, this old sh*t.

It's just so beautiful, I think.

I really like the Sey?isfjr?ur

with the fog.

It was really nice,

and a strange feeling.

The mist was beautiful.

Really nice weather.

Slept in a Mongolian tent

in Sey?isfjr?ur.

It was really weird,

but it was fun.

Just the more we travel,

the more you appreciate

the world and Iceland, as well.

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