The Eye, was the debut album of the Icelandic gothic rock group KUKL. This album was released in October 1984, through Crass Records and was recorded at Southern Studios in January 1984.
The album was named after Björk’s favourite book, The Story of the Eye, by Georges Bataille (1928), a very intense story about a young French couple involved in sexual perversions and violent behaviours. Image File history File links Description: Image cover of The Eye, an album released by KUKL, an Icelandic gothic rock band. ... An album is a collection of related audio tracks, released together commercially in an audio format to the public. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... January is the first month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... October is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Gothic rock evolved out of post punk during the late 1970s. ... A minute is: a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour and to 60 seconds. ... The second (symbol s) is a unit for time, and one of seven SI base units. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Crass Records was a record label set up by the anarchist punk band Crass. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music prodcuer) is responsible for completing a master recording so that it is fit for release. ... Image File history File links Description: Rating stars. ... September 3 is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years). ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rate Your Music is a metadata database where musical albums, EPs, singles and bootlegs are rated and reviewed by users. ... Description: Rating stars. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Söngull was the first single released by Icelandic group KUKL in September 1983, through Gramm Records. ... 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... , was an album released by the Icelandic gothic rock group KUKL in October 1984, through independent the French independent record label V.I.S.A. only in MC format (cassette). ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Gothic rock evolved out of post punk during the late 1970s. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... October is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Crass Records was a record label set up by the anarchist punk band Crass. ... Southern Studios is a recording studio in the Wood Green area of London. ... January is the first month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Björk Björk Guðmundsdóttir IPA: , (born November 21, 1965 in Reykjavík, Iceland) is an Icelandic singer/songwriter with a great expressive range and an interest in many kinds of music including popular, trip-hop, alternative rock, jazz, electronica, folk, and classical. ... Georges Bataille (September 16, 1897 – July 9, 1962) was a French writer, anthropologist and philosopher, though he avoided the latter term himself. ... 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

The Eye starts with “Assassin”, a powerful track loaded with several instruments and electrically powered guitars backed up with bells and pipes with vocals by Einar Örn Benediktsson and Björk, who sings whispering in the background.
“Anna” contains flutes and drums slowly played during most the of its length, and suddenly broken by strong guitars layers and rhythmic drum beats. Einar Örn Benediktsson is a popular music singer and trumpet player from Iceland who has worked with Björk and The Sugarcubes. ... Björk Björk Guðmundsdóttir IPA: , (born November 21, 1965 in Reykjavík, Iceland) is an Icelandic singer/songwriter with a great expressive range and an interest in many kinds of music including popular, trip-hop, alternative rock, jazz, electronica, folk, and classical. ...

One of the most important songs taken from The Eye is “Dismembered”, a track that could be considered as a post punk work. Here most of the guitars have been replaced by pipes and bells. The original version of this song first appeared in Söngull, a single released in 1983. Another interesting track in this album is “Handa Tjolla”, a percussion-practise track. Post-punk refers to two distinct movements in rock music: the first appearing at the dawn of the 1980s following the initial punk rock explosion, and the second beginning in the late-1990s and continuing into the present day. ... Söngull was the first single released by Icelandic group KUKL in September 1983, through Gramm Records. ... 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Engineering was in charge of Tony Cook and the art cover was designed by artist Dada Nana.

KUKL were:

• Vocals: Björk Guðmundsdóttir.
• Vocals and trumpet: Einar Örn Benediktsson.
• Electric guitar: Guðlaugur Kristinn Óttarsson.
• Bass: Birgir Mogensen.
• Keyboards: Einar Arnaldur Melax.
• Drums: Sigtryggur Baldursson.

Björk Björk Guðmundsdóttir IPA: , (born November 21, 1965 in Reykjavík, Iceland) is an Icelandic singer/songwriter with a great expressive range and an interest in many kinds of music including popular, trip-hop, alternative rock, jazz, electronica, folk, and classical. ... Einar Örn Benediktsson is a popular music singer and trumpet player from Iceland who has worked with Björk and The Sugarcubes. ... Guðlaugur Kristinn Óttarsson is an Icelandic musician and inventor. ...

