Olafur Arnalds finds Erased tapesOlafur Arnalds is releasing "Found Songs" on Erased Tapes on Nov. 10. The basic idea was that he recorded 7 songs in 7 days in April and made them all available on Twitter. Now, with fan artwork (via Flickr) he's releasing the full 7 songs as an EP in mid November. Each of the seven songs is also still available in "low-res" on the Erased Tapes website.Other hap...
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Pórhallur Gunnarsson hosts a popular Icelandic talk show, Kastljós. The show is broadcast six nights a week on a national television network. Almost a hundred thousand viewers tune in each night. That's about one-third of the population of Iceland, which is located in the North Atlantic Ocean just south of the Arctic Circle. The climate must be cold. My hands are cupped around a hot coffee mug;.
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Majestic, graceful, gorgeous and sublime are only the first few words that come to mind when I listen to Ólafur Arnalds’ debut on Erased Tapes Records titled Eulogy For Evolution. Iceland scores once again, with another composer feeling right at home with many instruments - piano, organ, and a melodica. Bring in the strings - cello, viola and violins - and you’ve got an acoustic ensemble for
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