View basket “The Gates of Greenham” has been added to your basket. Island Songs Olafur Arnalds SKU: 4812861 Barcode: 0028948128617 22.00 £22.00 Genre: Classical Label: Decca Classics Released Date: 30th September 2022 Buying Format: 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Icelanders make up one of the most musical nations on earth with one of the highest rates of ensembles per capita in the world. How do the beautiful yet harsh Icelandic conditions affect their music-making? In Island Songs, the innovative and brilliant composer Ólafur Arnalds (BAFTA Award winner for Broadchurch) explores the vibrant artistic life of his fellow countrymen and women in a fascinating, real-time, audio portrait of his home country of Iceland. Over the course of seven weeks in the summer of 2016, Arnalds traveled to seven very different locations in Iceland – one per week – to record a series of new compositions. In each location Arnalds collaborated with artists local to the town to create and perform a new song. Each artist has their own unique story to tell and individual way of contributing to the project. They come from various musical backgrounds in their hometowns, ranging from a vocalist from a world famous rock band to a church organist in a village of 100 inhabitants, making this a diverse project. Arnalds has become celebrated for his spare and haunting musical style, which evocatively mixes elements of ambient, classical and electronic sounds. Island Songs has its roots in the enormous success of his two previous improvised projects, Found Songs (2009) and Living Room Music (2011). This LP release from Mercury Classics brings all the audio components of Island Songs (which was also filmed by director Baldvin Z for an accompanying movie) together in one compelling package. Artist Olafur Arnalds Genre Classical Label Decca Classics Buying Options 1LP Format 1LP Condition New Country United Kingdom Track Listings Árbakkinn (Island Songs I) 1995 (Island Songs II) Raddir (Island Songs III) Öldurót (Island Songs IV) Dalur (Island Songs V) Particles (Island Songs VI) Doria (Island Songs VII) Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Olafur Arnalds View Product Quick View Olafur Arnalds For Now I Am Winter – 10th Anniversary Edition Classical | Decca (UMO) [GB] | Classics | MercuryKX | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 3rd November 2023 £35.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Olafur Arnalds For Now I Am Winter – 10th Anniversary Edition £35.00 Genre: Classical Label: Decca (UMO) [GB] | Classics | MercuryKX SKU: 4571477 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 3rd November 2023 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Olafur Arnalds some kind of peace – piano reworks Classical | Mercury KX | 1LP Released 28th 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