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Ólafur Arnalds and Janus Rasmussen finally release their unique Nordic electronic sounds in album size.

Get the limited edition 12" exclusively on Record Store Day 2015.
Order the album on 2xLP/CD/DL: http://www.erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP062
Or order the album DL via iTunes: http://snip.ftpromo.net/kiasmos

After dropping several tracks and performing at select festivals throughout the years, Ólafur Arnalds and Janus Rasmussen dedicated the year 2014 to explore the area in-between Ólafur’s more acoustic, piano-based solo work and Janus’s synth-heavy electro pop, with their collaborative electronic project Kiasmos.

By focusing solely on their self-titled debut album, Ólafur and Janus have been able to combine and further develop their unique sound aesthetics to complete an album driven by their mutual love for electronic music. Made in Ólafur’s newly build studio in Reykjavík, Iceland, a majority of the album was recorded using acoustic instruments next to a variety of synthesisers, drum machines and tape delays. It features a live drummer, string quartet and Ólafur performing on the grand piano, producing an ambient, textured sound, which makes it a perfect home listen and equally danceable record. If you listen closely, you can spot them record the thumb piano, finger snapping and even the sound of the metal grinder of a lighter slowly to replace the usual electronic hi-hat sounds, giving the album a far more intimate and unique atmosphere.

“We decided to start almost completely over with this record, so most of the material is written this year with the idea of making a record that can stand as one piece rather than a collection of songs. I am very excited to get a proper record out exploring a different territory than I am used to. I touch a lot on electronic genres in my own music but never have the opportunity to go full out electronic like we do here.” – Ólafur Arnalds

“The Kiasmos project has been around since 2007, but because of all our other projects we never really got the time to sit down and write all the tracks we always wanted to. So when we early this year finally found the time to sit down and make a full length album there was so much we wanted to try out. The result surprised us a bit, it's deeper and more emotional than we imagined it to be, but that's the beauty of being able to make an album.” – Janus Rasmussen

Kiasmos – s/t will be released on Double-Vinyl, CD and Download via Erased Tapes on October 27th, 2014.

TRACK LISTING: 

1. Lit  2. Held  3. Looped  4. Swayed  5. Thrown  6. Dragged  7. Bent  8. Burnt 

LIVE DATES:	

17.08. HAMBURG (DE) - Dockville Festival			
26.09. BRUSSELS (BE) – Bozar Electronic Arts Festival
27.09. DEN HAAG (NL) – Todays Art Festival

OFFICIAL WEBSITES:  	facebook.com/kiasmos · erasedtapes.com

Kiasmos

Looped

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Kiasmos – Looped

Beginnings To An End

Akufen - Train To Barcelona

This short plunderphonic essay was requested some years ago, by the WIRE, a weekly unique and innovative music radio show aired by the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation). 

In short, I was kindly granted permission to use essentially sound material from the show, including interviews with artists such as Steve Reich, John Oswald, Dj Shadow and Glenn Gould, on and off air bits and bloopers, and music that was presented throughout the show, in order to make a sound collage which was presented on the show shortly after.

I could not express how excited and grateful I was, being given such a privilege. The piece was cut, assembled and recorded overnight, in order to keep the exercise spontaneous and intuitive. It was humbly done in all respect to the artists and the music I was quoting. You will recognize familiar references such as Pink Floyd, Pat Metheny, Steve Reich and the Beatles. 

No sounds other than the ones featured in The Wire's archives, were used in the making of this piece.

Thank you for listening!

Marc 

Akufen - The Wire (a short plunderphonic essay) [click on the title and read the liner notes]

Biz - MĬŖĄĢ∑

Another exclusive courtesy of mixmag.net

For his next EP, Kolsch will release via Kompakt's dance-focused series Speicher and the record once again showcases the unique and impressive sound that the producer is pushing.

