Olafur Arnalds playing in Joe´s Pub

16.7.2008

Only 21 years of age, Ólafur hails from the suburban Icelandic town, Mosfellsbær, just a few kilometres outside Reykjavík. He has immersed himself completely in the world of delicate symphonic compositions in a near weightless orchestral undertaking. Mixing strings and piano with loops, ambiance, electronics and beats, his music fits into the Erased Tapes catalogue like a piece of a jigsaw puzzle. His debut album 'Eulogy for Evolution' takes the listener on a journey, representing different periods inlife, from birth to death. The follow-up 5-track EP ‘Variations of Static’ so far has only been available as a limited tour edition. While keeping the classical foundations of his debut album, here Arnalds incorporates crackling electronics and the dead voice of a machine; like vague memories of tradition lost within the digital age we all live in.

Joe´s Pub                                                                                                                        18th July, 7pm                                                                                                                 425 Lafayette Street                                                                                                        New York, NY 10003

For tickets http://www.joespub.com/component/option,com_artists/task,view/Itemid,40/id,2464

Listen to music                                     http://http://www.myspace.com/olafurarnalds