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Contact:
Please note that booking/licensing/interview requests via Myspace will not be answered here. Please contact the relevant people below:
General Management:
Geoff Wener @ Riot Act, London.
Contact
Ólafur Arnalds (not for anything business related please.
Sounds Like
"Fok", from Variations of Static (2008)
New Song ("The Cello Song") on Artraum TV, Marburg, Germany
Discography
Dyad 1909 (2009)
the score to award-winning contemporary choreographer Wayne McGregor's latest dance piece.
Buy HERE (From UK) CD in digisleeve£9.99 10” Vinyl incl. DDC*£13.99 Downloads£0.80 per song
All physical orders come with the brand new FREE digital Erased Tapes compilation. All 10” orders also come with a FREE A5 Eulogy postcard!
WORLDWIDE DELIVERY ON ALL ORDERS!
'The work is a fascinating collaboration' (4/5) – The Guardian
'The sound of cracking ice and freezing winds in Olafur Arnalds’s evocative and lyrical score' **** – The Times
'Composer Ólafur Arnalds provides an emotional score to this astonishing piece, mixing classical symphonies with avant-garde electronic recordings' – Dazed & Confused
Found Songs (2009)
Buy HERE (From UK) CD in digisleeve£9.99 10" Clear Vinyl incl. DDC* £13.99 Downloads £0.80 per song
All physical orders come with a FREE digital Erased Tapes compilation.
All 10" orders also come with a FREE A5 Eulogy postcard!
WORLDWIDE DELIVERY ON ALL ORDERS!
'His most beautiful and beguiling creature yet' (8/10) - Drowned In Sound
'This latest outing continues to chart the young Icelandic composer's ascendance. Highly recommended.' Album of the Week - Boomkat
'Is it pop or is it classic? Either way, this is about absolute beauty' (5/6) - Tonspion (DE)
'Still his music almost seems to be a bit too perfect' (9/10) - Soundmag (DE)
'Rare is the modern composer that edges above and makes classical music cool, yet Ólafur Arnalds does so with grace and simplicity. Arnalds is in many ways like contemporaries Kaada and Greenwood. His style classical music errs on austerity, yet has melodies complex and often paring strife and anxiety with a calming and soothing nature. In Found Songs, Arnalds has effortlessly and skillfully produced a timeless work of art.' - FensePost (US)
Variations of Static (2008)
Available on Limited Edition 10" Clear Vinyl, CD in Digisleeve or as Digital Download
Buy HERE (From UK) CD in digisleeve£8.99 10" Clear Vinyl incl. DDC* £11.99 Downloads £0.80 per song
All physical orders come with a FREE digital Erased Tapes compilation.
All 10" orders also come with a FREE A5 Eulogy postcard!
or HERE (From US - Amazon.com) CD in Digisleeve $16.98 10" Clear Vinyl incl. DDC* $21.83
or HERE (For Scandinavian customers - Dotshop.se) CD in Digisleeve 99.00 SEK 10" Clear Vinyl incl. DDC* 129.00 SEK
'Arnalds has released two indie symphonies of remarkable depth. Iceland's brightest young talent won't be out of the light for long!' – Rock Sound
'There is, in Ólafur Arnalds’s work, a certain elegance and fluidity that is very much his own. [...] a beautiful companion to Eulogy For Evolution. One can only wish Arnalds’s talent gets the recognition it deserves sooner rather than later.’ (4.4/5) – The Milk Factory
'For once, instruments don’t need to evolve in order to make a difference, this being Olafur’s major accomplishment – the bare simplicity of music in its wholeness becomes unrelenting. [...] From its inception to the very last second, Variations of Static explores basic human perceptions, the changing qualities of the most common sounds, and raw sensations, musically recreating scraps of an imaginary impressionist painting. Under the siege of strings, the world slowly becomes a skinless place, like a wide steppe safely pinned to the big bones of separation.' - The Silent Ballet
‘'His sweet-sour, melancholic music brings you to new heights and is way ahead of other albums in this genre!'’ (8.6/10) - Monitor (IS)
Eulogy for Evolution (2007)
Available on 12" Gatefold Vinyl incl DDC, CD in Digisleeve, CD in Digipak or Digital Download.
Buy HERE
(From UK)
CD in Digisleeve£11.99 12" Gatefold Vinyl incl. DDC*£15.99 Downloads£0.80 per song.
All physical orders come with a FREE digital Erased Tapes compilation.
