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<title><![CDATA[Ólafur Arnalds: Eulogy for evolution]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:28:45 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ritorno al futuro]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:06:43 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Gaia!</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Ciao amici, sono tornata.
Nuova York è stata svoltosissima. Non ho alcun particolare scottante da r]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ciao amici, sono tornata.</p>
<p>Nuova York è stata svoltosissima. Non ho alcun particolare scottante da rivelare ai miei 4 annoiati lettori, nessuna bollente rivelazione, poche sfavillanti novità e alcuni tiepidi aggiornamenti che per la loro natura professionale mi riservo di non rivelare su questi lidi. In ogni caso posso dire di essere ritornata carica come una molla, motivata, scoppiettante e ottimista verso il futuro che ci attende. Pertanto è probabile che sin che non mi passerà questo stato vagamente euforico possa essere ancora più insopportabile del solito. Portate pazienza, per favore. D'altra parte ho avuto, per un attimo, una diapositiva del mio avvenire davanti agli occhi (eccola lì sotto) ed è comprensibile che sia tutt'ora fibrillante. In realtà nulla è cambiato, per ora, ma lo farà. Inoltre, ho comprato un sacco di vestiti nuovi.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-213" src="http://cloudberryfields.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/img_1283.jpg" alt="" width="460" height="306" /><br />
<em>Ciò che si vede da un certo ufficio di nyc.</em></p>
<p>Gettando alle ortiche gli ermetismi, passiamo alle cose pratiche: <strong>finalmente è finita l'estate</strong>.</p>
<p>Era ora. E con questo, significa che finalmente la nostra agenda si infittisce di impegni che vanno oltre al fare la marmellata di susine con la mamma sotto al portico, andare all'esselunga a prendere il fresco insieme ai vecchi e vagare per le città  con la sola compagnia delle minoranze etniche più facinorose. Fortunatamente non ho fatto nessuna di queste cose, ma non è questo il punto.</p>
<p>Stringendo, ecco il calendario per i prossimi, fulgidi tempi:</p>
<p><strong>6, 7, 8 Settembre all'Idroscalo</strong>: <a href="www.myspace.com/magnoliaparade" target="_blank"><strong>Magnolia Parade</strong></a>. Non ne possiamo più di stare fermi e una 3 (nel nostro caso, 2 visto che il primo è proprio poco invitante) giorni di dènsflor aggressivo e pimpante è senza dubbio alcuno ciò di cui avevamo bisogno. Tra Bloody Beetroots, Goose, Vitalic e qui quo qua sono già tutta un bollore danzereccio. Chi manca è gonzo.<br />
Il <strong>14 Settembre</strong> mano ai fazzoletti, c'è <a href="www.myspace.com/theniro" target="_blank"><strong>The Niro</strong></a> al Rolling Stone (ne sono quasi sicura). Non me lo perderei mai, mai e poi mai.<br />
Il <strong>15</strong>, volendo, ci sono i <strong>Baustelle</strong> alla festa dell'umidità a Milano. Dovrei riflettere se i Baustelle siano un motivo valido per presentarsi a una festa dell'umidità. Sono sicura di no, ma probabilmente saremo molto annoiati e andremo. Anzi no!, non andremo, perchè mi accorgo ora che la stessa sera c'è <a href="www.myspace.com/steveaoki" target="_blank"><strong>Steve Aoki</strong></a> al Rocket. L'ho perso in dicembre, non lo perderò questa volta. Spero.<br />
Sempre in quel buco fumoso del Rocket, che ci regala sempre tante emozioni, <strong>due giorni dopo</strong> saranno i <a href="www.myspace.com/aclassiceducation" target="_blank"><strong>Classic Education</strong></a>. Che è un po' come mettere il tartufo sulla simmenthal, ma tant'è.<br />
Il <strong>26</strong> momenti di gioia (e tempeste di ricordi) con i <strong>Primal Scream</strong> all'Alcatraz, e il <strong>primo ottobre</strong> i <strong>Notwist</strong> al Musicdrome. Se dio vuole riesco a vederli, era ora! <strong><br />
Venerdì 3</strong> al Covo c'è <a href="www.myspace.com/styrofoam" target="_blank"><strong>Styrofoam</strong>,</a> per chi ci era rimasto sotto coi Postal Service, tipo me. E soprattutto per chi è in crisi d'astinenza da Covo, tipo me.<br />
E il <strong>3 novembre</strong>, alla Casa 139, gli <a href="www.myspace.com/m83" target="_blank"><strong>M83</strong>.</a> Che bello!<br />
Concludo questo calendario di passione con la bomba della giornata (l'ho scoperto or ora): <a href="www.myspace.com/olafurarnalds" target="_blank"><strong>OLAFUR ARNALDS</strong></a> suonerà il <strong>16 novembre</strong> al mattatoio di Carpi. Vorrei sapere chi è il responsabile di questa cosa splendida per mandargli mazzi di fiori e scatole di cioccolatini per i prossimi due mesi. Inizierò a piangere adesso per mettermi avanti, credo. GRAZIE!!!</p>
<p>Una parentesi a parte per un paio di cose: in occasione del <a href="www.esterni.org/" target="_blank"><strong>Milano Film Festival</strong></a>, di cui la signorina Claudia è gentile promotrice e organizzatrice nonostante le avversità, avremo non uno, non due, non tre, non quattro, non cinque ma forse addirittura sei (6) eventi incredibilmente fighini. Uno: i <a href="www.myspace.com/kobenhavnstore" target="_blank"><strong>København Store</strong></a> suoneranno la sera dell'apertura in Sempione, il <strong>12 settembre</strong>. Due e tre: i <a href="www.myspace.com/vancouvertheband" target="_blank"><strong>Vancouver</strong>,</a> che amo con tutto il cuore, e i <a href="www.myspace.com/japgum" target="_blank"><strong>Japanese Gum</strong></a>, che apprezzo discretamente, si esibiranno nel corso del festival, ma non so ne' dove ne' quando (Cloud, illuminaci). Quattro e cinque: TORNANO <a href="www.myspace.com/lesfauves" target="_blank"><strong>LE FAVE</strong></a>! (dove e come, vedi sopra). E subito dopo il loro set parte della <strong>Sidechain Massacre Crew</strong>, cioè i <a href="www.myspace.com/pelussje" target="_blank"><strong>Pelussje</strong> </a>e <strong>io</strong> accanto a loro che come al solito pigerò qualche bottone a caso, avrà il piacere di intrattenere il pubblico fuori dal Piccolo Teatro il <strong>18</strong> sera con un dj set molto perbene. La sesta non ho mica capito se è confermata per cui non posso dirla, mi sa.</p>
<p>Sicuramente mi sono dimenticata qualcosa, ma pazienza. Ricordatemelo, che lo aggiungo.</p>
<p>Ah ho anche deciso che mi fidanzo, e so anche con chi.<br />
Lui no però.<br />
Vi farò sapere com'è andata.</p>
<p>Ora vado a disfare i 350 chili di valigie che giacciono ancora sul mio pavimento come delle balenottere arenate.</p>
<p>Di baci!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Olafur Arnalds]]></title>
<link>http://experimentalrock.wordpress.com/?p=394</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:04:06 +0000</pubDate>
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Fragile, emotional, classical indie music would maybe be the best term to describe Ólafur Arnalds]]></description>
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<p>Fragile, emotional, classical indie music would maybe be the best term to describe Ólafur Arnalds’ music. Combining classical instrumentation with an indierock aesthetic there are obvious comparisons to Sigur Rós, but Arnalds is sculpting his own epic, string-laden compositions.</p>
