February 2012
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FULL ALBUM STREAM: Another Happy Day →
My soundtrack to Another Happy Day is streaming in it’s entirety over at Drowned In Sound
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Another Happy Day OST is out now →
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Just added "Near Light", "Fyrsta" and "This Place... →
Now the all of Living Room Songs is there :)
Sheet Music! →
As promised… We have made a new section on my website where all my sheet music is up for FREE DOWNLOAD. But as per your request we also added the option to pay if you want to pay :)
January 2012
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WatchMe and Arnór Dan are spending this friday evening in my studio working on some vocals for my new album!
Making music at 2am on a Saturday night. To be honest there really isn’t anything i’d rather be doing.
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Anonymous asked: I hope you have a happy New Year Ólafur! Will there also be sheets for your Living Room Songs available for all crazy fans who want to learn how to play them??
December 2011
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My 3 favorite albums of 2011
1. King Creosote & Jon Hopkins - Diamond Mine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-Lr0igwLIY&ob=av2e
2. Nils Frahm - Felt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdzSEG9ohs4
3. Bon Iver - Bon Iver
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bo6lKQYVUBU
(yeah sorry i don’t know how to embed youtube videos in text posts)
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My 5 favorite shows of 2011
1. UK London - Queen Elizabeth Hall
There is something about the unexpected… This was my first show with a brand new set of string players, the great Iskra String Quartet, and actually we just met for the first time that very day. They had been rehearsing a bit without me but the very stressed soundcheck was our first rehearsal together… Some things even felt a bit shaky in the...
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All my shows of 2011
So here is my first attempt of making some sort of a 2011 roundup. There will be part two if i can think of any other things that need some rounding up…
You can also go here to see the list and if you were at any of the shows add your stories and photos
24.01.2011 US Boston, MA - Modern Theater 25.01.2011 US New York, NY - Highline Ballroom 26.01.2011 US Detroit MI - St Andrew’s...
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WatchSTARTING RIGHT NOW - an exclusive screening of “Living Room Songs” - the full film by Ólafur Arnalds, followed by a live chat with Ólafur, straight from his living room. Tune in!
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http://livingroomsongs.olafurarnalds.com/ →
My friend James just gave my Living Room Songs website a big makeover! check it out, it looks nice.
Watchbee-york:
CLICK THE SQUARES.
I wouldn’t say i puke rainbows but these can be pretty inspiring
does anyone else have a constantly cold trackpad/mouse finger since winter came?
Living Room Songs CD/DVD is out tomorrow! →
Anonymous asked: Wich street is your favourite in Reykjavik? Mine is Bergstaðastræti. /Hanna
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November 2011
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October 2011
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September 2011
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July 2011
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WatchMy first ever solo tour starts on saturday. I am as afraid of it as how much i look forward to it… Tour dates and more info can be found at www.olafurarnalds.com/solotour
April 2011
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March 2011
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WatchLast year i re-arranged my whole new album for a full orchestra, and performed it live in Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall, joined by 60 other people on stage with me.
The whole concert was filmed for a documentary called Press Pause Play (www.presspauseplay.com) which talks about the changes in creative industries in the digital world, and follows me around a bit.
Here is “Gleypa...
February 2011
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Watcherasedtapes:
Erased Tapes Piano Octopus: Nils Frahm, Peter Broderick & Ólafur Arnalds live in Brussels
Captured by Robert Raths at Autumn Falls Festival - Botanique, Brussels on November 28, 2010.
One of my personal highlights of 2010 was watching Nils, Peter and Óli play together with 6 hands on 1 piano. Luckily I had a camera on me…
this was fun
January 2011
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The big 250!
Today i’m playing my 250th show at Preston Bradley Hall in Chicago. I thought i’d post this list of all my past shows…
It has been one hell of a ride… i’m planning to spend the evening trying to remember each one
Thank you to all of you who have showed up to any of these, helping make each one a great one!
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27.08.06 IS Mosfellsbær, Listasalur...
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Win a trip to Iceland from USA →
Iceland Naturaly were so kind to sponsor my current USA tour, and not just that - but have they also offered to give one lucky fan a free trip to Iceland for Iceland Airwaves!
Just click the link to enter the sweepstakes - you will need to share the page on your social networks to enter, but that’s all.
August 2010
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whenthebodyspeaks asked: Is it any chance that you'll grace us someday in Hungary?
fortyfive-rpm asked: I don't know if you read these (but I hope you do!), but are you by any chance going to be touring in the US? Or have you already done that, and I was just too late getting into your music to realize that you came?