All LP orders come with a FREE A5 Eulogy postcard!
or HERE (From US - Amazon.com) CD in Digisleeve $19.98 12" Gatefold Vinyl incl. DDC* $24.86
or HERE (For Scandinavian customers - Dotshop.se) CD in Digisleeve 129.00 SEK 12" Gatefold Vinyl incl. DDC* 139.00 SEK
“In any event his debut sounds full of the reverence and awe normally reserved for God, or at least George Best or Sir Vivian Richards at the absolute peak of their powers.” - Brainwash (US)
'Iceland's best new export comes in the shape of Eulogy For Evolution!' – Clash Magazine
'With this impressive first album, Ólafur Arnalds is sure to gain a well deserved place amongst the new generation of classical composers' (4.6/5) – The Milk Factory
'a series of orchestral movements that pull the heartstrings like a marionette.[...] Hamlet à la headphones, but prettier.' (8/10) – No. 14 in top 50 albums of 2007 The Silent Ballet
'Arnald’s work is brave, unique and defiantly outré. True to its name, Eulogy for Evolution is enough to send creationists running to Darwin.' (9/10) – CD Times
'One of the most intelligent, well-crafted and utterly beautiful records of the year.' – In It For The Money Zine
'A majestic debut album! Achingly beautiful classical indie from Iceland!' (7/10) – Rock Sound
'If you thought Sigur Rós had the patent on hauntingly beautiful and meticulously compelling music coming out of Iceland, then Ólafur Arnalds is here to educate you otherwise. - Eulogy For Evolution is perhaps this years most hauntingly emotive sounding experience' – UK Music Search
'An auspicious debut from a promising young talent.' (7/10) – Drowned In Sound
'Gentle, epic, beautiful, visceral, masterful and utterly essential. Juxtapositions fully intended.' (5/5) – Is This Music?
'Best debut I’ve heard in a long time' (4/5) – Rjominn (IS)
Please notice the contact information here to the left. Booking/licensing/interview requests will not be answered via MySpace! Thank you very very much.. love, Óli
With the critically acclaimed debut album 'Eulogy for Evolution' and follow-up EP 'Variations of Static' – both released on the cinematic music label Erased Tapes – under his belt, Icelandic neo-classical composer Ólafur Arnalds embarks on a brand new collection of tracks entitled 'Found Songs'. Each track from this series will be created and released within 24 hours and made exclusively available online as a free download on foundsongs.erasedtapes.com .
For the first time Ólafur will compose and release a track daily – an idea which he developed as a way to collate several lost and found musical sketches and ideas in a 'very challenging, but fun' series. From Monday April 13th, Arnalds will create a song a day, for 7 days – instantly making each track available and keeping his fans up to date on the artist’s Twitter account.
'Found Songs' will provide listeners with an intimate insight into the artists creative world. 'The songs will be different from what's on my albums, they will be short, mostly just made up from piano. Something to keep me going. Feel free to send me hatemail if I miss out a day!'
Follow Ólafur Arnalds on Twitter – and start collecting the 7 part series from Monday, April 13th! Drowned In Sound magazine will also be hosting the series so if you don't use Twitter, just check their site each day.
3055 - Official Music Video
Breaking classical music out of the tweed jacket and loafers and putting it into a t-shirt and trainers
Ólafur Arnalds brings his unique classically inspired music to the clubs, warehouses, and festival stages
At only 21 years of age, Ólafur Arnalds is Iceland's latest export. Having already sold out The Barbican Hall in London, toured major European festivals and having opened for Sigur Rós on their most recent European tour, the future seems bright for this young, extraordinary talent.
The music of Ólafur Arnalds can only be described as achingly beautiful. He creates a world of delicate symphonic compositions.
His music scales the heights perfected by the romantics. Yet by mixing strings and piano with loops and edgy beats it remains equally engaging to the contemporary ear.
Succeeding in making the cross-over from classical to pop, Ólafur’s motivations are clear:
“The classical scene is kind of closed to people who haven't been studying music all their lives. I would like to bring my classical influence to the people who don't usually listen to this kind of music…open people's mind. Especially young people, who seem to be the biggest part of my audience...”
Minds have been opened at sold out concerts around the world. For the past year, Ólafur has been playing unique venues and festivals across Europe and North America delivering an oasis of calm in a frenzied world. Accompanied by a string quartet, Ólafur takes the audience on a dreamy, almost meditative, journey. The magical atmosphere he creates attracts an audience who wouldn't usually expect to find themselves at a concert including a string quartet and piano.
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Hey Olafur Just received your new album..Really, some breathtaking moments came along with it..Thank you for that..Wish you all the best for 2010! Hope to see you live here in Switzerland once...would be great..! =)
Regards, Silvio
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