<p><span style="color:#666699;"><strong>Download:</strong></span> <a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/136989800/_lafur_Arnalds_-_eulogy_for_evolution__-____experimentalrock.wordpress.com__.rar" target="_blank">Eulogy For Evolution</a></p>
<p><span style="color:#666699;"><strong>Web:</strong></span> <a href="http://www.myspace.com/olafurarnalds" target="_blank">Myspace Page </a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Let's Grab It - Music of August/September]]></title>
<link>http://penumbrae.wordpress.com/?p=285</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:48:16 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>gbem1</dc:creator>
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<p class="mceTemp"><a href="http://www.rwubirdcage.com/SUMMERSIZZLE.html">Earlier</a> this summer I wrote a music update for Teddy's alternative press at Roger Williams University (<a href="http://www.rwubirdcage.com"><em>the Bird Cage</em></a>).  Since he has returned to school, he has asked me to write a similar update concerning fall. Well, seeing how it isn't fall yet, and seeing how the deadline was last night, I wrote about the end of summer. Even though I do listen to leaked music, even the greatest leaks aren't more than a month ahead of the release date--well, with exceptions, the <a href="http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,439687,00.html">infamous leaking</a> of Radiohead's <em>Hail to the Thief</em>, which leaked in a pre-finished form about a year ahead of its official release.</p>
<p><a href="http://penumbrae.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/hail-to-the-thief2.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-295" src="http://penumbrae.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/hail-to-the-thief2.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="240" /></a></p>
<p class="mceTemp">After visiting <em>the Bird Cage </em>website, it's pretty clear that the site's quality is not that visually appealing. Yes, the site looks like it was designed in the middle of the 1990s using the <a href="http://geocities.yahoo.com/v/pb.html">Geocities page builder</a>, and yes there are some pretty noticeable typos throughout the site, including on the main page, but the site isn't exactly being worked on by a bunch of professionals. <a href="http://www.rwubirdcage.com/ABOUTUSnew.html">Teddy</a> took the time last spring (during my final semester) to learn how to use Dreamweaver, and designed the site from the bottom up, "from scratch" you might say. In addition to that, regardless of the few (or is it just two?) additional writers he has helping him out with content, he does all the writing himself. That said, I take pride in writing for this work in progress, and I also take pride in writing for a college audience, as I know I would have looked to greater powers when I was an undergrad learning about all the music being created out there.</p>
<p><strong>The End of Summer Music Update</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://penumbrae.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/chemical-chords.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-296" src="http://penumbrae.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/chemical-chords.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="240" /></a></p>
<p class="mceTemp">With the season for love, romance, and reproduction pretty much moving into the backs of our minds (for all you kids who don’t see keep track of these things, it’s called summer, and it’s a time for revealing fashion trends, aromatic plant scents, and densely-populated music festivals), even though we try our hardest for the season to stick around as long as possible, there’s a strange amount of upbeat albums still to be released this year. Actually, there is a nice diverse pampering coming our way in the next few months. August sees the release New Kids on the Block’s and Goo Goo Dolls’s <em>Greatest Hits</em> (I don’t think I’ll be going anywhere near the former one), a single by the Cure (yes, they’re still around, and with a remix album hitting shelves in September, Robert Smith’s hopeful new masterpiece can’t be far away), our family-film pal Ice Cube’s <em>Raw Footage</em>, <em>You &#38; Me</em> by alt-indie rockers the Walkmen (which is currently waiting in line to be heard on my computer—if it’s anything like their last few albums, it will be worthy of more than one listen), <em>Chemical Chords</em> by Stereolab, and <em>Protools</em> by Gza (the Genius).</p>
<p><a href="http://penumbrae.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/youth-novels.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-297" src="http://penumbrae.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/youth-novels.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="240" /></a></p>
<p class="mceTemp">That list leaves a few out. For all you vinyl connoisseurs out there, Trent Reznor’s Nine Inch Nails CD from earlier this year, <em>the Slip</em>, will be available for the turntables. For fans of superbly crafted, artsy indie-pop, check out the Swedish musician Lykke Li’s <em>Youth Novels</em> that calls forth those extra-special summer moments of youthful passion, flowers, and wildly positive emotional kicks. The first track is a more feminine approach to something out of <em>Dark Side of the Moon</em>. Later in the month (i. e. NOW) is spiced up with <em>That Lucky Old Son</em> by Brian Wilson (wait, that guy is still alive?) both on CD and vinyl, the negatively-received <em>Oceans Will Rise</em> by the Stills (make your own decision), the live disk by indie-rock extraordinaire group the Fiery Furnaces (called <em>Remember</em> so that you don’t forget), and something by some guy called Keith Urban.</p>
<p><a href="http://penumbrae.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/one-kind-favor.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-298" src="http://penumbrae.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/one-kind-favor.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="240" /></a></p>
<p class="mceTemp">While you’re getting over the fact that people actually like Keith Urban and find his albums explosively innovative, heart-warming, and revolutionary (don’t quote me on any of that), you can finish up your eighth month of the year with the fourth album by recently-returned that nine-piece hard rock group Slipknot (oh my, where did all those painful memories of high school come from?), unoriginally entitled <em>All Hope is Gone</em>. The band’s fourth effort is being described by some as sounding like Alice in Chains, and many say that the metal influence is dwindling on most of the tracks. Well, we’re streaming it here at the state government office, and it sounds pretty hard . . . but my place for Slipknot will always be the bottom, repressed area of my heart. To keep it fare, B. B. King’s <em>One Kind Favor</em> comes out this week too, and watch out 50 Cent fans! The Game’s Lax hits shelves, and chances are there will be a low-blow in there somewhere! If you want even more hating, pick up the deluxe edition for a few more bucks.</p>