Track listing

Rreviews

Sounds - September 3, 1984.
Rate: (Excelent). Author: David Tibet.
“EFFORTLESSLY DETERMINED, Kukl release an LP which trashes the ho-hum accusations of the Crass-Records-all-sound-the-same ilk. The Eye steps boldly out of the supposed confines that the Crass label is meant to impose (confines is meant to exist only in the minds of those looking for reasons to criticise), and drags the listener into a glacial world of confused emotion and shattered visions. Side one: “Assassin”, high kicking and jack booting through lengthening horns and scarred surfaces, a 'rock' song being slowly demolished, ending up in screams. Reminiscent ever so slightly of “The Scream”, primarily I suppose because of the howling vocals and decaying metal. The Eye easily passes beyond that as there is not a hint of contrived control or predetermined melodramatic effect. “The Spire” offers images of Holy Mother Church, with an atmosphere that contradicts the phrases lingering just behind: "I know the power/Pointing up/Raised fist/Exploding penis." And in the background, there is the shadow of menace. "On the other side of a big river/Lies her own body" (“Anna”): reminding me of “Steven” from Alice Cooper's Welcome to My Nightmare LP, all haunting vocals that breathe a hopelessness from foreign towns. It seems pointless (patronising?) to mention that they're from Iceland, but it helps to give a pointer towards this desolate, clinging mood that informs the LP: "Dismembered/Hugging shadows/...Play with me" ('Dismembered'). An amazing record, and a swift plug too for the incredible cover by Dada Nana, and for the label. Crass Records who refresh the minds that other labels only brainwash ...” Image File history File links Description: Rating stars. ... David Tibet (born David Michael Bunting, 5 March 1960) is a British apocalyptic folk musician and artist who founded the music group Current 93, of which he is the only constant member. ... Welcome to My Nightmare is an album by Alice Cooper, released in 1975 (see 1975 in music). ...

Note: Text taken from a collection of news articles freely distributed in connection with the band’s concert at Austurbæjarbíó, Reykjavík, on the 21st of December, 1984.

Video clips

• ”Anna”: MPEG - directed by Óskar Jónasson.

External links

• Official site of KUKL - It features QuickTime movies to download.
• Website about the history and discography of KUKL
• Always on the Run.net - Site about KUKL. It includes lyrics and photographs.
• Official site of Björk
• Official site of Guðlaugur Kristinn Óttarsson
• Page about G. K. Óttarsson at Isound.com
• Official site of Sigtryggur Baldursson
• Official site of Einar Melax

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Band members: Björk Guðmundsdóttir - Einar Örn Benediktsson - Guðlaugur Kristinn Óttarsson - Birgir Mogensen - Einar Arnaldur Melax - Sigtryggur Baldursson Image File history File links Björk_Guðmundsdóttir_LMB1. ... Image File history File links Einar_Örn_LMB.jpg Description: Icelandic bass player Einar Örn Benediktsson. ... Image File history File links Guðlaugur_Óttarsson_LMB1. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Image File history File links Birgir_Mogensen_LMB.jpg Description: Icelandic bass player Birgir Mogensen. ... Image File history File links Einar_Melax_LMB.jpg Description: Icelandic keyboard player Einar Arnaldur Melax. ... Image File history File links Sigtryggur_Baldursson_LMB.jpg Description: Icelandic drummer Sigtryggur Baldursson. ... Björk Björk Guðmundsdóttir IPA: , (born November 21, 1965 in Reykjavík, Iceland) is an Icelandic singer/songwriter with a great expressive range and an interest in many kinds of music including popular, trip-hop, alternative rock, jazz, electronica, folk, and classical. ... Einar Örn Benediktsson is a popular music singer and trumpet player from Iceland who has worked with Björk and The Sugarcubes. ... Guðlaugur Kristinn Óttarsson is an Icelandic musician and inventor. ... Management: ??? See also: The Elgar Sisters - MEGAKUKL The Elgar Sisters was an Icelandic group created by Guðlaugur Kristinn Óttarsson (GKÓ) and Björk Guðmundsdóttir in 1983. ...