From the two-tracker we have the premiere of second cut 'Cassiopeia' and the piano-laden banger is reminiscent of 'Der Alte' and will be the perfect fit for any end of set euphoria. Check it.

http://www.mixmag.net/music/exclusive-music/kolsch

Buy here: http://www.beatport.com/release/speicher-79/1318746

More exclusive music

Premiere: Kölsch 'Cassiopeia'

LIVE @ MUTEK 2014

Ólafur Arnalds and Janus Rasmussen finally release their unique Nordic electronic sounds in album size.

Pre-order the CD/2LP/DL: http://www.erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP062
Pre-order the DL via iTunes and receive the album version of 'Thrown' instantly: http://snip.ftpromo.net/kiasmos

After dropping several tracks and performing at select festivals throughout the years, Ólafur Arnalds and Janus Rasmussen dedicated the year 2014 to explore the area in-between Ólafur’s more acoustic, piano-based solo work and Janus’s synth-heavy electro pop, with their collaborative electronic project Kiasmos.

By focusing solely on their self-titled debut album, Ólafur and Janus have been able to combine and further develop their unique sound aesthetics to complete an album driven by their mutual love for electronic music. Made in Ólafur’s newly build studio in Reykjavík, Iceland, a majority of the album was recorded using acoustic instruments next to a variety of synthesisers, drum machines and tape delays. It features a live drummer, string quartet and Ólafur performing on the grand piano, producing an ambient, textured sound, which makes it a perfect home listen and equally danceable record. If you listen closely, you can spot them record the thumb piano, finger snapping and even the sound of the metal grinder of a lighter slowly to replace the usual electronic hi-hat sounds, giving the album a far more intimate and unique atmosphere.

“We decided to start almost completely over with this record, so most of the material is written this year with the idea of making a record that can stand as one piece rather than a collection of songs. I am very excited to get a proper record out exploring a different territory than I am used to. I touch a lot on electronic genres in my own music but never have the opportunity to go full out electronic like we do here.” – Ólafur Arnalds

“The Kiasmos project has been around since 2009, but because of all our other projects we never really got the time to sit down and write all the tracks we always wanted to. So when we early this year finally found the time to sit down and make a full length album there was so much we wanted to try out. The result surprised us a bit, it's deeper and more emotional than we imagined it to be, but that's the beauty of being able to make an album.” – Janus Rasmussen

Kiasmos – s/t will be released on Double-Vinyl, CD and Download via Erased Tapes on October 27th, 2014.

TRACK LISTING: 

1. Lit  2. Held  3. Looped  4. Swayed  5. Thrown  6. Dragged  7. Bent  8. Burnt 

LIVE DATES:	

17.08. HAMBURG (DE) - Dockville Festival			
26.09. BRUSSELS (BE) – Bozar Electronic Arts Festival
27.09. DEN HAAG (NL) – Todays Art Festival

OFFICIAL WEBSITES:  	facebook.com/kiasmos · erasedtapes.com

Burnt

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Kiasmos - Burnt

Parra for Cuva - Veiled in Blue EP - Traum V179 
96kbit/s 
Release Date: 04. August 2014 

Available at Beatport

http://www.beatport.com/release/veiled-in-blue-ep/1337494

Itunes 

https://itunes.apple.com/de/album/veiled-in-blue-ep/id895419449

Infos: 

http://www.traumschallplatten.de/traum/traumv179/traumv179.html


Parra for Cuva - Veiled In Blue

Akufen - Guetta (Oublie çà) C't'une Machine

Akufen - She's A Shooting Star

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Ólafur Arnalds and Janus Rasmussen release exclusive 12” for Record Store Day 2015 featuring remixes by Dauwd and Lubomyr Melnyk

After releasing their debut album of unique Nordic electronic sounds in late 2014, Kiasmos – made up of Ólafur Arnalds and Janus Rasmussen – return with a special 3-track EP featuring album highlight ‘Looped’ and remixes of album tracks ‘Held’ and ‘Burnt’.

Made in Ólafur’s newly build studio in Reykjavík, Iceland, the title track ‘Looped’ was recorded using acoustic instruments next to a variety of synthesizers, drum machines and tape delays. It also features Ólafur performing on the grand piano, producing an ambient, textured sound, which makes it a perfect home listen and equally danceable tune.