<p><a href="http://penumbrae.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/the-block.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-299" src="http://penumbrae.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/the-block.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="240" /></a></p>
<p class="mceTemp">Speaking of deluxe editions, transition your lives into the shorter days of September with that New Kids on the Block’s <em>The Block</em> album in deluxe form, next week. That’s right, it’s like a cultural comeback of your favorite teenage boy band from nearly twenty years ago—hooray! There’s a lot of stuff coming out in September that you actually should check out, though. The most anticipated album of the year (in my book) is <em>Skeletal Lampings</em> by indie psych-poppers Of Montreal, the follow-up to the album from last year that I played more than any other, <em>Hissing Fauna Are You the Destroyer?</em> I’ve already acquired the album and, after listening to its 60-minute-long-entirety two times in a row last night, I’ve already found myself oddly hooked. Why oddly? You’ll have to read my review of it when you get a chance (and/or when it’s available).</p>
<p><a href="http://penumbrae.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/stand-ins.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-300" src="http://penumbrae.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/stand-ins.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="240" /></a></p>
<p class="mceTemp">One of my favorite contemporary rappers/club rappers/crunk rappers is Young Jeezy and his <em>Recession</em> hits in a couple weeks. Who doesn’t love a rapper whose samples himself backing his lyrics in his own songs? And who doesn’t love a rapper who raps about having sex in the club with string-wash electronica music in the background? I don’t know much about the limited edition cut of Radiohead’s <em>OK Computer</em> and <em>Kid A</em>, but based around everything that’s gone on with them recently, they probably don’t even know those are being released. Same goes for that Morrissey DVD that came out this month, so steer clear. Instead, give Metallica another chance (any direction from <em>St. Anger</em> is going up) with <em>Death Magnetic</em> (the first single’s already on the radio-waves, and is getting positive attention, though most fans are waiting for the album release). Another album that’s available, though currently unreleased (give it a couple weeks) is Okkervil River’s follow-up to last year’s amazing album <em>the Stage Names</em>. Part two in the two-album series is <em>the Stand-Ins</em>, and it’s more somber, country-rock influenced, with richer verses, more simplistic melodies, and an equal entertainment value. In the “what happened to them” category, we’ve got releases from LL Cool J and Calexico.</p>
<p><a href="http://penumbrae.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/the-recession.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-301" src="http://penumbrae.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/the-recession.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="240" /></a></p>
<p class="mceTemp">If all that doesn’t fill you up for the next few weeks, send me an email and I’ll hook you up with some noise rock, an African Scream disk, an Icelandic pianist who is being thrown into the indie-rock boat, a Korean cellist that isn’t, and some Minimalist Electronica that will make you jump up and say “we’re going to Detroit” (which I hope you don’t actually go through with).</p>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>MeeHau</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Przykro mi – będę pretensjonalny. Bo czasem okazuje się, że słowna ekwilibrystyka nie wystarc]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:justify;">Przykro mi – będę pretensjonalny. Bo czasem okazuje się, że słowna ekwilibrystyka nie wystarcza. Bo banał goni za banałem i truizmem całość pogania. Bo słowa potrafią oddać wiele, ale nie wszystko. Bo, na dodatek, umiejętności brak by wszystko przekazać.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Wtedy wydawało mi się, że byłem przygotowany na wszystko. Miałem rację – jedynie mi się „wydawało”. Jeden, ale jakże potężny, cios, wytrącił mnie z mojego świata pewników i rzucił w wir transcendentalnej jazdy bez trzymanki.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Kupując bilet wiedziałem, że nie płacę za zwykły koncert. Byłem przekonany, że najlepszym produktem eksportowym Islandii okaże się być magia, którą muzycy <strong>Sigur Rós</strong> przywiozą ze sobą i nie poskąpią jej spragnionej czarów polskiej publiczności. Nie spodziewałem się jednak, że nawet po tak długim czasie jaki minął od występu, będę miał nadzwyczaj duże problemy z wyartykułowaniem choćby grama czegoś na tyle zdystansowanego, co pozwoliłoby wam – czytającym me słowa – na stwierdzenie, iż żaden ze mnie fanatyk i szaleniec.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">To jednak jest nadal ponad moje siły. Obawiam się także, iż nie istnieje skuteczne lekarstwo na przypadłość i niemoc jaka mnie ogarnęła. Wiele wody będzie musiało upłynąć i wiele koncertów będę musiał zobaczyć, ażeby z pamięci wymazać to, co zrobił ze mną, choć podejrzewam, że moje uczucia podziela zdecydowana większość osób, które były tam wtedy, 20 sierpnia 2008 roku w Warszawie, zespół Sigur Rós.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Nie miałem pojęcia, jak wypadł był <em>Ólafur Arnalds</em> i nic mnie to nie obchodziło. Wiedziałem dokładnie, co robię, gdy podejmowałem decyzję dotyczącą zignorowania występu supportu. Nie dałem mu się wprowadzić w odpowiedni nastrój. Mimo że jego płyta - <strong><em>Eulogy for Evolution</em> </strong>– otrzymała dobre recenzje, a ja nie zwykłem omijać występów artystów poprzedzających główne atrakcje, to nie miał on najmniejszych szans na skoncentrowanie mojej uwagi na sobie. Nie sądziłem także, żeby rozkojarzona i niezdrowo podniecona publiczność, oczekująca i rozpalona, była w stanie zaangażować się w coś, co nie dałoby się nazwać nawet surogatem preludium do preludium.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">(Podobnie postąpiłem ignorując możliwość zobaczenia na dużym ekranie dokumentu „Heima”, który w ramach gutkowego festiwalu – <em>Era Nowe Horyzonty</em> - kusił mnie niepowtarzalną okazją zachwycenia się nim, filmem a nie festiwalem, w warunkach nieuwłaczających mojej potrzebie słuchania muzyki na w miarę przyzwoitym poziomie.)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Zapętlone „<em>Straumnes</em>” delikatnie koiło moją chęć przedarcia się pod same barierki. Lepszą perspektywę i odbiór dźwięków zapewniał dystans, ale pragnienie wzięcia udziału w tym nabożeństwie było wyjątkowo silne. I wtedy, gdy napięcie sięgało zenitu, ludzie omdlałymi od klaskania dłońmi próbowali ostatnim wysiłkiem woli zmuszać ręce do synchronicznych ruchów a ich zdarte gardła raz za razem wykrzykiwały dwa słowa, Sigur Rós pojawiło się na scenie. Wyciszeni, niepozorni i, mimo że niemal na wyciągnięcie ręki, to tak odlegli.