View basket “Yellow Kitchen” has been added to your basket. // Kiasmos (Ólafur Arnalds And Janus Rasmussen) SKU: 29.00 31.00 £29.00 - £31.00 £29.00 - £31.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Erased Tapes Released Date: 5th July 2024 Buying Format: 2LP 2LP Coloured Vinyl Buying Options Choose an option2LP2LP Coloured VinylClear // quantity Add to basket ReservePre Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Kiasmos – Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds and Faroese musician Janus Rasmussen – are returning, renewed and restored, with II. The triumphant follow-up to their universally acclaimed self-titled debut in 2014, which re-envisioned minimal techno with orchestral flourishes and weightless production. They’d made most of that album in just two weeks; this time it’s been 10 years. The making of II was a test of their friendship, but also testament to how great musical chemistry can always go the distance and be just the same as it ever was. They worked on a lot of II during the lost year of 2020-2021, including a trip to Ólafur’s studio in Bali. “We spent a month there and wrote a few songs that ended up on the record,” says Janus. The pair sampled traditional Balinese percussion like the gamelan and incorporated Janus’s field recordings of their natural surroundings – the sound of birds, crickets and, on standout track ‘Dazed’, echoing the sunrise over the lush landscape. Kiasmos have an enviable knack for conveying complex emotions and evocative visuals with instrumental music. But this time they’ve got more experience as producers to draw on. The album’s expansiveness can be linked to Ólafur’s intervening years as a Grammy-nominated composer and prominent soundtracker in film and TV. And they’ve subtly shifted from four-to-the-floor to the frenetic broken beats of UK dance music, experimenting more with BPMs, echoing Janus’s time spent DJing in major venues worldwide. There are still those aching melodies that fans know and love but they’re catchier too: tracks like ‘Laced’ and ‘Bound’ have an irresistible, elastic bounce beneath the ethereal palette. “We just want to make electronic music that there isn’t so much of right now,” says Janus, “to take you on a great journey that is a little bit unconventional.” “You have to develop into a new space,” Ólafur adds. But they had to impose limits, too, to keep them both on track and make something memorable. Often Ólafur would refuse to move on to the next idea until they’d perfected a chord progression or beat, to help them stay focused and forge, he says, a “deep understanding of what the song is.” “II is livelier,” says Janus, “but it still retains the signature Kiasmos style of transitioning from a whisper-quiet ambience to an explosive dance beat that can blow your socks off.” Artist Kiasmos (Ólafur Arnalds And Janus Rasmussen) Genre Electronica Label Erased Tapes Buying Options 2LP , 2LP Coloured Vinyl Format 2LP , Coloured Vinyl Condition New Country UK Track Listings Grown Burst Sailed Laced Bound Sworn Spun Flown Told Dazed Squared Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Kiasmos (Ólafur Arnalds And Janus Rasmussen) and more from Electronica View Product Quick View Kiasmos (Ólafur Arnalds And Janus Rasmussen) Kiasmos Rock And Pop | Erased Tapes | 2LP Released 29th May 2015 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Kiasmos (Ólafur Arnalds And Janus Rasmussen) Kiasmos £21.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Erased Tapes SKU: ERATP062LP Formats: 2LP Released Date: 29th May 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Bitch Bitchcraft Electronica | Kill Rock Stars | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 26th January 2024 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Bitch Bitchcraft £21.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Kill Rock Stars SKU: LPKRS684C Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 26th January 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Electronic System Tchip Tchip Vol. 3 Electronica | Real Gone Music | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 23rd October 2020 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Electronic System Tchip Tchip Vol. 3 £25.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Real Gone Music SKU: RLGM10921PMI Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 23rd October 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Various Artists / Soul Jazz Records Presents Space Funk: Afro-Futurist Electro Funk In Space 1976-84 Electronica | Soul Jazz | 2LP Includes Download Code Released 22nd November 2019 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Various Artists / Soul Jazz Records Presents Space Funk: Afro-Futurist Electro Funk In Space 1976-84 £23.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Soul Jazz Released Date: 22nd November 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Ioanna Gika Thalassa Electronica | Sargent House | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 5th April 2019 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Ioanna Gika Thalassa £20.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Sargent House SKU: SH203LP Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 5th April 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Knife & Planningtorock & Mount Sims, The Tomorrow, In A Year Electronica | Rabid Records | 2LP Released 20th August 2021 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Knife & Planningtorock & Mount Sims, The Tomorrow, In A Year £21.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Rabid Records SKU: RABID044RX Formats: 2LP Released Date: 20th August 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Romare Home Electronica | Ninja Tune | 2LP Released 31st July 2020 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Romare Home £21.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Ninja Tune SKU: ZEN268 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 31st July 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Graham's picks View Product Quick View Squarepusher Lamental EP Electronica | Warp | 12", EP/Mini Album, Includes Download Code Released 10th April 2020 £13.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Squarepusher Lamental EP £13.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Warp SKU: WAP440 Formats: 12", EP/Mini Album, Includes Download Code Released Date: 10th April 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Fujiya & Miyagi Lightbulbs (Indie Only Yellow Vinyl) Electronica | IMPOSSIBLE OBJECTS OF DESIRE | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 15th October 2021 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Fujiya & Miyagi Lightbulbs (Indie Only Yellow Vinyl) £25.00 Genre: Electronica Label: IMPOSSIBLE OBJECTS OF DESIRE SKU: LPOBJ008LE Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 15th October 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Quantic Theme From Selva Electronica | Selva | 12", Single Released 30th October 2020 £11.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Quantic Theme From Selva £11.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Selva SKU: SELVA005 Formats: 12", Single Released Date: 30th October 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Goldie Inner City Life 2017 Electronica | Metalheadz | 12", Single Released 28th July 2017 £11.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Goldie Inner City Life 2017 £11.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Metalheadz SKU: META57S Formats: 12", Single Released Date: 28th July 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Electronica Start again
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