Ólafur Arnalds and Janus Rasmussen finally release their unique Nordic electronic sounds in album size.

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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

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01. Bo Hansson - Leaving the Shire
02. Haraldo De Oliveira - Capoeira Na Vila
03. Doctor Zygote - Loose 
04. No Silver Bird - The Creation
05. Madlib - Madness Tempel
06. Mosem-e Gol - Parva
07. Karriem Riggins - Tom Toms
08. James Holden - Renata (Steve Moore Remix)
09. James Asher - Forgotten Time Cycle
10. Roy Budd - Goodbye Carter
11. Escravos de Jo - Dom Um Romao
12. Christopher Rau - Ne Travaillez Jamais
13. Even Drones - B2
14. WK7 - Higher Power (Hardcore Mix)
15. Marquis Hawkes - Let's Do It
16. Phil France - The Swimmer
17. Matthew Herbert - Wake Up

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Live At The Redchurch Brewery 16.04.15

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Last month's Raw Power Festival, spread over two days at Tufnel Park's Dome venue, was a fine health check for the UK peculiar music underground, with everyone from Circle to Guapo and Sex Swing to the preposterous Lumninous Bodies playing magnificently-received sets. My personal highlight though came from Saturday's opening act, Hirvikolari. Comprised of half of Teeth Of The Sea (Mike Bourne on modular synths, Sam Barton on brass) their allotted half hour of lunchtime was a gorgeous, transportive wander across a luminous veld, taking in grubby techno and hinting a Coil's Musick To Play In The Dark via a tripping colliery band, falling down an unguarded shaft after being led astray by Jon Hassell. 

Hirvikolari - Live At Raw Power Festival 23.05.15

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Death In Vegas' @richard-fearless returns with a new EP called "Sweet Venus" on his very own Drone imprint. Out on June 16. More info and short interview: https://thump.vice.com/de/article/richard-fearless-kuhlt-dir-mit-rex-deinen-heissen-kopf

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