We went to meet Ólafur at the RNCM before his awesome concert at The Bridgewater Hall. Aside from ourselves, there happened to be a second camera crew making a documentary featuring Ólafur present at the session, creating a post-modern fun loop!
Born in 1986, Ólafur hails from the suburban Icelandic town of Mosfellsbær, just a few kilometres outside of Reykjavík. He has immersed himself completely in a world of delicate symphonic compositions generating near weightless orchestral pieces. Arnalds explores the crossover from classical to pop by mixing chamber strings and piano with discreet electronics which makes him a perfect fit for cinematic music label Erased Tapes. His motivations are clear: ‘The classical scene is kind of closed to people who haven’t been studying music all their lives. I would like to bring my classical influence to the people who don’t usually listen to this kind of music…open people’s minds.’
www.myspace.com/olafurarnalds
McrScenewipe: RT @OnionsMusic: still buzzing from gig in our favourite green grocers in #Withington. Big thx to @McrScenewipe for having us on! cant wait to see the video! 14 November 2010, 2:06 pm
OnionsMusic: still buzzing from gig in our favourite green grocers in #Withington. Big thx to @McrScenewipe for having us on! cant wait to see the video! 14 November 2010, 10:16 amMcrScenewipe: http://twitvid.com/HRCNM - @heymanchester present hauscka @thelowry 9pm gonna be special!! #iCamcorder 13 November 2010, 7:04 pm
Love postmodern loops! please say one of you filmed yourself in the mirror, being filmed by some icelandic people..