Top/ Fordlândia (4AD, 2008) is an album by Icelandic-born musician, composer and producer Jóhann Jóhannsson. Jóhannsson is a co-founder of Kitchen Motors in Reykjavík, the art organization/think tank/record label which specializes in instigating collaborations, promoting concerts and exhibitions, performances, chamber operas, producing films, books and radio shows based on the ideals of experimentation, collaboration and the search for new art forms. Jóhannsson (born 1969) founded the Apparat Organ Quartet in 1999, who have played various European festivals to great acclaim. He has also produced and written music with artists as diverse as Marc Almond, Barry Adamson & Pan Sonic, the Hafler Trio and Magga Stina, among others. He has written music for theatre, documentaries and soundtrack music for several feature films. Jóhannsson is a member of the Icelandic electronica supergroup Evil Madness. Jóhannsson's album Englabörn was re-issued on 4AD in 2007. Bottom/ Let Love In is the 8th studio album by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, released in 1994 on Mute. The song "Loverman" was covered by Metallica on Garage Inc. and Depeche Mode's Martin Gore on Counterfeit. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds are an Australian rock band with multinational personnel, fronted by Nick Cave. In March 2008 the Bad Seeds released their 14th studio album, Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!, inspired by the Biblical story of the resurrection of Lazarus of Bethany by Jesus Christ. The album received excellent reviews.
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