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

Di-Rect - You & I (Fran Seven Edit)

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Christian Löffler - Live Sketch for Vivaldi

Upcoming release on @diynamic-music from @robot-koch due out Friday June 2nd. Premiered via EARMILK http://earmilk.com/2017/06/01/robot-koch-debuts-on-diynamic-with-fluid-exclusive/

Fluid

Robot Koch feat. Julien Marchal - Fluid

First preview of upcoming Kiasmos LP! Out soon on Erased Tapes Records

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Thrown

get the EP here:

https://therealrobotkoch.bandcamp.com/album/the-big-now

INFO
„The Big Now“ is the new release on Robot Koch`s „Trees and Cyborgs“ Label.
It`s a collaboration between the two LA based artists Little Ashes and Robot Koch, two critically
acclaimed artists/producers who both left their European home countries a few years ago to meet
in LA, where the song was created.
The Big Now is a somewhat dark, yet visceral song that is not afraid to be a popsong at the core of
it`s leftfield production.
The EP features both the original track, and a more minimal piano version, beautifully played by
Koch`s frequent collaborator Julien Marchal, as well as a Remix of the original track, which is
actually another collaboration in itself: Koch teamed up with Ryan Davis for the remix. Davis released
his latest EP „From Within“ on Anjunadeep, and his recent remix for Nils Frahm and Olafur
Arnalds was featured in the playlist of Aphex Twin.
VIDEO STILLS
Watching “The Big Now” is to take a first breath

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Little Ashes and Robot Koch - The Big Now(Ryan Davis And Robot Koch Remix)

Belgium-based talent DI MARTINELLI twists HELMUT’s recent anthem ‘Fur’ into a dark, hypnotic club tool. The original guitar chords merge with rolling ominous bass, hazy vocals, haunting synths and tribal undertones. While the vocals stay put, the lyrics are downplayed and fuzzy, leaving lots of room for the reverberating sounds to fill in the blanks, HELMUT’s voice ricocheting from the walls, reflected and refracted. 

However layered, this elongated mix maintains the careful pace of the original track, working instead with newly invented arrangements that go right down to the core of the tune. Thorough, yet subtle.

In adding a pulse that oozes Berlin nightlife, DI MARTINELLI creates a subdued-sounding dancefloor drone out of the poppier original. Somehow, this Antwerp prodigy manages to blend a psychedelic desert feel with a dark trance the shade of pre-dawn drifting through forgotten alleyways and backstreets. It’s 4 AM, the club is still coursing through your veins, but you’re on the way home and wanting to stretch the moment. This right here is your perfect soundtrack.

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Support from Leftfield, DJ T., Agoria, Sasha, Rampa, Just Her, Moonbootica, Tone Of Arc, Joris Delacroix, Pablo Bolivar, Dave202, Olderic, Above & Beyond, Jon / RÜFÜS DU SOL, Javier Orduña, Nick Warren, Kollektiv Turmstrasse, Michel De Hey, Nora En Pure, Luigi Madonna, Davide Squillace, Lane 8, Mambo Brothers, Richie Hawtin, Paco Osuna, Carl Craig, THERAPY, Fell Reis, Acid Pauli, Riva Starr, Above And Beyond, Ruede Hagelstein, Steve Lawler, Klangkarussell, and BOg

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Fur (DI MARTINELLI Remix)

HELMUT - Fur (DI MARTINELLI Remix)

REMIX ALBUM "RONGORONGO" BY ME SUCCEEDS
WWW.MESUCCEEDS.DE

INFO:
"At first there was a remix:
For the first part of our Split Series „Hamburg“ the Hamburg based Band Me Succeeds made a remake of Arp Auberts „Actress“. In Return Arp Aubert, consisting of Mirau Label founder Stephan Lorenz, made a beautiful, dreamy remix for Me Succeeds „Riemerling“. Now the remixing goes on in full album length: After their latest long player „Rongorongo“ from 2011, which Me Succeeds released on their own imprint isawmusic, the band will return on Ki Records with a remix album. Eleven friends were invited to put their hands on the album’s tracks and give their interpretation. Besides a whole lot of danceable tracks you will also find some broken beats and spherical electronica here, which makes this release fit in perfectly in the Ki catalogue. Under the motto „never change a running system“ of course Arp Aubert once again had his hands on one of the tracks, turning „Rongorongo“ into a driving techno track which is underlined by the emotional vocals of lead-singer Mohna and beautiful melodies making this remix perfect for the early hours on the dancefloor. The Berlin based producer and DJ Iron Curtis gives the original of “Seventeen” a dubby note that is definitely special as he uses many vintage synthesizers-sounds and broken pieces of the original vocals to make this remix one of the strongest on this album. The last remix on the album was done by Greek musician Chronik, who turns „Books“ into a hymn with twisted rhythm and broken beats. It’s the perfect ending reminding us a lot of the recently on Ki released „Saints“ by Monokle. Apart from that, a few more great producers such as Tilmann Tausendfreund, Showing Off The Bling Bling, Christian Löffler, On Stop Off, My First Trumpet, Bug Lover and Suburb contributed to this Rongosium."




Christian Löffler - Live Sketch for Vivaldi

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