Johann Johannsson is an Icelandic composer. His stately, slow-building and hauntingly melodic music has been quietly bewitching listeners for the last few years – and IBM 1401, A User's Manual, his most ambitiously-orchestrated and appealing composition to date, is sure to expand his audience still further. The new album, which was recorded with a 60-piece string orchestra and is based on recordings of music made on Iceland's first computer, the titular IBM 1401,has been highly praised in the press and graced many critics' best-of-2006 lists.