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It's Raining Tonight - 10 Nocturnes for The Rainy Nights in TOKYO -
When it rained at night in Tokyo, I posted a piano piece here.
In the near feature I will write new 10 scores and post them here again as the second volume of this piano suite.
https://youtu.be/reTtSs9tUS8

It's Raining Tonight - 10 Nocturnes for The Rainy Nights in TOKYO -

KIDORANAI

두근거리는건 분명 커피 때문일거야.

create

m&h demo

141029 Improvisation (shimmer)

Freeze

TREE - #PianoDay

“TREE” is a part of a composition written for Simphonie Cinétique, a collaboration between Ólafur Arnalds and Joachim Sauter. Re-edited and mixed for release in celebration of Nils Frahm’s #PianoDay and features Nils himself on celeste.

Composed, arranged and performed by Ólafur Arnalds
Violin: Viktor Orri Árnason
Celeste: Nils Frahm

Recorded at Durton Studio, Berlin.
Mixed at E7 Studios, Reykjavik.

See more about Symphonie Cinétique here:
https://vimeo.com/70897666

TREE

Order 7"/DL here: www.erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP073
or via iTunes: http://snip.ftpromo.net/lifestoryloveandglory

Erased Tapes artists and friends Ólafur Arnalds and Nils Frahm have separately carved out a musical career that defies genres both with their unique live shows and a loyal fan base that’s always eager to hear what their prolific output will bring. 

Their latest collaborative 2-track release ‘Life Story Love and Glory’ is a live improv affair on two pianos, recorded in 2012 at Nils’s Durton Studio in Berlin. Fans may wonder why they have waited until 2015 to release these tracks, but having revealed a new website www.arnaldsfrahm.com you may think this may not be the end to their musical story this year. 

“We would meet in Reykjavik or Berlin with the intention to share some days off work, hiking, swimming or eating pizza. That is great for a couple days, but after a while we would always end up back in the studio, fiddling with synths or pianos.” – Nils Frahm 
“You can hear in the beginning of ‘Life Story’ how I have already started playing the piano whilst Nils is still moving microphones around and preparing everything. It was all kept in!“ – Ólafur Arnalds 

‘Life Story Love and Glory’ will be released as a 7” on Erased Tapes – exclusively through record stores only on August 21, 2015 ahead of its digital release later on – as an ode to this classic and beloved format. 

More info: www.arnaldsfrahm.com · www.erasedtapes.com

Life Story Love And Glory

Life Story

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Ólafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm – Life Story

Debut EP here including 'Amore' : https://ampl.ink/bKlmm

Amore (Debut EP available now on Spotify / iTunes)

Downtown: Life Under The Gun

Ghetto (feat. Rich Homie Quan)

You can PRE-ORDER Living Room Songs on CD/LP/Download or Special Edition CD&amp;DVD here: 
http://www.erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP037

ABOUT LIVING ROOM SONGS:

Icelandic contemporary composer Ólafur Arnalds created and released a new song, one per day for one for one whole week during the month of October 2011. The songs were recorded and filmed live in the living room of his Reykjavik apartment and released instantly for free as streamed videos and mp3 downloads.

Thousands of fans followed this exciting project online at: livingroomsongs.olafurarnalds.com

Living Room Songs will now also be released on CD, Vinyl, Ltd. Special Edition CD &amp; DVD and as High Quality Downloads on December 5th via Erased Tapes.


Following in the spirit of Ólafur Arnalds’ critically acclaimed Found Songs (2009) now comes Living Room Songs. This time Ólafur takes the idea further and invites the audience into the comfort of his living room, where the songs were recorded live and the whole process filmed. The songs were instantly released in form of a free mp3 download and video stream- straight from Ólafur's Reykjavik apartment.

IN HIS OWN WORDS: ‘One night I was just playing my piano here in this apartment and I was writing a new song and I didn't have my phone on me which I usually use to record ideas. So I actually took out my MacBook and I didn't want to open like a proper recording program, so I just opened Photo Booth and recorded a video of myself playing the song so that I would remember the song. And I really liked the atmosphere of that video and that's when I thought I should do a series of songs in my living room...’             – Ólafur Arnalds


Born in the suburban Icelandic town of Mosfellsbær, a few kilometers outside of Reykjavík, the 24-year old composer has always enjoyed pushing boundaries with both his studio work and his live-shows. Through relentless touring and determination this young artist has steadily gained recognition worldwide since his 2007 debut Eulogy for Evolution. Ólafur Arnalds’ second full-length album ...and they have escaped the weight of darkness, continues his mission to lure an indie-generation of pop and rock fans into an emotive world of beguiling electronic chamber music and delicate classical arrangements. Ólafur is currently touring with Ryuichi Sakamoto on his Trio Tour throughout Europe.

'The indie kid who knows the score’ – Guardian’s Observer

'Timeless and sublime’ **** – Uncut

'An artist of immense maturity' (9/10) – Drowned In Sound

'Hotwired to the soul. ...will reduce you to wordless tears'  – The Quietus


 
TRACK LISTING: 

I. Fyrsta 
II. Near Light 
III. Film Credits 
IV. Tomorrow's Song 
V. Ágúst 
VI. Lag Fyrir Ömmu 
VII. This Place Is A Shelter


Near Light

Ólafur Arnalds - Near Light

Lady In The Glass Dress

For Piano Day 2017 I give you this little tune for Piano and Viola from the score for a documentary called Out Of Thin Air (coming later in 2017)

Viola: Karl Pestka

Slow Decay (Out of Thin Air - OST) Piano Day 2017

for Piano Day 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4MJkJhPIwk

Thaw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iunmgVjRXuA

im frühling (Piano Day 2018)

I'm just staring at the palm tree trembling in the wind from the balcony of the hotel.
https://youtu.be/ZkLNJAtwe3s

Staring #11

On the Rainy Night of Sep. 29 | Lulling

On the Rainy Night of Sep. 20 | Fragrant

On the Rainy Night of Sep. 17 I Intermittent

On the Rainy Night of Sep. 12 | Abundant

On the Rainy Night of Sep. 10 | Heavy

On the Rainy Night of Sep. 4 | Sprinkling

On the Rainy Night of Sep. 1 | Curtain-like

On the Rainy Night of Aug. 27 | Constant

Aaliyah - "Enough Said" (feat. Drake)
Produced by Noah "40" Shebib


Aaliyah - "Enough Said" (feat. Drake)

J. Holiday - Bed

【It's Raining Tonight】
- 10 Nocturnes for The Rainy Nights in TOKYO -
When it rained at night in Tokyo, I  posted a piano piece here.
In the near feature I will write new 10 scores and post them here again as the second volume of this piano suite.
Thank you.

岩村竜太 | Iwamura Ryuta

On the Rainy Night of Sep. 17 I Intermittent

It's Raining Tonight | 岩村竜太 / Iwamura Ryuta