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Oniryczny „<em>Svefn-g-Englar</em>”, o ironio, obudził we mnie pokłady nienazywalnych uczuć, które raz mocniej a raz nieco słabiej, na nowo definiowały we mnie określenia „muzyka”, „sztuka”, „emocje” czy też „koncert”. Burza braw, pisków i okrzyków wytrąciła mnie z kontemplacji. Krótka przerwa na parę głębszych wdechów i powrót do świata rzeczywistego. Powoli ruszał „Glósóli”, który koncertowo miażdży. Narastające dźwięki zlewające się pod koniec w wielki, rozbłysk jasnego światła całkowicie mnie pochłonął. Wybuch supernowej. Nie miałem siły klaskać. Nie byłem w stanie się ruszyć. Mimo że po chwili usłyszałem pierwsze takty „Ný Batterí”, to brak energii i woli do działania się pogłębiał. Czułem się, jakby te nuty wysysały ze mnie wszystko. Byłem pustym naczyniem, które wypełniane było magią promieniującą ze sceny.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Wtedy ropozczęła się prezentacja najnoszwego materiału. Melancholijne i piękne „<em>Fljótavík</em>” pociągnęło mnie głębiej. Nieco odetchnąłem przy „Festival”, który snując się początkowo spokojnie, delikatnie i niemal niepostrzeżenie, rozświetlił się na koniec niczym tęcza. Feeria barw rozbłysła wśród spadającego śniegu. A może płatków kwiatów. Czary? Magia? Koncertowo obydwa utwory wybroniły się bez problemu.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Dopiero następna w kolejności „<em>Hoppípolla</em>” przechodząca płynnie w „<em>Með Blóðnasir</em>” pozwoliła mi się wyrwać z tego dziwnego stanu odrętwienia i marazmu. A końcowe tony wyśpiewane przez Jónsiego wespół z publicznością to było już niemalże mistrzostwo świata. Echa tego duetu długo jeszcze będzie zalegać mi w uszach zmuszając do przeanalizowania konstruktu „artysta wspomagany głosami publiczności brzmi gorzej, bo publiczność nie umie nucić i psuje klimat”.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Nie było czasu na dłuższe przestoje. Porywające do swobodnego pląsania „<em>Inní mér syngur vitleysingur</em>” oraz „<em>Við spilum endalaust</em>”, odegrane na basie za pomocą pałeczki miarowo wystukującej rytm, to jedne z bardziej radosnych akcentów całego koncertu. Rytmiczne i beztroskie. Zielona, wiosenna łąka podczas majowego poranka. Idylla.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Po frywolnych chwilach nastąpiło uspokojenie nastroju. Ostatni utwór z <strong><em>Takk </em></strong>– „<em>Heysátan</em>” – delikatnie prześlizgiwał się ponad głowami wszystkich. Majestatycznie i refleksyjnie porywał ze sobą każdego po kolej. Niemożliwym było nie odlecieć wraz z nim. Oniemiała publiczność nieomal z nabożną czcią wysłuchała go do ostatniego taktu. Podobnie zresztą wyglądało „<em>Olsen, Olsen</em>”. Basowy podkład z przebijającą się z tła perkusją połączony z dźwiękami fleta, klawiszy i smyka na gitarze wyciskał łzy.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Następnie popłynęło „<em>Sæglópur</em>”. Wzbierało powoli. Subtelne, rozpoczynające takty, zmieniły się w mocniejsze falowanie. Cymbałki grzmiały metalicznym pogłosem niczym dzwon. Energia kumulowana przez początkowe minuty strzeliła z ogromną mocą. Następiło przesilenie. Wreszcie utwór porwał i nieomal utopił wszystkich. Zanurzeni, oniemiali i cisi obserwowali żywioł do samego końca. Z szeroko otwartymi oczami i twarzą wyrażającą błogostan.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Po chwili kontynuowany był temat morza w przepięknym „<em>Hafsól</em>”. Z basowym taktem, zapętlonym i wystukiwanym ponownie za pomocą perkusyjnej pałeczki. Rytm wyjątkowy, sprawiający wrażenie pogłosu. Albo dźwięków pod wodą. Złamany smyczek Jónsiego nie przeszkadził mu zbytnio w dokończeniu piosenki.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">(Widać było, ile uczucia przekazuje i jak bardzo koncentruje się na swojej grze. To nie tylko dla nas przedstawienie zaserwowane przez Islandczyków jest tak wyjątkowe. Także oni sami są rozrywani zarówno przez muzykę, jak i przez nasz afekt względem nich i ich twórczości. Sprzedawcy emocji. )</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Lecz dopiero zmierzające do finału „<em>Gobbledigook</em>” poderwało wszystkich. Odłożona gitara elektryczna na rzecz akustycznego pudła nadała temu utworowi nieco inny mniej doniosły wydźwięk. Wspólna zabawa oraz klaskanie i moment w którym podczas wspólnego „la, la, la, la, la, la, la” zostaliśmy zalani przez morze spadającego konfetti to wymarzony finał. Szczególnie że wspomagany ponownie spadającymi z nieba płatkami śniegu. Róża Zwycięstwa, tonąc w oklaskach i euforycznych okrzykach, zeszła ze sceny.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Ale nikt nie uwierzył że to już prawdziwy koniec. Nawet jedna osoba nie ruszyła się z miejsca a donośne „Sigur Ros”, skandowane przez kilka tysięcy gardeł, rozrywało Amfiteatr Parku Sowińskiego od sufitu po podłogę. Ponowne wyjście zespołu wzbudziły jeszcze większy tumult, a pierwsze dźwięki bisu podniosły temperaturę do niewyobrażalnego poziomu.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">I właśnie wtedy...</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">...delikatne odgłosy gitary z samplerowanym tłem i perkusyjnym podkładem rozpoczynają najlepszy song, jaki zdarzyło się Sigurom nagrać. Ostatni track z <em><strong>()</strong></em>, czyli „<strong><em>Untitled #8</em></strong>”, „Popplagið”, „The Pop Song” czy też „Piosenka popowa”. Ten utwór to absolutne i całkowite mistrzostwo. Coś, co w Sèvres pod Paryżem może zalec z adnotacją „absolut”. Niedościgniony wzór, perfekcyjnie rozegrany, z doskonale rozłożonymi akcentami i dramaturgią, które sprawiają, że w okolicach szóstej minuty, tuż po spokojnym i lekkim preludium, pojawiają się ciarki na plecach.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Gdy Orri Páll Dýrason zaczyna miarowo wybijać rytm powoli dochodzą kolejni muzycy. Po kolej włączają się instrumenty. Ale nad tym wszystkim znajduję się Jónsi ze swoim głosem - jego falset bierze w kluczowym momencie górę. Cała ta kakofonia, obłędna i narastająca w kulminacyjnym momencie perkusja, elektroniczny podkład atakujący ze wszystkich stron, hipnotyzujący bas oraz uwodząca gitara, tworzą ścianę – nieprzepuszczalną kurtynę – która oddziela nas od świata.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Bo Sigur Rós nie gra po prostu na instrumentach – oni opanowali sztukę grania na emocjach, czego najpełniejszym wyrazem jest „Niezatytułowany #8”. Czuję, jak mnie pochłania. Jak jest mnie coraz mniej. Ta dychotomiczna muzyka, niepokojąca oraz kojąca zarazem, wypełnia mnie bez reszty. Poza rozrywającymi moje jestestwo nutami nie istnieje nic. Pełne zatracenie i pełna jedność.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">I wreszcie wybuch. Orgazm. Spełnienie. Katharsis. Tysiąc myśli i miliard emocji na sekundę. Całkowity brak słów. Pobudka ze snu. Koniec. Powrót do rzeczywistości. Uczucie depersonalizacji.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">I to mimo kolejnego bisu - „<em>Viðrar Vel Til Loftárása</em>”. Dla mnie nie miało to już najmniejszego znaczenia. Przemiana, jaka się we mnie dokonała podczas „<em>Untitled #8</em>”, nie daje się z niczym porównać. To nie koncert, to było misterium, msza pod wezwaniem Róży Zwycięstwa. I mną – wiernym fanatykiem – który chciał  jedynie przeżyć coś wyjątkowo, a doznał objawienia.</p>
