one of the first 10 tracks i´ve ever made

TO NA BI

do it

Ólafur Arnalds and Janus Rasmussen finally release their unique Nordic electronic sounds in album size.

'Full of melancholy-frosted electronics and emotive swells of classical piano, the new single from Nordic duo Ólafur Arnalds﻿ and Janus Rasmussen is a delicate, icy slowburn' – NME

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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:

29.11.2014 London (UK) – Village Underground
05.12.2014 Berlin (DE) – Watergate
06.12.2014 Istanbul (TR) – Salon
15.01.2015 Groningen (NL) – Eurosonic

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

Kiasmos

Bent

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Kiasmos - Bent

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Written and produced by CPC.
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Here is our new track, recorded with 30 very cool children !
It talks about wildlife destruction. Here are the lyrics :

The sun is turning red, a good job you've done
Buddy now you've got a wonderful trophy, Buddy, put that lion in your bedroom.
You're so brave and strong walking through the jungle,
a riffle in your hands you're the sniper of the year, amazing, put that zebra in your bathroom.

If you feel like going hunting, we're gonna shoot you down. 
Ghost killer, works better in the night.

"Papa was a gangster, mama was a dealer, i'm gonna buy a gun i'm gonna be a killer"
Don't need to argue why, no mercy no pity, no matter where you hide you just won't escape it,
don't know what's wrong with you, you should have it small, it's all about you ego, we can't let it go.

If you feel like going hunting, we gonna shoot you down. 
Ghost killer, works better in the night.

Laïka

Free Download

Won't You Pass (live session)

Dürerstuben - boom, back Liveset IV

A2.La Canciòn (Para Ti) (HVN028)

A1. Jerome.c - Agnes 2

Traumer - Agenou - Gettraum 001 Digital Bonus

preview of gettrraum002 to be released on May 2016

B1 - Traumer - Tambur - Snippet

mood

Support the album on Bandcamp : http://bit.ly/LostInParadiseAlbum

Vocal Credit @Mathieujaa
FR : 

Ce premier album est une synthèse de mes 10 premières années d'expérimentation avec la musique. Débuté après un voyage en Asie qui à changé ma perception de la musique, c'est un album qui se veut sans genres et sans codes. Une balade électronique et instrumentale évoluant de 100 a 128BPM sur laquelle je suis entouré de mon père, mes amis, leurs instruments et leurs voix pour représenter toutes les influences musicales qui m'ont fait résonner aux cours du temps et de l'espace de la manière la plus authentique possible. Il a été fait dans l'optique de s'écouter sur une plage tropicale au coucher du soleil. Bon voyage. 

EN : 

This album is a synthesis of my 10 first years of wandering in music. Started after a trip in Asia that changed my perception of sound, it is an album without codes or genres. An electronic and instrumental walk evolving from 100 to 128BPM on which I'm featuring my father, my friends and their instruments and voices to represent all my influences toward music that has made my soul resonate through time and space in the most authentic manner possible. It's been made to be listened on a tropical beach at sunset. Have a good journey.

Time And Space Are Illusions Ft. Mathieu Jaa

Tree of us

Home made live sessions 
4 persons 


Lyon / France 

Won't You Pass (live session)

treeofus

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