History Music / Jonsi

Jón Þór Birgisson (born 23 April 1975), [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname better known by his nickname]] Jónsi (pronounced "yone-see"), is an Icelandic singer, musician, artist, and composer best known as the vocalist and guitarist for the [[PostRock post-rock]] band Music/SigurRos, which he named after his youngest sister. He has received recognition and/or acclaim for his countertenor range, his falsetto singing, his extensive use of bowed guitar, and his unique appearance (due to being born blind in his right eye from a broken optic nerve in his brain).

Jónsi has also composed {{ambient}} music using the name Frakkur, under which he contributed the track "ammælistrákur" to the collaborative ''Kitchen Motors Family Album'' (which also contains music from contemporaries like the band Múm and the late Music/JohannJohannsson) and released a full compilation of ambient songs composed in the early half of the 2000s in 2018. He has additionally been part of several ambient collaborative acts; he is one half of Jónsi & Alex with musician[=/=]artist Alex Somers (his partner at the time of formation), and one half of Dark Morph with composer Carl Michael von Hausswolff.

Jón Þór Birgisson (born 23 April 1975), [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname better known by his nickname]] Jónsi (pronounced "yone[[note]]rhyming with ''bone'' [[/note]]-see"), is an Icelandic singer, musician, artist, and composer best known as the vocalist and guitarist for the [[PostRock post-rock]] band Music/SigurRos, which he named after his youngest sister. He has received recognition and/or acclaim for his countertenor range, his falsetto singing, his extensive use of bowed guitar, and his unique appearance (due to being born blind in his right eye from a broken optic nerve in his brain).

Jón Þór Birgisson (born 23 April 1975), [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname better known by his nickname]] Jónsi (pronounced "yown[[note]]rhyming with ''bone'' [[/note]]-see"), is an Icelandic singer, musician, artist, and composer best known as the vocalist and guitarist for the [[PostRock post-rock]] band Music/SigurRos, which he named after his youngest sister. He has received recognition and/or acclaim for his countertenor range, his falsetto singing, his extensive use of bowed guitar, and his unique appearance (due to being born blind in his right eye from a broken optic nerve in his brain).

Jón Þór Birgisson (born 23 April 1975), [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname better known by his nickname]] Jónsi (pronounced "yown[[note]]rhyming with ''bone'' [[/note]]-see"), is an Icelandic singer, musician, artist, and composer best known as the vocalist and guitarist for the [[PostRock post-rock]] band Music/SigurRos, which he named after his youngest sister. He has received recognition and acclaim for his countertenor range, his falsetto singing, his extensive use of bowed guitar, and his unique appearance (due to being born blind in his right eye from a broken optic nerve in his brain).

Outside band work, Jónsi has ventured into solo work. In 2010, he released his GenreBusting debut album ''Go''. He has largely rotated between Sigur Rós and his own endeavors since then, eventually releasing his second and third albums (the vibrant ''Shiver'' and the ambient ''Obsidian'') in 2020 and 2021, respectively. In the interim, other musical projects of his included composing the scores for ''Film/WeBoughtAZoo'' and ''Film/WithoutRemorse'' and contributing original songs to works including the ''Franchise/HowToTrainYourDragon'' series, ''Film/TheCircle2017'', and ''Film/BoyErased''.

Additional ventures of Jónsi's have included perfumes and visual arts; he has exhibited personal artwork on various occasions, and released his album ''Obsidian'' alongside an eponymous art installation.

Jón Þór Birgisson (born 23 April 1975), [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname better known by his nickname]] Jónsi (pronounced "yown[[note]]rhyming with ''bone''[[/note]]-see"), is an Icelandic singer, musician, artist, and composer best known as the vocalist and guitarist for the [[PostRock post-rock]] band Music/SigurRos, which he named after his youngest sister. He has received recognition and acclaim for his countertenor range, his falsetto singing, his extensive use of bowed guitar, and his unique appearance (due to being born blind in his right eye from a broken optic nerve in his brain).

Outside band work, Jónsi has ventured into solo work. In 2010, he released his GenreBusting debut album ''Go''. He largely rotated between Sigur Rós and his own endeavors since then, eventually releasing his second and third albums (the vibrant ''Shiver'' and the ambient ''Obsidian'') in 2020 and 2021, respectively. In the interim, other musical projects of his included composing the scores for ''Film/WeBoughtAZoo'' and ''Film/WithoutRemorse'' and contributing original songs to works including the ''Franchise/HowToTrainYourDragon'' series, ''Film/TheCircle2017'', and ''Film/BoyErased''.

