Completely Off-Topic (Music Trivia) (Destiny)

by marmot 1333 , Thursday, November 05, 2015, 19:49 (3336 days ago) @ ChrisTheeCrappy

In that Carl Sagan Destiny mash-up, I was very excited when I realized the background music was the first track off the excellent album, In a Safe Place, by the super-chill band* The Album Leaf.

In a Safe Place on Spotify

This album was recorded in Iceland at Sigur Ros's recording studio. It is reportedly built around an empty swimming pool, which lends some of the interesting reverb effects heard on Sigur Ros albums and this The Album Leaf album. The Sigur Ros guys also guest-played on a lot of tracks on this album.

I bought this album on CD in 2005 and listened to it a lot in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. It's a solid album throughout and great music for work that involves intense thought or concentration. The second song is a lot like the first (which is featured in the video)--same key, same chord progression, a melody that evolves out of it--but has a totally sick beat, brah.

*: The Album Leaf is actually mostly one guy--James LaVelle--and he was previously in the California-based instrumental rock band Tristeza. (Not as good as The Album Leaf in my opinion, but worth looking up if you like guitar-led instrumental rock.)