<p>P.S.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Naturalnie można napisać, że brakło <strong>Amiina</strong>, że perkusja była momentami nieco za głośno, a orkiestra, której nie było, wzbogaciłaby brzmienie utworów z <strong><em>með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust</em></strong>. Tylko jakie to ma znaczenie? Żadnego. Sigur Rós w Parku Sowińskiego to był koncert roku. I chuj.</p>
<p><strong>Sigur Rós - 20.08.2008 - Warszawa - Park Sowińskiego</strong></p>
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<p>First up: Electronic legends Boards of Canada. If you like them, I'd suggest checking out Clark <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Clark/_/Ted">(clip)</a> or Proem <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Proem/_/Place+Gun+to+Head">(track)</a>. I don't think either really has the kind of druggy haze that BoC does so well (Clark is more dense, Proem more digital), but they both have similar accessibility and the same head-nodding hip-hop substructure.</p>
<p>Speaking of hip-hop, if you're into Kanye, Common, Lupe, or any of the other mainstream "backpack" MC's, I'd really suggest giving some spins to what I feel is one of the top 5 hip-hop records of all time: Aesop Rock's "Labor Days" (<a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Aesop+Rock/_/One%2BBrick%2Bw%252F%2BIllogic">track</a>, and I'll buy you a drink if you catch the literary reference in it). In terms of intellectual lyricism, I don't think it gets much better than this -- Ace can sometimes get bogged down in his own flow, but not on Labor Days. Every track on it is tight and precise, and C-Rayz Walz and Illogic rise to the occasion with staggering guest spots.</p>
<p>If you're into classical music, more power to you. I don't really know a damn thing about classical music. But, I do listen to a few minimalist "modern classical" (I don't like that label, but I don't know what to call it instead) composers that, hey, maybe you might enjoy. I'd suggest Max Richter <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Max+Richter/_/Fragment">(track)</a>, Sylvain Chauveau <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Sylvain+Chauveau/_/Pour+les+Oiseaux">(track)</a>, or Ólafur Arnalds <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/%C3%93lafur+Arnalds/_/0040">(track)</a>.</p>
<p>DJ culture has a lot of superstars: The Pauls van Dyk and Oakenfold, Sasha, Tiesto, etc etc. I got into dance music through these guys just like I'm sure many others did, but there are a lot of under-the-radar producers who are just as good. If you like it deep and dubby, I suggest H.Amézquita <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/H.+Am%C3%A9zquita+(staticdiscos.com)/_/Quota">(track)</a>, a Mexican producer on Static Discos who put out one great LP then seemingly vanished. If you like more of a techno edge, try out Chicago's own Kate Simko <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Kate+Simko/_/She+Said+(Ryan+Elliott+edit)">(track)</a> or her work with Andres Bucci as Detalles. And if you like your dance music a little funkier, try anything on Get Physical (home of Booka Shade and M.A.N.D.Y., and their mix CD's are exceptional) or Om (Kaskade, Mark Farina).</p>
<p>Moving on to jazz... If you, like all men and women of culture, are familiar with Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue," well, excellent. It's revered for good reason. But you want something that not everyone's on to, right? Something crazy and collegiate? Then I suggest the fabulous Polish free jazz combo Robotobibok <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Robotobibok/_/Solina">(track)</a>. They do a lot of wild improvisation, but not so much that it's unlistenable. If you find that too busy, try Pink Freud instead -- also Polish, also very modern (they have a turntablist!), but less avant-garde and more psychedelic instead.</p>
<p>Finally, as Brian did, let me throw some suggestions out there for anyone reading this and laughing derisively. These will mostly be electronic:</p>
<p>Like Squarepusher, Autechre, etc? Try Yasume.<br />
Like "ambient" music? Try The Fun Years or Fjordne.<br />
Like post-rock? Try The Drift.<br />
And if you want extreme electronic cred, check out Telecognac or Cyclo.</p>
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<p>Ólafur Arnalds is a young Icelandic pianist and composer from the small town of Mosfellsbær, just to the north of Reykjavik and home to Sigur Rós's studios. His music has a melodic richness coupled with a quiet melancholy that has echoes of the work of Max Richter and his compatriot Jóhann Jóhannsson. <em>Variations of Static</em> lies somewhere between and EP and an LP, a twenty minute collection of five pieces for piano and string quartet, with a certain amount of electronic jiggery-pokery added for good measure.</p>
<p>Lead track “Fok” is the most upbeat and immediately accessible of the five – almost like an A side in fact. The others form a deeply sad suite that sounds like an elegy. A computerized voice pops up on a couple of pieces. Like on Jóhannsson's <em>IBM 1401</em>, this is machinery with a soul and with a resigned sense of its own mortality:</p>
<p><em>Do you still remember when we were little?<br />
We were playing in the park,<br />
And you asked me what happens when you die.<br />
I said you forget everything...everything.<br />
'Even you?' you asked.<br />
Yes, even me.<br />
You did not want to die.﻿ Never forget.<br />
The remains of what we used to have were taken away with the softest squeeze.<br />
How did I forget? How...</em></p>
<p>For some reason, these words to the final track “Himininn er að hrynja en stjörnurnar fara þér vel” (which roughly translates as 'Even though the skies are falling, the stars are still beautiful') are crushingly sad coming from a computer generated voice.</p>
<p><em>Variations of Static</em> is a remarkable work. As a bonus, the CD comes with a download code that allows you to get an eleven track Erased Tapes sampler album for free.</p>
<p><strong>Tracks</strong><br />
1 Fok 4:29<br />
2 Við vorum smá... 2:22<br />
3 Haust 5:28<br />
4 Lokaðu augunum 3:45<br />
5 Himininn er að hrynja en stjörnurnar fara þér vel 5:37</p>
<p><strong>Website</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.olafurarnalds.com">www.olafurarnalds.com</a></p>
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<p>“Himininn er að hrynja en stjörnurnar fara þér vel” performed live in December 2007.</p>
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<p><strong>Alla - Es Tiempo (2008 )</strong><br />
Alla are three Mexican-Americans from Chicago.  Lead singer Lupe Martinez sings in breathy Spanish over laid-back, yet unremarkable music.  I tried really hard to like this album, but I kept forgetting what I was listening to.  The songs are light and airy but tend to swoop into areas that don't take the songs anywhere.  "El Moviemento" is one of the few tracks to somewhat have a working formula.  The song is like a psychedelic country ride that beautifully builds toward the end, not in a overdone way but just enough to realize the song has ended and another track is about to start (wish I could say the same about the others).  Alla has great potential, though.  They might be making pretty background music now, but who knows where they'll be tomorrow.</p>