Jón Þór Birgisson (born 23 April 1975), [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname better known by his nickname]] Jónsi (pronounced "yown[[note]]rhyming with ''bone''[[/note]]-see"), is an Icelandic singer, musician, artist, and composer best known as the vocalist and guitarist for the [[PostRock post-rock]] band Music/SigurRos, which he named after his youngest sister. He has received recognition and acclaim for his countertenor range, falsetto singing, and extensive use of bowed guitar.

Jónsi has also composed {{ambient}} music using the name Frakkur, under which he contributed the track "ammælistrákur" to the collaborative ''Kitchen Motors Family Album'' (which also contains music from contemporaries like Music/{{Múm}} and the late Music/JohannJohannsson) and released a full compilation of ambient songs composed in the early half of the 2000s in 2018.

Jónsi has additionally been part of several ambient collaborative acts with other musicians; he is one half of Jónsi & Alex with musician[=/=]artist Alex Somers (his then-partner), and one half of Dark Morph with composer Carl Michael von Hausswolff.

He has since shifted focus to perfumes, visual arts, and gradually back to Sigur Rós, releasing his album ''Obsidian'' alongside an eponymous installation.

In 2009, he and his partner Alex Somers released ''Riceboy Sleeps'', a purely ambient album that came with artwork done by both.

** Dark Morph
** Dark Morph 2

Jón Þór Birgisson (born 23 April 1975), [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname better known by his nickname]] '''Jónsi''', is a singer, musician, artist, and composer best known as the vocalist and guitarist for Music/SigurRos, the band he named after his youngest sister. Jónsi is notorious for his countertenor range and especially his falsetto singing, as well as his extensive use of bowed guitar.

Outside band work, Jónsi has ventured into ambient music, contributing the track "ammælistrákur" to the collaborative ''Kitchen Motors Family Album'' where contemporaries like Music/{{Múm}} and the late Music/JohannJohannsson also contributed and gained influence. In 2009, he and partner Alex Somers released ''Riceboy Sleeps'', a purely ambient album that came with artworks done by both. The following year, Jónsi released his GenreBusting debut ''Go''. He has been rotating between Sigur Rós and his own endeavors since.

2018 then saw the official release of tracks he created under the name Frakkur from the early half of the 2000s. Two years and an amicable breakup later, he would release the more vibrant ''Shiver''. Jónsi has since shifted focus to perfumes, visual arts, and gradually back to Sigur Rós, releasing the ambient ''Obsidian'' in 2021 alongside the eponymous installation.

** ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' (2010)

Outside band work, Jónsi has ventured into ambient music, contributing the track "ammælistrákur" to the collaborative ''Kitchen Motors Family Album'' where contemporaries like Múm and the late Music/JohannJohannsson also contributed and gained influence. In 2009, he and partner Alex Somers released ''Riceboy Sleeps'', a purely ambient album that came with artworks done by both. The following year, Jónsi released his GenreBusting debut ''Go''. He has been rotating between Sigur Rós and his own endeavors since.

2018 then saw the official release of tracks he created under the name Frakkur from the early half of the 2000s.

Discography:

* ''2000-2004'' (as Frakkur, released 2018)

Soundtracks:

* EpicRocking: Quite a few in ''Go'' as well as in his Frakkur material.

* IncrediblyLongNote: Can sustain a falsetto B4 for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKWUwv366Pc almost a full minute]] live while playing "Festival". And most likely ''will''.

** In "Animal Arithmetic" he drops the F-bomb [[GratuitousEnglish in English]] twice.

* SelfBackingVocalist: Basically a one-man EtherealChoir.
* SoloSideProject
* StageNames: Frakkur. Also, his nickname.

* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: His accent is thick but otherwise he's shown his proficiency since "Skyscraper Heart" way back in 1999. It helps further that his boyfriend Alex Somers is American.

* CoverVersion: Of MGMT's "Time to Pretend".
** Also did a rendition of "Simple Gifts" for ''Film/TheCircle2017''.
* DreamTeam: Worked with Music/TroyeSivan on the song "Revelation" for ''Film/BoyErased''.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Compared to "Sticks and Stones" (which fits very well with his ''Go'' output) and the orchestra-infused "Where No One Goes", "Together from Afar" is a fully electropop song following the vein of his rendition of "Simple Gifts".