The Seashell And The Clergyman, by Jóhannes Pálmason / Hálfdán Árnason

The Seashell And The Clergyman

by Jóhannes Pálmason / Hálfdán Árnason

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The Seashell and the Clergyman is the first release in a limited series between VAX and Space Odyssey.

This album is an original composition for the legendary cult film The Seashell and the Clergyman (La Coquille et le Clergyman), directed by Germaine Dulac, premiered in 1928. Antonin Artaud, a leading light in the European avant-garde, wrote the scenario for the film. For a while, he was connected to the surrealist movement in France, later to be banished.

The film shows conflicts between a clergyman and a soldier, symbolically examining the effects of conformity and authority on society.

Jóhannes and Hálfdán have worked together for the past few years in various ways. Later this year, they will perform this composition at the festival Les Boréales in France, where they will be accompanied by their music colleague, Hannes Helgason.

This is one of the first surrealist films, and audiences were not sure how to interpret it. A dispute among the leaders of the surrealist movement resulted in André Breton and Louis Aragon shouting it down when it was premiered.

Citing Wikipedia: The British Board of Film Censors famously reported that the film was "so cryptic as to be almost meaningless. If there is a meaning, it is doubtless objectionable".
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released September 5, 2023

All music composed by Jóhannes Pálmason & Hálfdán Árnason
Recorded and mixed by Jóhannes Pálmason
Mastered By Árni Grétar (Futuregrapher)
Tape Duplication by Pan Thorarensen
Cover By Ómar Sverrisson
Featuring guest appearances by
Skúli Gíslason
Birkir Rafn Gíslason
Albert Finnbogason
Katie Buckley
Frank Aarnink
Roland Hartwell

VAX & Space Odyssey
2023

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released November 3, 2023

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