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<p><strong>Olafur Arnalds - Eulogy For Evolution (2007)</strong><br />
From Iceland, Olafur Arnalds has been getting lots of press for this year's captivating <em>Variation of Static</em>.  It's only logical to see where Arnalds began and have a look at his debut.  <em>Eulogy For Evolution</em> is sparser and more delicate.  The songs are like icicles in their perfection -- as if one touch or sudden move will cause the entire song to collapse.  Arnalds reminds me somewhat of my favorite band, World's End Girlfriend.  The difference is Arnalds is less interested in making something frantic and experimental -- he's more of a minimalist.  But both musicians have a classical aesthetic to their music that's refreshing to hear.  In fact, I think this album is slightly better than <em>Variation Of Static</em>.  But shh, don't tell anyone.</p>
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So the second set of my hyper-photo series &#8220;A Tax of Images&#8221; has been instituted.
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<p>So the second set of my hyper-photo series "<a href="http://penumbrae.wordpress.com/a-tax-of-images/">A Tax of Images</a>" has been instituted.</p>
<p>That once-attractive Sigur Ros review did not exactly fit into my schedule, though I should briefly say how much I highly recommend all the tracks on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Med-Sud-Eyrum-Spilum-Endalaust/dp/B001ACY8D2/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&#38;s=music&#38;qid=1214965248&#38;sr=8-1">it</a>, if only because the album rouses and rattles, through its dichotomous ease and halter, just as <a href="http://www.myspace.com/sigurros">the band</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sigur-R%C3%B3s/dp/B00006LLNU/ref=pd_bbs_sr_7?ie=UTF8&#38;s=music&#38;qid=1214965248&#38;sr=8-7">once</a> pacified and incapacitated with all those floating capabilities and angelic intoxicants.</p>
<p>Another artist from Iceland has recently caught my attention as well.  It's strange that I noticed I had some <a href="http://www.myspace.com/olafurarnalds">Olafur Arnalds</a> deep on my external drive, and I am still not quite sure how I was once able to give him a listen and yet still ended up burying him with a marked "this is a good artist" nod.  In essence, he and his hauntingly Romantic beach-house <a href="http://www.amazon.com/%C3%93lafur-Arnalds-Eulogy-Evolution-Olafur/dp/B000Y3KF2Q/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&#38;s=music&#38;qid=1214965803&#38;sr=8-2">eulogies</a> and dirges of to-be-passing <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Variations-Of-Static/dp/B0019QKN4C/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&#38;s=dmusic&#38;qid=1214965803&#38;sr=8-1">static</a> go well with both reconnaissance <a href="http://www.onesentence.org/">imagining</a> and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2055878&#38;l=bbed0&#38;id=35001094">imaging</a>.</p>
<p>In other directions, I have some <a href="http://www.litkicks.com/VladimirMayakovsky/">Mayakovsky</a> on the way, and some "<a href="http://www.logosjournal.com/issue_3.3/parra_poetry.htm">antipoetry</a>" too.  Combined with <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Portnoys-Complaint-Philip-Roth/dp/0679756450/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1214966085&#38;sr=8-5">Philip Roth</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Doctor-Faustus-German-Composer-Leverkuhn/dp/0375701168/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1214966118&#38;sr=8-1">Thomas Mann</a>, and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Women-Poets-Japan-Ikuko-Atsumi/dp/0811208206/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1214966148&#38;sr=8-2">Rexroth translations</a>, my eyes will be full.</p>
<p>Also, I am suiting up my troubled spirits for the <a href="http://www.july4thbristolri.com/">holiday</a> that's right around the corner, which I will indeed be posting a full report on.</p>
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<p style="text-align:left;">Es de Islandia, tiene 21 años y es un genio de la música clásica al mismo tiempo que <strong><a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&#38;friendID=7674271" target="_blank">aporrea una batería en un grupo hardcore</a></strong>. Acaba de editar un EP llamado <strong>Variations of Static </strong>y saldrá de gira como soporte de <strong>Sigur Rós</strong>. Su estilo, que está deslumbrando a la crítica, es denominado <em>indie classical</em> porque mezcla violines, piano y cellos con música electrónica y arreglos de percusión ¡al estilo hardcore!. <a href="http://ninablog.wordpress.com/2007/12/14/olafur-arnalds/" target="_blank"><strong>Ya había posteado algo sobre él</strong></a> pero ahora se me ocurrió enviarle un e-mail a su agente y adivinen qué…</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong><span style="color:#ff00ff;">¡Muchas gracias Olafur Arnalds por responder estas preguntas exclusivamente para Les Paradis Artificiels!</span><br />
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<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>¿Cómo hacés para cambiar radicalmente tu energía desde el punk extremo al indie clásico?</strong><br />
Sólo estoy expandiendo mi espectro musical. Estoy interesado en todos los tipos de música entonces no es que haya parado de hacer hardcore y en su lugar hago cosas clásicas, pero estoy mucho más concentrado en lo clásico en este momento y me lleva la mayor parte del tiempo. Es una energía totalmente diferente la que va en cada tipo de música pero por eso lo encuentro interesante.</p>
<p><strong>¿Encontrás algún punto en común entre el hardcore y la música clásica?</strong>
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<p style="text-align:left;">Bueno, es música, ese es el punto en común. Es la expresión de diferentes tipos de sentimientos. Algunos sentimientos deben ser exteriorizados de una manera ruidosa y agresiva y otros de forma calma y melancólica.<strong></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>¿Por qué los títulos de las canciones de “Eulogy for Evolution” son números?</strong><br />
Son parte del concepto del disco. Es difícil de explicar por e-mail porque no tengo el arte de tapa del álbum para mostrarte de lo que estoy hablando. Pero nunca pretendí que la gente tuviera que entenderlo completamente. Creo que la mayoría capta que es algo conectado con las fotos en el booklet y eso es suficiente. El álbum es una historia. Imaginé las imágenes del booklet como disparadores en ciertos puntos de la historia. Los números son los tiempos (minutos y segundos).</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><a href="http://www.rap.de/download/OlafurArnalds-3055.mp3" target="_blank">3055- Del álbum Eulogy for Evolution</a></strong><br />
