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Eulogy for Evolution |
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| Location: | Mosfellsbaer, |
| Country: |  Iceland |
| Last Login: | Sep 4, 2007 (812 days back) |
About Me |
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“Beautiful in the same way the Antartica is” Fragile, emotional, classical indie music would maybe be the best term to describe Ólafur Arnalds’ music. Combining classical instrumentation with an indierock aesthetic there are obvious comparisons to Sigur Ros, but Arnalds is sculpting his own epic, string-laden compositions. Ólafur is just 20 years old, hails from the suburbian town Mosfellsbær, just a few kilometers out of Reykjavík. Besides his soloproject, Ólafur plays drums in two hardcore bands, Fighting Shit and Celestine, and he also plays piano, banjo, guitar and drums in his friend’s soloproject, My Summer as a Salvation Soldier. His first solo album, “Eulogy for Evolution”, has been highly praised by the media and local music fans in Iceland and has already created quite a buzz around Europe and even all the way to Japan despite several delays of it’s release. The album is finally being released in Europe, USA and Japan by Progression Records and in the UK by Erased Tapes Records in autumn 2007 Ólafur recently supported american indie-rock band Cursive on a tour around Germany. Despite the musical differences of the two bands, the tour went really well and the audiences were amazed by the unexpected slow-building and hauntingly melodic chamber music, accompanied by electronic ambience, loops and sometimes heavy electronic beats. Eulogy for Evolution: 4,5/5 – poisonfree.com 4/5 – rjominn.is “Best debut I’ve heard in a long time” 4/5 – Morgunblaðið (IS) 8,5/10 – RockHard.de 3/5 – Fréttablaðið (IS) Album of the week – urbandesire.de Eulogy for Evolution, now available online! ORDER NOW Exclusive link for UK version cd/vinyl/DDC coming soon! New merch now available! 6 colour front and back print!- Available in Black, Brown and Grey (light brown) - all sizes! ORDER HERE Olafur Arnalds |
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Music:Member Since: 6/29/2006Band Website: olafurarnalds.com Band Members: Ólafur Arnalds Sounds Like: Record Label: Progress(ion) Records Erased Tapes (uk) Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Classical / Indie) |
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Win Eulogy for Evolution in Hard Rock Magazine (de) |
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| You can win my new album, Eulogy for Evolution, in the new Hard Rock Magazine (german). Go do it! li Posted by Olafur Arnalds on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 08:40:00 PST |
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TOUR DIARY (Stuttgart) |
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| Stuttgart!sooo... whats up... today the drive was pretty short so we went to a really old town called Rotherdam. It even had city walls around the city with spots for the archery dudes to shoot their ... Posted by Olafur Arnalds on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 11:52:00 PST |
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TOUR DIARY (Erlangen) |
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| okayyy.. Doddi is drunk. Ralf is forcing some weird Gandolini stuff down his throat trying to get him drunk enough so we can straighten his hair.. We got this Gandolini from some people at last night'... Posted by Olafur Arnalds on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 11:42:00 PST |
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TOUR DIARY (Berlin) |
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| 1 down! 6 to go.. (or 5 .. i'm not sure). We are in Berlin at a club called Lido, it's ca 500 capacity and completely sold out. We just got off the stage actually and i'm just writing this backstage w... Posted by Olafur Arnalds on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 03:39:00 PST |
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Live Video! |
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| Hey! Last saturday we played a pretty nice show in Hafnarhsi - Reykjavk. The whole show was recorded and here is a video of our whole set + most of My summer as a salvation soldier's set! (you can ... Posted by Olafur Arnalds on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 06:50:00 PST |
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songs updated! |
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| I just put up the final mixed and mastered version of the two songs that were already on here! check them out! and if you dont listen to dillinger four already.. go do it!xx Posted by Olafur Arnalds on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 06:09:00 PST |
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My Friends |
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progression.is, Erased Tapes Records {CITC 7" OUT NOW!}, My Summer As A Salvation Soldier, Fighting Shit, HEAVEN SHALL BURN, I ADAPT, Gavin Portland, Justin Timberlake, lucas, Beggi Dan, fabsEs, Asrael Hoppípolla, 183827362, celestine, BeLyla°°°, Pinches Cuerpos, Caleb, Tina *111*, Baterja, Hotbox, Carina, gabriel braun, Rob, DemolitionColorScheme, Bearded Bastard, Escobar, gonzale[xi]s, xBarrellx, Floy, breathehope, Elena, cyril, eric, Five Nine H2O, SCOTT LANAWAY, Janne, Mathilde, __Stéphanie__Mangeuse de chocos ♥, Abby <3, fever ever, mary, APFELSAFT, swingingfrenchybambi, Séverine, Mle Nade, SistErs, •°o.O Emily O.o°•, didier, Cél, Autumn In May, thruoutin, Leaf, katabatic, niK, *Bibo.monOi.♥* MIX-MAX
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