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Named and shaped in loving tribute to Tintin, the fabled Belgian journalist who defined what it meant to be an adventurer in the 20th Century, Les Adventures de President Bongo is a bonafide objet d‘art. Each of the 24 LPs is limited & numbered to a run of 300 copies, once the cycle is complete, the individual releases will Voltron into a unified whole that is projected to surpass the sum of its parts.
Just a Closer walk With Thee is a tribute to Ólafur Stephensen, a jazz lover and advertising man who passed away in 2016. The piece is an American folksong; a New Orleans funeral march. The film describes in an abstract way a funeral but at the same time a new beginning, a lifespan and freedom. Óli was my father.
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released December 4, 2020
Les Aventures de President Bongo Presents:
A Film by Matthew Barney and Stephan Stephensen & an album by the Emotional Carpenters.
“Just a Closer Walk with Thee”
Visuals by Matthew Barney
Music performed by The Emotional Carpenters
Written by Unknown
Produced by President Bongo & Davíð Þór Jónsson
Mixed by President Bongo
Recorded by Birgir Jón Birgisson, Davíð Þór Jónsson & President Bongo at Sundlaugin Studio and Bongomachine & Ólafur Björn Ólafsson at Björnsbær
Mastered by Jörg Burger
The Emotional Carpenters:
Hammond Organ and Honky Tonk Piano by Davíð Þór Jónsson
Bass Harmonica by Þorleifur Gaukur Davíðsson
Trombones by Leifur Jónsson and Samúel Jón Samúelsson
Trumpet by Eiríkur Orri Ólafsson
Computer efx by Áki Ásgeirsson
Drums by Ólafur Björn Ólafsson
Tuba by Ómar Guðjónsson
Edited by Andrea Merkx
Sound design by Nicolas Liebing
Title Design Noah Herzog
Color Grading by Steve Rodriguez
Matthew Barney Studio:
Foundry Captain:
Kanoa Baysa
Foundry Crew:
Christopher Campbell
Eamon de Fabbia Kane
Kevin Lips
Andre Ponticello
Alexander Stevens
Chainsaw:
Matthew Barney
Camera Operators:
Andrea Merkx
Dan Spizzirri
Sound Recording:
Dan Spizzirri
Studio Manager:
Mamie Tinkler
Executive Producer: Andri Sveinsson
Supported by the City of Reykjavík, Tónlistarsjóður, Ólafur Ingi Ólafsson, Halldór Friðrik Þorsteinsson, Þorsteinn Ólafsson, Friðrik Jónsson, Finnur Árnason, Irma, Einar Knútsson, Gunna Maggý, Matthew Barney, Noah Herzog, Paul Mcmenamin, Apache and Esther Bíbí.
Sharpen your senses; prepare to open your heart and your mind. Rejoice! You are invited embark on a journey across the entire universe, from the peaks of Mt. Kilimanjaro to the innermost core of your being. Led by the emotional carpenter himself—Mr. Stephan Stephensen, AKA President Bongo—and accompanied by his merry band of hand-picked accomplices, Les Adventures de President Bongo is a unique work of art that will reveal itself over the next ten years, give or take. One film is made to accompany each release.
Named and shaped in loving tribute to Tintin, the fabled Belgian journalist who defined what it meant to be an adventurer in the 20th Century, Les Adventures de President Bongo is a bonafide objet d‘art. Each of the 24 LPs is limited to a run of 300 copies (numbered and signed), once the cycle is complete, the individual releases will Voltron into a unified whole that is projected to surpass the sum of its parts.
This is a beauty that doesn’t ask for the opinion of the traveler, it is not participating in a dialogue that expects any
answer. This beauty is whitish-yellow by fat and is of raw dolerite under the lurid turquoise coloured sky and doesn’t care about your opinions or ideas. It crawls forward busily gnawing at the cliffs and grinds it into submission....more
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