Ólafur Arnalds LIVE WEBCAST from Beijing, China

LIVE WEBCAST AT: http://bit.ly/bfQZTi or http://live.advaloreminternational.com

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'Iceland’s best new export.’ – Clash

‘A promising young talent.’- Drowned in Sound

'Composer Ólafur Arnalds provides an emotional score to this astonishing piece, mixing classical symphonies with avant-garde electronic recordings.' – Dazed & Confused

Born in 1987, Ólafur hails from the suburban Icelandic town, Mosfellsbær, just a few kilometres outside of Reykjavík. He 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.'

While keeping the classical foundations of his debut album 'Eulogy for Evolution', on the follow-up EP 'Variations of Static' Arnalds incorporates crackling electronics and the dead voice of a machine. In April 2009 Arnalds created the 7 song series 'Found Songs' – recording a song a day for 7 days and instantly making each track available via Twitter and the official Erased Tapes website with over 300.000 people downloading for free.

'Found Songs' hasn’t just inspired 2-D work. Esteban Diácono – a young motion graphic artist from Buenos Aires, Argentina – created an astonishing animation video for 'Ljósið’, which found its way into the heart of UK illusionist Darren Brown among over 500.000 others within 4 weeks via Vimeo and YouTube. The music video is now available for download via iTunes.

December 2009 saw the release of his contemporary dance score 'Dyad 1909', commissioned by the award-winning choreographer Wayne McGregor. The dance piece, inspired by Shackleton’s South Pole premiered at the Sadler’s Wells theatre in October 2009 and became an unpredictable and much talked about 5-nights of live music, dance and visuals. This 'fascinating collaboration' (Guardian) included Arnalds as part of an impressive creative line-up alongside visual artists and filmmakers Jane and Louise Wilson. BBC Four and the ITV1 Southbank show broadcasted 'Dyad 1909' on primetime television.

Ólafur recently finished his highly anticipated second full-length album '…and they have escaped the weight of darkness’ with the help of co-producer Bardi Johannsson (Bang Gang). The long-player is due for a spring 2010 release, accompanied by an extensive world tour starting with China in late March, Europe mainland throughout May and UK dates in autumn.

Saturday, Apr 3, 2010

21:45 (Beijing Time) ( add to calendar )

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