The Emotional Carpenters - Just a Closer Walk with Thee (Produced by President Bongo)

Support vinyl // Buy: www.radiobongo.fm Just a Closer walk With Thee is a tribute to Ólafur Stephensen, my dad, 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. credits 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. In loving memory of Ólafur Stephensen All visuals copyright © Matthew Barney, 2020 All music copyright © Radio Bongo, 2020 Les Aventures de President Bongo #6 “Just a Closer Walk With Thee” 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. license all rights reserved