[audio http://www.rap.de/download/OlafurArnalds-3055.mp3]</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>3055, en vivo </strong><br />
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<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>¿Podrías describir “Variations of Static”?</strong><br />
Es más minimalista que Eulogy for Evolution, mucho menos épico. También incluí un poco de electrónica. Hay una voz recurrente de computadora en el álbum que habla sobre sentimientos humanos. Lo que trato de destacar es lo surreal de las computadoras teniendo sentimientos y llevar a la gente a pensar de dónde vienen los suyos y por qué los tienen.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>¿Algunas canciones del EP “Variations of Static” también estarán en tu próximo álbum? ¿Cómo va a ser el nombre de tu nuevo larga duración?</strong><br />
Todavía no tengo lo suficiente de mi próximo disco como para empezar a pensar en un nombre, pero, no, no habrá canciones de Variations of Static en él.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Fok, tema incluido en Variations of Static<br />
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#ff00ff;"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/olafurarnalds" target="_blank"><strong>Escuchar más temas de Olafur Arnalds en Myspace</strong></a></span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>¿Incluirías en el futuro arreglos o sonidos hardcore en un disco de indie classical?</strong><br />
Nunca se sabe. Si estoy trabajando con un concepto y siento que debería usar esos elementos lo haría. Pero ya lo hice en Eulogy for Evolution y dudo que lo vuelva a hacer.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>¿Cómo surgió la propuesta de hacer una gira con Sigur Rós?</strong><br />
Comenzó siendo un rumor que no era cierto. Empecé a ver en Internet avisos y páginas de noticias diciendo que yo sería el soporte de Sigur Rós en su gira. Llamé a mi agente y él no sabía nada al respecto. Entonces llamé a Kjartan de Sigur Rós y le pregunté si él sabía algo de eso, me dijo que no que era sólo un rumor. Pero continuamos hablando y al final decidimos que ¡debíamos hacerlo!</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>¿Qué pensás del éxito que tiene tu música en la gente y la crítica?</strong><br />
Es grandioso, estoy contento de que a la gente le guste mi música.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>¿Tenés otros proyectos además de estar preparando un nuevo álbum? </strong><br />
Sólo unos pequeños proyectos paralelos. Pero ahora estoy concentrado en componer el nuevo disco. Espero editarlo en la primavera de 2009.
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<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://ninablog.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/2.jpg" alt="Olafur Arnalds" width="369" height="349" /></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>¿Has escuchado música argentina?</strong><br />
No mucho, sólo algún material tradicional, pero no estoy familiarizado con ningún compositor o banda.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>¿Cuáles son los grupos indie más populares de Islandia?</strong><br />
Aparte de Sigur Rós están Múm, Bloodgroup, Kimono, Seabear… ¡hay un montón de bandas buenas!</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>¿Cuáles son tus músicos favoritos?</strong><br />
Son muchos para mencionarlos a todos. Pero es desde todo el material indie tipo Death Cab for Cutie hasta artistas clásicos como Arvo Part o Dmitri Shostakovich y también bandas hardcore como Converge o techno. Es realmente una pregunta imposible.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>Interview in english<br />
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<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>How do you do to change radically your energy from an extreme punk expression to a classic mood?</strong><br />
I'm just expanding my musical spectrum. I'm interested in every kind of music so it's not like i stopped making hardcore and just started making this classical stuff instead. But of course I am much more concentrating on this at the moment as it takes up most my time. It's a totally different energy that goes into each type of music but that is what i find most interesting about it.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>Have you found some common points between hardcore and classical music?</strong><br />
Well it's all just music, that's the common point. It's just expression of different types of feelings. Some feelings must be expressed in a loud, aggressive way, while some feelings must be expressed through a more quiet, melancholic way.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>Why does the song´s titles of Eulogy for Evolution are numbers?</strong><br />
The numbers are a part of the whole concept of Eulogy for Evolution. It’s pretty hard to explain it in a written interview where I don’t have the album artwork to show you what I am talking about. But I never meant for people to completely understand this, I think that most people get that this is somehow connected to the pictures in the booklet and that’s enough really.<br />
The album is a story, and I imagine the pictures inside the booklet being shot at certain points in the story, and the numbers are actually the times (minutes and seconds) in the album that I imagine the image being shot at. The album is a story and the images are supposed to support that story.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>Can you describe Variations of Static?</strong><br />
It is more minimalist than Eulogy for Evolution, much less epic. I also introduced some electronics. There is a re-occurring computer voice on the album that speaks about human feelings. With that i'm trying to point out the surreality of computers having feelings and trying to get people to think about where feelings come from and why we have them.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>Some of the songs of Variations of  Static will be in your next album? How will be the name of the next record</strong>?<br />
I have not got far enough with my next record to start thinking about a name. But no, there will be no songs off Variations of Static on it.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>Could you in the future to include hardcore arrengements or hardcore sounds in a indie classic record?</strong><br />
You never know.. If i am working with a concept that i feel like i must use these elements to deliver the concept, then i'll do it. But I already did this on Eulogy for Evolution and i doubt i will do it again.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>How did the proposition to tour with Sigur Rós arose and what does it mean for you to tour with them?</strong><br />
It actually started out as a rumor that was not true. I started seeing all over the internet advertisements and news pages saying that I would be supporting Sigur Rós on tour.. I called my booking agent and he knew nothing about this, and no one else did either.. so in the end i called Kjartan from Sigur Rós and asked him if he knew anything about this, he said no and that this was just some rumor. But we continued talking and in the end we decided that we should just do it!</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>What do you think about the great and positive reaction of people and critics about your music?</strong><br />
