2019

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.
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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 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

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Nils Frahm - Says (Vessels remix)

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Naomi Pilgrim - Rainmakers (Gidge Remix)

"Spanning just over eight minutes, the production is essentially broken up in two separate parts—the first focusing on a deep percussion pattern and sequences of light melodies, while the tune's latter half expands into more heavenly territory, where glistening pads and high-pitched vocals are anchored by massive bass and a heavy-handed four-on-the-floor. An ambitious composition, "You" is an impressively enticing first taste of what Gidge may be capable of on the debut LP the pair is expected to drop later this year."  - Glenn Jackson, XLR8R

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Autumn Bells

Gidge - You

Kiasmos (Ólafur Arnalds + Janus Rasmussen) - Looped

HVOB - Always Like This (Andhim remix) fill scared edit

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Rising as yet another sublime single of Jan Blomqvist’s artist album ‘Remote Control’, ‘Empty Floor’ picks up exactly where lead single ‘More’ feat. Elena Pitoulis left off. Comprising breath-taking atmospheres alongside pleasantly warm synths and Jan Blomqvist’s own spellbinding vocal tones, this is one of those tunes that’s bound to leave you speechless.  

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Empty Floor

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Jan Blomqvist - Empty Floor [OUT NOW]

Transience out now as part of the Orissa EP on Silver Bear Recordings.

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Transience

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Christian Löffler - Vind //  Parra for Cuva  remix

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Unraveled

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Premiere: Durante - Split Wick (Original Mix)

Crystal Castles - Atlantis To Interzone

this will be available as a bonus track on my upcoming album "Dusk Aquarium" on bandcamp only, it will be released a single everywhere else.  

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Surface Waves

Moderat - Out Of Sight

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A force running in every boy and girl
All rejoicing in the world
Take me now, we can try

Moderat - Out Of Sight

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