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An album by Jóhann Jóhannsson celebrates the legacy of the IBM 1401, writes KARLIN LILLINGTON

ALBUMS OFTEN end up with odd titles, but calling your work IBM 1401: A User’s Manualis, by any measure, quirky. That’s the name of Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson’s ethereal, haunting work from 2006, performed by the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.