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

Kiasmos

Burnt

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Kiasmos - Burnt

especial quest (pt 1 + 2)

Made my girlfriend cry again,
It's shit, I'm shit,
Jealous guy, get angry over nothing,
Want to solve things with my fists.

Soft in the middle but rough around the edges:
Act tough in pubs, but stress out over a WhatsApp message.

Get drunk in clubs and forget to count my blessings.

I want to touch it but I can't
I want to be it but I can't
I want to touch it but I can't
I want to be it but I can't
I want to touch it but I can't
I want to be it but I can't
I want to touch it but I can't
I want to be it but I can't

Loving is a constant act of courage
You have to trust in something you can never really know
It's the faith that keeps you going,
With the knowledge sometimes faith is all that stops you letting go.

When I was at school I used to fight in car parks,
When I loved a girl she went and fucked somebody else;
When I got home I told my mum I'd fallen over --
I told my mum I was upset about something else.

I don't know where to put my anger,
I don't want to have to carry it around.
I want to step inside of you, and stop being a stranger --
I want to touch it, but I don't want to break it in my hand.

Loving someone is a constant act of courage;
You have to believe in something you can never really know.
It's the faith that keeps you going,
In the knowledge they can always let you go.

//

Sax solo by Joe Murgatroyd

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I Must Have Fallen Over

Additional Clarinet and Piano by Adam Protz

Artwork by Ben Jacobs

Recorded in St Albans, Hertfordshire

Peter Hai - Closer (Remastered version)

20 PINT WEEKEND

-- in the Stag's Head with a couple of real lemon squeezers. He's looking at me and smiling over his moustache. Where's the fags Fred ? They're in the fuckin bin
-- sex, blood, booze, and death: a big night out
-- down in Brighton, seagull attack outside the McDonalds. Went for a disappointing Japanese meal. Currently drinking a schooner of craft beer

BELIEVE IN THE GEEZER

For a second I'll be waiting while you're checking on your phone
Is there something that you're taking is there something that you know
Is there something that's been breaking is it just because you're broke
Is there something you've been taking is it taking all your hope, yeah

20 PINT WEEKEND
(when you answer your phone)
20 PINT WEEKEND
(when you leave on your own)
20 PINT WEEKEND
(they always call)
20 PINT WEEKEND
(with chemicals)

-- I'm ambitious - I want everything this life has to offer. I want a burger, and, I want a kebab
-- Amsterdam, red light district, Friday night. You'd think half these cunts had never seen a pair of tits before

For a second I'll be waiting when we're falling out the pub
And I'll hold you in my arms when we're collapsing in the club
Is there something that's been breaking is it just because you're broke
Is there something you've been taking is it taking all your hope, yeah

20 PINT WEEKEND
(when you answer your phone)
20 PINT WEEKEND
(when you leave on your own)
20 PINT WEEKEND
(they always call)
20 PINT WEEKEND
(with chemicals)

-- Walthamstow, with a cigarette and a hard-on. The Arsenal. Dogs, tattoos, Morrissey, vegan breakfasts. Couple of pints with a couple of lads, tapping the ash straight onto the tip, and standing in the window wanking into the street. Walthamstow, 2016

BELIEVE IN THE GEEZER


For a second I'll be waiting while you're checking on your phone
Is there something that you're taking is there something that you know
Is there something that's been breaking is it just because you're broke
Is there something you've been taking is it taking all your hope, yeah

Is there something you've been taking,
Is there something you've been taking,
I'll be checking on your phone,
Checking on your phone,

Is there something you've been taking,
Is there something you've been taking,
You'll be checking on your phone,
Checking on your phone yeah

20 PINT WEEKEND
20 PINT WEEKEND
20 PINT WEEKEND
20 PINT WEEKEND

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20 Pint Weekend

Repeat

Written by Michael Tomlinson & Angus James
Developed & Arranged with Ed Grimshaw
featuring Ami Koda on flute & the vocals of Connie Chatwin 
Engineered by Tomas Moreno
Produced by Sean Cook & Michael Tomlinson
Mixed by Arie van der Poel
Mastered by Guy Davie
Cover art by Nali featuring Ami Koda

Peter Hai - Closer (Remastered version)

Peter Hai

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