Ólafur Arnalds
Re:member LP (blue & white marble vinyl)

Olafur Arnalds of Reykjavik plays piano alongside two brand-new software programme powered normal pianos. Olafur’s piano triggers the semi-generative player pianos which were created by composer and engineer Halldór Eldjárn.

A unique and unusual trio of pianos fed from Olafur’s piano and with unexpected results. I don’t know which of the musical contributions came from computer-powered voodoo electrickery piano critters and which from human skill but the result is a beautiful and emotive collage of pianos, strings and beats. Over soothing simple keyboards, shuffling beats come creeping in while the pianos swell, sweep and soar. Divine harmonies descend, dancing piano notes, swaying string harmonies and stirring undercurrents combine in a glorious surging mass of sound. With Nils Frahm, Max Richter, Jon Hopkins, Sigur Ros, Mum, Michael Nyman, Brian Eno, Johann Johannson, Erik Satie, Tim Hecker, Nicholas Jaar, Pole, Maurizio

NEW / Released in 2018 / Reissue 2024

Tracklist:

A1 Re:member

A2 Unfold

A3 Saman

A4 Brot

A5 Inconsist

A6 They Sink

B7 Ypsilon

B8 Partial

B9 Momentary

B10 Undir

B11 Ekki Hugsa

B12 Nyepi