UK electronic producer Dauwd (Kompakt/Ghostly), who Kiasmos specially selected to perform at their sold out London album release show as well as remix their track, has crafted a chilled club version of ‘Held’. Whilst Ukrainian pianist and fellow Erased Tapes artist Lubomyr Melnyk has created a unique re-interpretation of ‘Burnt’ in his signature “Continuous Music” mode, performed on two pianos.

 “It was an honour to be asked to remix an artist for Erased Tapes. Both the label and the artists I admire. And it was such a pleasure to work with the source material from Kiasmos. The parts had so much texture and warmth that working with them in my own space was quite inspiring.  I tried to respond impulsively to the parts and allow anything to happen. I think I achieved something with a balance of the original vibe and looking in another direction.” – Dauwd

 “I really enjoy the music of Ólafur and Janus. And this was a wonderful opportunity to take their theme for ‘Burnt’ and turn it into some Continuous Piano. A tiny new cadence crept into the piece. And that this is on vinyl with 24-bit sound is all the better!”
 – Lubomyr Melnyk

 “We were very excited to get two of our favourite active musicians to do these remixes for us. Lubomyr providing a very special and unique rework with his double piano recording and Dauwd with a great dance centered remix. Both musicians brought out very interesting things in the originals that we had even missed ourselves.” – Kiasmos

The ‘Looped EP’ will be released by Erased Tapes on April 18th as a Ltd. Edition 12” – exclusively for Record Store Day 2015 

ABOUT THE ARTWORK:

Long-term Erased Tapes graphics collaborator Torsten Posselt at Feld Studios in Berlin created the cover artwork for the Looped EP, connecting it with both the album and the Thrown EP.

TRACK LISTING:

A1. Looped	A2. Held (Dauwd Remix)    B1. Burnt (Lubomyr Melnyk Rework)

PRESS:

"The resulting remix sees the UK talent [Dauwd] refitting Kiasmos' production into a more club-minded framework while still retaining the restrained atmosphere and rich tones of the original." – XLR8R

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:		

Kiasmos is made up of Icelandic BAFTA-winning composer Ólafur Arnalds, known for his unique blend of minimal piano and string compositions with electronic sounds, and Janus Rasmussen from the Faroe Islands, known as the mastermind of the electro-pop outfit Bloodgroup. Based in Reykjavík, Arnalds used to work as a sound engineer, often for Rasmussen's other projects, where the two musicians discovered their common love for minimal, experimental music. 

OFFICIAL WEBSITES:  	facebook.com/kiasmos · www.erasedtapes.com 

RSD WEBSITES:
USA: http://recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelease/7993
UK: http://www.recordstoreday.co.uk/exclusive-products/real-rsd-2015/kiasmos/
Germany: http://www.recordstoredaygermany.de/exklusive-releases/record-store-day-2015/
France: http://disquaireday.fr/artistes-2015/
Netherlands: http://www.recordstoreday.nl/releases2015/

Looped EP

Held (Dauwd Remix)

Kiasmos – Held (Dauwd Remix)

Recorded live at Stereo Bar,  opening set for Matthias Meyer on February 21th 2015. 

Another epic night!  Hope you will enjoy this as much i did at to play at that party!  

MightyKat - live at Stereo Bar - 21/02/2015

Rise - Bright Side of the Moon - part one

This album was dedicated to Élise, Isabelle and Valérie. (Mutek Records 2004)

09- Marc Leclair - 236e Jour - 274e Jour

05- Marc Leclair - 114e Jour

N'importe

First preview of upcoming Kiasmos LP! Out soon on Erased Tapes Records

Buy Kiasmos' 2009 single, 65, here: http://erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP013

Thrown

A very special mix from our headliner, Shed at our Halloween party on the 27th October @ Factory 7, Shoreditch.

For tickets and full event details: http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?399250

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