ephemeral

Farewell/Gratitude

Ambient Droney Soundsapes

Collaborations

Calm music

Psych

meditative ambient 2

On the road

Post Egyptian

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

Farewell...
Farewell/Gratitude now available to download at http://piearesquared.bandcamp.com

Farewell

يحكي ابن الفيوم : 
كنا في مجلس الشيخ وسألنا عن اهل الصوفة قال : هؤلاء زنادقة ومن اتبعهم زنديق. 
اهداني كتاباً وقال عد لله يا بني. 
لكنني لم أرى الله الا في شجرة، وعواء وعيون تحت العباب. 
دوّنا : والله لو حلف شيخ بتكفيري وزندقني 
مالي غير صوفة مطروحة تلهمني 
فيا ابن البحر صديقك الشبك ُ 
مالي أنا ابن الحياة ان صادقت خالقني 
فامضي بعيداً عننا وما ترى مني شيئاً يضايقني
خذيني بين راحتيك نحو مكة لبيت المقدس وطوفي بي. 
في نزهة المشتاق طيراً على الاحباق طوفي بي. 
وطوفي بي. 
عروض ارتجالية من مساحة مائة نسخة. 
اتبعونا. 
https://www.facebook.com/AbdullahMiniawy
سحابة موسيقية : 
https://soundcloud.com/abdullahmadm

Special Thanks to Mahmoud Refat for recording,Mastering
 and Safa Abou El-Abas for drawing.

طوفي بي عبد الله المنياوي \ Abdullah Miniawy Tofy Bey.

Project 2A

Lonewolves

This is a song I wrote specifically for the Rhye live set to play in the Fall, 2014 at 8 shows.  I'll be releasing this as a Milosh release. 

Right Never Comes

Taken from the debut EP our now on Aesop

Buy the 12" EP from Aesop - http://po.st/SLSShore

Buy the EP from iTunes - http://po.st/ShoreEP

http://aesoplabel.com

Shore

<> As a child, in womb of warm light. Imminent foreboding, immense upon the horizon near encroaching a fragile thought from another time. Beautiful as it is bright, glows yet all turns to night as burns ... 

Safety, in my body and my blood burns gracefully and i've come to know this frailty, my mind allures of safety in my body and my blood burns. 

'and the blood burn 
in the blood burn 
in the blood burn 
and my blood burn' 

safety in my body and my blood burns gracefully and i've come to know this frailty, my mind allures of safety in my body and my blood burns

♢ Safety

Maggot Brain - Funkadelic

Majikal

The second track off my "Farewell/Gratitude" featuring extra percussion & synth work by https://soundcloud.com/ali-soliman, available for download here: https://piearesquared.bandcamp.com/


Gratitude (feat. Ali Soliman)

Composed by_Jiha
Piri, Saenghwang, Yanggeum, Voice by_Jiha 

3. 풍경을 빌리다 (Borrowing Scenery)

Richard Youngs - NO FANS COMPENDIUM Disc 3 (Multi-Tracked Shakuhachi/Live in Salford) - vhf#137-3

Richard Youngs - Multi-Tracked Shakuhachi 2

Prelude To Waves

الخيمة - صباح الخير

:أغنية أيام
https://soundcloud.com/hursag/days

:أغنية الساعة
https://soundcloud.com/hursag/the-hour

The Tent - Good Morning | الخيمة - صباح الخير

Spain

The Sun Rising

Waves

2 OUM (SI)

On Melancholy Hill is the tenth track from the Gorillaz's third album Plastic Beach. The song is the second single from the album, originally slated for release in late 2010. 

On Melancholy Hill

Long-Term-Stasis-Music available here: https://tonen.bandcamp.com/album/long-term-stasis-music
Compact Disc available from Paradigms Recordings: http://www.paradigms-recordings.com/

Panspermia

Dream Induction

The first track from my 2011 album of the same name.
Download the full album here: https://piearesquared.bandcamp.com/album/hungover-in-siberia

(Hungover In) Siberia

SONOIO's "Blue" is probably my most listened to album in the past two years and Alessandro Cortini (https://soundcloud.com/alessandrocortini) is a personal hero of mine, so it only seemed fitting to remix one of my favourite tracks of his. This is meant to be listened to as loud as possible through decent headphones/speakers.
Here's the original song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Vh00BFxl3M
Enjoy x

SONOIO - Hold On, Let Go [Pie Are Squared Remix]

So I posted a video of me playing this song last Saturday and the response has been amazing, 12k views and counting, which is insane. Anyway, for the people who wanted to have it as an audio file (and people who didn't) here's a rough mix/master of the song and if you want to watch the video here are the links:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/piearesquared/videos/10153786412597957/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KIE7CxFIqg
Here's the original video's description:
A reverb drenched, tipy-tapy, live-loopy song for summer, probably the most upbeat thing I've made in a very long time. Very much influenced by bands like And So I Watch You From Afar and From Monument To Masses 
Thanks

36 Degrees on a Saturday (Rough Mix)

The second track off my album, (Hungover in) Siberia. 
The album is available for free download here: http://piearesquared.bandcamp.com/album/hungover-in-siberia


...and in this endless soundscape, I gave you life

A (very) slow evolving soundscape all done using only the Make Noise 0-Coast and a bunch of pedals. Will probably be part of my project to make an album or EP using only the 0-coast, SQ-1 and pedals.
The full EP is now available on bandcamp for download/purchase: piearesquared.bandcamp.com/album/co-a-sts-ep

Slower Than Your Life (Make Noise 0-Coast + Pedals) *EP OUT NOW*

An even slower-evolving soundcape using the Make Noise 0-Coast as the only sound source running it through the Boss DD-3 and using Ableton Live's Resonator and Reverb
The second in a series of songs I am making using only the 0-Coast to create everything. 
The full EP is now available on bandcamp for download/purchase: piearesquared.bandcamp.com/album/co-a-sts-ep

Three and a Half (Make Noise 0-Coast) *EP OUT NOW*

Consider this the counterpoint to "Stabbed in the Ear...", a song meant to linger in the background, played at the lowest volumes...


Hushed to a Whisper

Live recording from the Chapter 1 release party.
Not sure this piece has a home on the next three chapters so it may be a while before it gets recorded. We apologize for the sound quality and crowd noise.

When are you coming home? / This is my home now

Carbon Based Lifeforms - Right Where It Ends

Pie Are Squared is Italy-based Egyptian musician Mohammed Ashraf. 
One-half of Bennu.
One-half of Śruti.
One-half of Aken's Sleep.
One-sixth of Postvorta.
One-fifth of Void of Sleep.