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Olafur Arnalds

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Reviews / Live
Live Review: Olafur Arnalds, Anatole
"Arnalds makes it very easy for the audience to sink deep into their seats and simply drift away to the sound of these luscious soundscapes."
News / Music
Iceland's Ólafur Arnalds Announces Australian Tour With 'Self-Playing' Piano
"In a live setting the pianos are an integral part of the performance due to their generative nature. Each time they are played is a little different, making every performance unique."
Features / Music
Kiasmos Wasn't Meant To "Become A Real Project"
"I can see the crowd dancing and screaming, and hands up in the air — it's exhilarating for me."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Ólafur Arnalds, Sophie Hutchings
A memorable evening in the company of a truly inspired artist.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Ólafur Arnalds, Sophie Hutchings
Accompanied towards the end by guest vocalist from the new record For Now I Am Winter, Arnór Dan, whose soaring tenor sent chills up this reviewer’s spine, Arnalds finished off with arguably his most popular song, Ljósið, which was, as it turns out, written for a bathtub commercial.
Features / Music
Fish Eye Lens
"[When working for television] you can’t just do whatever you want because the music always has to fit within the frame of the show."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Ólafur Arnalds
"Nevertheless, on most occasions Arnalds and band are able to surprise taking the audience through a myriad of different ideas and concepts."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Olafur Arnalds - For Now I Am Winter
Arnalds’ latest longplayer continues to work up hauntingly beautiful and dreamy atmospheres but this time around they exist in numbing subzero temperatures