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

Buy 12"/DL

Kiasmos – Looped

Ipseity

Written by VIMES
Produced by Jochen Naaf & VIMES
Mixed by Jochen Naaf

HypeMachine: http://hypem.com/track/2f9d3

Debut "Nights In Limbo" will be out February 12th, 2016 via Humming Records / Rough Trade.

Preorder "Nights In Limbo":

iTunes:
smarturl.it/VIMESALBUM

Amazon:
www.amazon.de/gp/product/B0174FJ71Q

Google Play:
goo.gl/sHvKr6

Artwork by Franziska Stetter
Photography by Mobasshar Syed

"Nights In Limbo" Tour
09.03.16. Aachen, Kulturbunker
10.03.16. Duisburg, Steinbruch
11.03.16. Cologne, Gebäude 9 * record release show *
12.03.16. Stuttgart, 1210
14.03.16. Munich, Milla
15.03.16. Mainz, Schon Schön
16.03.16. Luxembourg, De Goude Wellen (L)
17.03.16. Nuremberg, Stereo
18.03.16. Dresden, Paula
19.03.16. Berlin, Musik & Frieden
23.03.16. Hamburg, Häkken
24.03.16. Hannover, Lux
30.03.16. Düsseldorf, FFT
16.04.16. Kassel, Schlachthof

Tickets: bit.ly/1XdKdZb
Facebook Event: www.facebook.com/events/436564426533563/

Hype Machine

Tuem

This is a track I recorded for the 'Beating Heart - Malawi' album.
It samples traditional music recorded there over 60 years ago!

All the proceeds from the album go to feeding children in Malawi.
Each 1500 albums sold will feed a school of 500 children forever.

Available - https://lnk.to/oYQz0So
Learn more - http://beating-heart.co.uk

First Light

Producer: Christian Löffler
Composer: Christian Löffler
Original Publisher: Manners McDade

Mare

Haul (feat. Mohna)

My remix for Zimmer's track "Lost Your Mind" is out now! 

Listen/Buy the full remix EP here :: roche.lnk.to/zimmer-ceremony-rmx

Featured on Tsugi Mag: 
https://www.tsugi.fr/exclu-christian-loffler-apporte-une-touche-deep-house-a-lost-your-mind-de-zimmer/

@zimmermusic @tsugimag

Zimmer - Lost Your Mind (Christian Löffler Remix)

Heart As A River

Robot Koch "Heart As A River feat. Delhia de France (Dapayk Remix)" FREE DOWNLOAD

This is my remix of this Masterpiece
Go check my side project @wingsforlouise 

Thanks to @Pheek for mastering.

📷 Damien di Toro

Nils Frahm - Says (Echo 6 Remix)

Buy High Quality

DEBUT ALBUM "A FOREST" BY CHRISTIAN LÖFFLER TO BE RELEASED JUNE 18TH 2012
WWW.CHRISTIANLOEFFLER.NET

"my best
in the world of their tunes
you wear my coat
in a world to slow for the past
will you need all the lines
in a silk that no one knows
good news
show the lion"

A very new aspect in Christian’s work on this album is the use of vocals. While he used vocal samples for the first time in his collaboration with Ki-colleague and friend Steffen Kirchhoff on their Split EP for Ki Records, more complex vocal structures find their way into his music on „A Forest“. In the track „Eleven“ Christian works with Mohna, singer of Hamburg based band Me Succeeds, and uses her fragile voice throughout a whole track.

FOR FURTHER PRESS INFORMATION, IMAGES AND INTERVIEW REQUESTS
PLEASE CONTACT:
ANIKA VÄTH 
HELLO[AT]ANIKAVAETH.COM

C1 :: Eleven feat. Mohna (Debut Album / A Forest / June 18th 2012)

Like Water (feat. Mohna)
Originally the song was an improvised, acoustic piano piece I used to play at the live shows. It was born out of a happy accident while we were soundchecking for a concert and Mohna was improvising vocals to the piano. After we had played it a few times live I decided to record it. The song has changed completely from its initial acoustic version.

Graal (Prologue)

RSVP to my Playlist

Like Water (feat. Mohna)

♬ Click for more ☞ http://trndmusik.de/2019/04/its-about-a-time-when-i-was-forced-to-lay-aside-all-my-activities-aparde-releases-his-second-album-on-ki-records/

⚡ Follow us on YouTube ☞ https://www.youtube.com/c/TrndmusikDe
🌃 Follow us on Spotify ☞ https://spoti.fi/2jzGmv2 

Get Aparde's track on @ki-records here: 
➟ Website: https://33r.pm/amkt

trndmsk: Paul, how long did it take you to produce the album?

@aparde: About one year with some phases of remotivation and inactivity in between. The instrumental version of the single „Hands Rest“ was the first track which I finished around late 2017. Early 2018 I recorded the vocals for it. After that, I wrote „Tar“ and decided to make a new album. (...)

🎧 More Music in our Playlists on Spotify ⤵
💃 Dance: https://spoti.fi/2FjcR9k
⚡ Deep House: https://spoti.fi/2JVCgJH
🌃 Disco: https://spoti.fi/2qMavuY
🍍 Downtempo: https://spoti.fi/2K0w7vN
 👯‍♀️ Electronica: https://spoti.fi/2qJt0A9
💥 Tech House: https://spoti.fi/2vrVN0W
🌌 Techno: https://spoti.fi/2qMRUOy 

🐧 trndmsk's weekly Spotify charts: https://spoti.fi/2sgrlms

Click for more ♬

Aparde - Hands Rest

Booking Requests: ralf@vdhaardt.com
Press Inquiries: juste@letigrenoir.com
Management: paul@ki-records.com

C1 :: Eleven feat. Mohna (Debut Album / A Forest / June 18th 2012)

Christian Löffler

Recent comments

Naziii

Dar'ya Shvidchenko

eli Schulz

Carolina Pereira

Related tracks