Ára

Ára is a fully immersive listening experience, expanding the sonic universe of Sigur Rós to new sensory dimensions.

Sigur Rós has always sought to transport their audience to alternative realms with their music and performance. Now, with Ára, the listener is focused at the heart of the band’s musical cosmos, in a sensory world of unbounded, three-dimensional space.

Combining traditional rock instruments with distinctive and inventive playing techniques, Sigur Rós’ sound is by turns profound, fragile and powerfully elemental, evoking the untouched natural beauty and geology of their home country, Iceland. Ára takes this music to an intense dimension, using live recordings from their sell-out orchestral world tour in a hand-built environment of full spatial audio, to reveal a deeper, multifaceted experience of alien beauty, soaring grandeur and profound, emotional humanity.

Developed with Sigur Rós in collaboration with spatial audio specialists Loss﹥﹤Gain (David Sheppard and John Best), the Ára multisensory experience is completed by hypnagogic visuals from Fray Studios and subtle, ambient scents that deepen the listening journey, drawing you further into the music.

Please note: Sigur Rós are not performing live at this event. There will be a number of relaxed performances for this event – on Tuesdays at 6pm and Sundays at 10am.