Of course i think it's great! I'm glad that people like my music.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>Have you planned more projects aside the new album?</strong><br />
Just a few small side-projects. But I am mainly concentrating on writing a new album now. I'm hoping to release it in spring 2009.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>Have you listened argentinian music?</strong><br />
Not much, just some traditional stuff, but i'm not familiar with any composers or bands.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>Which are the more popular indie groups of Iceland?</strong><br />
Apart from Sigur Rós it's Múm, Bloodgroup, Kimono, Seabear... there are loads of good bands there!</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>Wich are your favorite musicians?</strong><br />
Way too many to mention, but it's everything from indie stuff like Death Cab for Cutie to classical artists like Arvo Part or Dmitri Shostakovich.. to hardcore bands like Converge or even techno.. This is an impossible question really.</p>
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<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 02:47:12 +0000</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft alignnone size-full wp-image-62" style="float:left;margin:6px;" src="http://dhex.wordpress.com/files/2008/05/olafur.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="200" />I bought this album direct from the label after listening to a single track off of myspace. I found the site after reading someone's post on <a href="http://www.gamersquarter.com" target="_blank">tgq's</a> music thread. Even the funds were transferred electronically.</p>
<p>Ten plus years after <a href="http://www.rushkoff.com" target="_blank">Rushkoff</a> and the rest, it's still kinda cool.<em></em></p>
<p><em>Variations of Static: </em>short, intense press of strings, piano dotted by subtle electronics. It's a bit sad, tangy, and dank. Reminds me a bit of the soundtrack to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Englar_Alheimsins" target="_blank">Angels of the Universe</a> by <strong>Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson</strong> and <strong>Sigur Rós</strong>, though not as helplessly bright.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.myspace.com/olafurarnalds" target="_blank">www.myspace.com/olafurarnalds</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.erasedtapes.com/" target="_blank">erasedtapes.com</a></p>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 10:56:27 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>artist: olafur arnalds<br />album: variations of static<br />genre: classic, piano, ambient<br />tahun: 2008<br />website: <a href="http://www.myspace.com/olafurarnalds">myspace</a></p>
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<p>Tracklisting:</p>
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<li>fok  </li>
<li>viğ vorum smá...  </li>
<li>haust  </li>
<li>lokağu augunum  </li>
<li>himininn er ağ hyrnja, en stjörnurnar fara Şér vel</li>
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<p><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?ltszccylwl9" target="_blank">UNDUH DISINI!</a> ( <em>and if you like it, <strong>buy it!</strong> </em>)</p>
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<p>artist: olafur arnalds<br />album: eulogy for evolution<br />genre: classic, ambient, piano<br />tahun: 2007<br />website: <a href="http://www.myspace.com/olafurarnalds">myspace</a></p>
<p>komposisi musiknya luar biasa. dari sekian banyak komposer muda yang pernah saya dengarkan, olafur arnalds adalah yang terbaik. dia berasal dari islandia dan baru berumur 21 tahun!.<br />sangat di rekomendasikan.</p>
<p>tracklisting:</p>
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<li>0040  </li>
<li>0048_0729  </li>
<li>0952  </li>
<li>1440  </li>
<li>1953  </li>
<li>3055  </li>
<li>3326  </li>
<li>3704_3837</li>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Olafur Arnalds</strong> utiliza instrumentos propios de la música clásica o de cámara; <span> </span>entre ellos violín, cello, piano, y los mezcla con detalles mínimos de percusión y esporádicos arreglos electrónicos. El sonido resultante ha sido denominado por su sello discográfico (Progression/ET) como <em>indie classical, </em>música clásica con estética indie.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="color:#ff00ff;">3055 – Olafur Arnalds</span></strong><br />
[audio http://www.rap.de/download/OlafurArnalds-3055.mp3]
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Arnalds </strong>tiene apenas 20 años, es de Islandia y hay un dato que me hace pensar en mis épocas, cuando el movimiento rock todavía gozaba de buena salud e ideales y todas esas “cosas de vieja”, diría un adolescente moderno. En mis tiempos, por ejemplo un <strong>Richard Calyderman</strong> nunca te iba hacer un tema heavy metal, o un <a href="http://www.johnlydon.com/jlhome.html" target="_blank"><strong>John Lydon</strong></a> (Rotten) no te iba a cantar un tema de <strong>Joan Baez</strong>, por más protestón que fuera. Lo melódico era melódico, el punk era punk, el folk era folk y el heavy heavy, nada de crossovers surrealistas, a excepción de la introducción de la guitarra eléctrica en el folk a cargo de <strong>Bob Dylan</strong>.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Pero, amigos de la Generación  X, los tiempos están cambiando y, ahora, el mismo músico que, delicadísimo él, te emociona hasta las lágrimas tocando el piano junto a un cello y un violín, minutos más tarde te destroza el cerebro tocando la batería en una banda hardcore. Ese es exactamente el caso de <strong>Olafur Arnalds</strong>, alias <strong>Oli</strong> para sus compañeros del grupo (atención a este nombre): <a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&#38;friendID=7674271" target="_blank"><strong>Fighting Shit</strong></a>.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center"><strong><span style="color:#ff00ff;">Olafur haciendo catarsis en Fighting Shit</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/ayQs6dVyuk0'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/ayQs6dVyuk0&rel=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='350'></embed></object></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Con serenidad chicos… <strong>Olafur</strong> piensa en todo y por eso ha sacado, para el relax de la dama y el caballero, un disco solista llamado <strong>Eulogy for Evolution</strong> con su estilo <em>indie classical</em> del que hablábamos al principio (<a href="http://nodatta.blogspot.com/2007/11/olafur-arnalds-eulogy-for-evolution.html" target="_blank">pueden bajar el disco entero haciendo click aquí</a>). En este video podrán ver, pensativo y melancólico, al chico hardcore con su piano. ¿Ustedes pensaban que un punk tenía cero teoría y solfeo?</p>
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