Calder - Lower
released January 9, 2008 
Ólafur Josephsson: electric guitars, drones, piano, bass, organ, banjo, drum programming, synth. 
Lárus Siguðsson: acoustic guitars, bells, glockenspiel, piano, organ, ukulele, banjo, harp, mandolin. 
Sarah Oaks: violin on Vessel & Tuft. 
Þórður Hermannson: cello on Vessel. 
Songs recorded by Ólafur & Lárus off and on between 2005-2008. 
Mixed & mastered by Ólafur Josephsson August 2008. 

Tuft

Vast

Calc

System

Calm

Tube

Lymph

Rivulet

Paste

Title song from Calder´s new album Down.  Released via Nature Bliss 23rd of March in ASIA and in April worldwide.

INFO:
Calder - Down

1. Lost
2. The hand of the little horn
3. Children of eve
4. Kunderbuffer
5. Swell
6. Stool
7. Hyena
8. Dear sir of the Long Nose
9. You should dream
10.Cold
11.Down

Calder is:
Lárus Sigurðsson: Guitars, Pianos, Acoustic instruments, Organ

Olafur Josephsson :  Guitars, Acoustic instruments,Bass, Drum Programming, Piano, synths

with:
Fred Boulter: Organ & Piano
Laura Wolfgang: Sopran
Claire Ouille: Strings

Description:
Icelandic duo Calder move toward soothing classical ambient treatments on 

their 3rd output DOWN. 
Biography:
Calder was formed in Iceland when the paths of Lárus Sigurðsson and Ólafur Josephsson crossed. They decided to join forces and the result was a 5 track album of improvised, experimental, dreamy electric guitar music.

Their debut album “Calder” was released through Ólafur ́s Vogor Recording outfit and later picked up by Unlabel in the UK for their Series52 releases in a very limited pressing.

Lárus' background is in classical music and musical instrument making. He has played with various Icelandic musicians and self­released a handful of solo material which can be best described as guitar­based ambient with acoustic elements and new musical instruments. His album "Jarðhörpusálmar" was entirely improvised on his own designs and creations of musical instruments, recorded by the affable producer Valgeir Sigurðsson.

Ólafur Josephsson has been experimenting with ambient guitar arrangements under the Stafrænn Hákon moniker since 1999. He has released his music through his own Vogor Recordings, Darla 
Records, Sound in Silence, Resonant Label, Nature Bliss, Happy Prince, Chat Blanc, Secret Eye and Awkward Silence, with the music progressing and being increasingly refined since his first album "Eignast Jeppa" in 2001.

Calder has released two albums; Calder in 2003 and Calder­Lower in 2008. Calder Down is their third album. The creative process for Down began in 2013 when Lárus and Ólafur started recording and playing with some home made harps made by Lárus. The material was composed in a very collaborative way and most ideas were improvised and recorded on the spot in the countryside. Lárus then handed Ólafur some additional acoustic songs and Ólafur added his electric elements to the material. gradually giving it shape, depth and life. The album Down is layered with strings, voice and acoustic instruments such as piano, harps and organ spiced with electric instruments, guitars and dreamy soundscapes. The result is a hauntingly melodic piece of work where the acoustic, symphonic elements melt together with the electric elements creating a multi layered piece of work. 

Discography
Calder ­ Calder released 2003
Calder Lower ­ released 2008
Calder Down ­ released 2016

Down

Biography: 
Calder was formed in Iceland when the paths of Lárus Sigurðsson and Ólafur Josephsson crossed. They decided to join forces and the result was a 5 track album of improvised, experimental, dreamy electric guitar music. 
Their debut album “Calder” was released through Ólafur´s Vogor Recording outfit and later picked up by Unlabel in the UK for their Series52 releases in a very limited pressing. 

Lárus' background is in classical music and musical instrument making. He has played with various Icelandic musicians and self-released a handful of solo material which can be best described as guitar-based ambient with acoustic elements and new musical instruments. His album "Jarðhörpusálmar" 
was entirely improvised on his own designs and creations of musical instruments, recorded by the affable producer Valgeir Sigurðsson. 



Ólafur Josephsson has been experimenting with ambient guitar arrangements under the Stafrænn Hákon moniker since 1999. He has released his music through his own Vogor Recordings, Darla Records, Sound in Silence, Resonant Label, Nature Bliss, Happy Prince, Chat Blanc, Secret Eye and Awkward Silence, with the music progressing and being increasingly refined since his first album "Eignast Jeppa" in 2001. 

Calder has released two albums; Calder in 2003 and Calder-Lower in 2008. Calder Down is their third album. The creative process for Down began in 2013 when Lárus and Ólafur started recording and playing with some home made harps made by Lárus. The material was composed in a very collaborative way and most ideas were improvised and recorded on the spot in the countryside. Lárus then handed Ólafur some additional acoustic songs and Ólafur added his electric elements to the material. gradually giving it shape, depth and life. The album Down is layered with strings, voice and acoustic instruments such as piano, harps and organ spiced with electric instruments, guitars and dreamy soundscapes. The result is a hauntingly melodic piece of work where the acoustic, symphonic elements melt together with the electric elements creating a multi layered piece of work.
credits
released March 23, 2016 

Dear Sir Of The Long Nose


Calder was formed in Iceland when the paths of Lárus Sigurðsson and Ólafur Josephsson crossed. They decided to join forces and the result was a 5 track album of improvised, experimental, dreamy electric guitar music.
“Calder” was released through Ólafur´s Vogor Recording outfit and later picked up by Unlabel in the UK for their Series52 releases in a very limited pressing.

Lárus' background is in classical music and musical instrument making. He has played with various Icelandic musicians and self-released a handful of solo material which can be best described as guitar-based ambient with acoustic elements and new musical instruments. His album "Jarðhörpusálmar"
was entirely improvised on his own designs and creations of musical instruments, recorded by the affable producer Valgeir Sigurðsson.



Ólafur Josephsson has been experimenting with ambient guitar arrangements under the Stafrænn Hákon moniker since 1999. He has released his music through his own Vogor Recordings, Resonant Label, Nature Bliss, Chat Blanc, Secret Eye and Awkward Silence, with the music progressing and being increasingly refined since his first album "Eignas Jeppa" in 2001.

After the creative success of their debut, a second album by Calder was inevitable. The process began in 2005 when Lárus and Ólafur started exchanging ideas, shaping and molding their music, with the material being composed in a very collaborative way. Lárus handed Ólafur the acoustic melodic ideas he had come up with and Ólafur added his electric elements to the songs, which gradually acquired shape, depth and life. With this new music, melody, structure and beats have come more to the fore, although the beautiful and haunting guitar atmospherics are still evident, running like a thread through the album. 2008 saw the completion of this process and the result has been entitled "Lower" and can best be described as a fusion of experimental, ambient, classical and acoustic music.