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Mosfellsbær, Iceland
Ólafur Arnalds (born 3 November 1986) is an Icelandic multi-instrumentalist, music producer and composer for film and television projects.
Known for
- When We Are Born — Self2021
- Let Me Fall — Jónas2018
- Tónlist — Self2014
- Living Room Songs — Self2011
- PressPausePlay — Self2011
- Where's the Snow?! — Self2010
- NPR Tiny Desk Concerts — Self2008
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1986-11-03 ) 3 November 1986 (age 39) , Mosfellsbær , Iceland
- Genres
- Film score classical experimental electronica ambient hardcore punk (early) heavy metal (early)
- Occupations
- Musician composer record producer
- Instruments
- Piano drums guitar banjo
- Years active
- Early 2000s–present
- Labels
- Erased Tapes Mercury KX/Decca/ Universal Classics
- Member of
- Kiasmos
- Website
- olafurarnalds .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Iceland
- Place of birth
- Mosfellsbær
- Place of death
- Cincinnati
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Languages spoken
- Icelandic
- Native language
- Icelandic
- Genre
- ambient music
- Instrument
- electronic musical instrument
- Record label
- Erased Tapes
- Official website
- olafurarnalds.com
- Image
- Olafur Arnalds.jpg
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- Commons category
- Ólafur Arnalds
- date of birth
- 1986-11-03
- start of work period
- 2000-00-00
- birth name
- Ólafur Þór Andrésson Arnalds
- name in native language
- Ólafur Arnalds
- social media followers
- 388000
- member of
- Kiasmos
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Encyclopedic overview
Ólafur Arnalds ( Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈouːlavʏr ˈartnalts]; born 3 November 1986) is an Icelandic multi-instrumentalist and producer from Mosfellsbær, Iceland. He mixes strings and piano with loops and beats, a sound ranging from ambient/electronic to atmospheric pop. He is also the former drummer for hardcore punk and metal bands Fighting Shit, Celestine, and others.
In 2009, Ólafur also formed an experimental techno project, entitled Kiasmos, with Janus Rasmussen from the Icelandic electro-pop band Bloodgroup, announcing his electronic debut album in 2014.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ólafur Arnalds” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.