There's been so much great music already in 2013, and with the help of the DiS hivemind, we've compiled this playlist of our community's favourite tracks of the first three months of the year. »
Oh January, you were meant to be a quiet month, wha' happen'? Prince, Postal Service, Daft Punk, Foals, Nick Cave, My Bloody Valentine, Suede, Timberlake and the return of David Bowie, that's what happened! And that's not to mention the albums, oh the albums, so many albums, and lots of them are rather special. »
This new track, is taken from Olafur's forthcoming album For Now I Am Winter, which is set for release on the 25th February via Mercury Classics. »
Nils Frahm and Olafur Arnalds team up to release an album for Record Store Day, and we're very proud to premiere this new album via Erased Tapes, »
DiS' favourite Icelandic sculpter of heart-fracturingly beautiful post-classical music Ólafur Arnalds has created a soundtrack for a film starring the likes of Demi Moore, and you can listen to it in full here.»
As you may have noticed over the past few weeks, we've scrapped our weekly Spotifriday playlist in favour of a monthly playlist. Instead we're now doing this digestible weekly post of five things we think you coulda/shoulda heard this week but if you didn't, here they are, in one place with play buttons and everything... »
Some free stuff from one of our favourite labels.»
Back in 2010 Ólafur Arnalds composed a film score, for the movie Another Happy Day, starring Demi Moore, Ellen Barkin and Kate Bosworth, amongst others. Now the full film score is to be released through Erased Tapes records on February 27. All good news, we think. You can listen to a cut from the score, 'Poland', here.»
This is weird.»
OK, so we admit we've been a bit slack with continuing the posts of Ólafur Arnalds's Living Room Songs. Yes, there are two more to go, to make SEVEN in total, but there are three which have since passed us by. Anyway, they are nicely collected in here, video links and direct download links all provided, as are song titles.»
Yesterday we ran the first of Ólafur Arnalds' Living Room Songs which was, aptly enough, called 'Fyrsta' - Icelandic for 'first'. A brief explanation is that, like Found Songs, Ólafur is writing, recording and releasing a song a day for the whole of this week.»
At the end of last week Icelandic neo-classic composer Ólafur Arnalds surprised us by announcing Living Room Songs. For those of you familiar with his oeuvre then you will probably remember when he wrote and recorded a free song a day for a week, and turned it into Found Songs. With Living Room Songs he's doing something similar, starting from today. »
At the end of last week Icelandic neo-classic composer Ólafur Arnalds surprised us by announcing Living Room Songs. For those of you familiar with his oeuvre then you will probably remember when he wrote and recorded a free song a day for a week, and turned it into Found Songs. With Living Room Songs he's doing something similar, starting from today. »
October’s Iceland Airwaves festival grows curiouser and curiouser with the news that Björk will bring her her Biophilia live show to her hometown festival for a series of six performances at the Harpa - Reykjavík Concert Hall.»
Iceland, it's a good place for music. Established fact. You've no doubt read reams and reams of stuff relating to trolls, waterfalls and a lot of the word "glacial". In fairness, Iceland is full of all three of these things. Still, what do the Icelandic people themselves think about it all? Well, that is the subject of a new mini-documentary made by Manchester-based team A Serious Feather.»
Seems like a sensible idea.»
We decided to kick off our 10 Years Of Nordic series on the very week that Iceland Airwaves takes place, for quite obvious reasons. Partly because things like this happen and by "things" I mean "a massive, comprehensive 38-track compilation being given away entirely for free". Pretty good, yeah?»
We don't need to go into all the usual cliches about Icelandic music to tell you that we really love Reykjavik as a city. It's not really necessary and you're probably more than acutely aware of them yourself. Regardless of this fact we thought we'd bring to you the first instalment of 'Sleepless In Reykjavik', which is a project by Gunnar B. Guðbjörnsson and his brother Hlynur Guðbjörnsson.»
Icelandic neo-classical prodigy Ólafur Arnalds released his second proper full-length record, ...and they have escaped the weight of darkness... on Monday. It's genuinely worthy of all the praise it gets. We (I) reviewed it here.»
Icelandic (oh, how topical) neo-classical maestro Ólafur Arnalds releases a new record on May 10, entitled ...and They Have Escaped The Weight Of Darkness. That comes out through Erased Tapes. What is being offered to you now, however, is a free track from the album, called 'Þú ert sólin'. No, I have no idea how to pronounce it either, but it's a beautiful thing. »
Drowned in Sound + Soundcloud x Tumblr = DrownedinSoundcloud»
Watch the wondrous Ólafur Arnalds documentary 'The Sky May Be Falling'.»
Enchanting Icelandic songsmith Ólafur Arnalds has been a favourite at DiS for a while now but he's only gone and endeared himself even bloody more now! In an ambitious endeavour, Arnalds is writing, recording and releasing - for free - a song a day for the whole of this week.»
What's better than a festival in a great venue with a brilliant lineup? A festival with a brilliant lineup in a great venue that's all for a good cause, that's what. Say hello to the third instalment of the Brainwash Festival»
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