II - Vinyl
Description
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.
Tracklist
2. Burst
3. Sailed
4. Laced
5. Bound
6. Sworn
7. Spun
8. Flown
9. Told
10. Dazed
11. Squared
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