Bob Boilen — “It’s as if the pianos were haunted. Somewhere about midway through this Tiny Desk, as Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds performed on his electronic keyboard, two upright pianos were playing lilting melodies behind him, absent any performer at the keys. And yet these “ghosts,” along with Ólafur’s band of strings and percussion, put together some of the most beautiful music I’ve heard at the Tiny Desk, made all the more mysterious through its presentation…”
A Winged Victory for the Sullen is the name of an ambient music duo consisting of Dustin O’Halloran and Adam Wiltzie. They met backstage in 2007 in Bologna, Italy, and agreed to form the duo. They are based in Brussels.
The intro runs to 1.35 min of this video and then is followed by a selection of their music: Steep Hills of Vicodin Tears.
Stick with this to the finish.
Find this tune on their album on iTunes or Amazon. Their site can be found on Facebook.
Source: Thank you DeepSauce
Ólafur Arnalds, 28, is a multi-instrumentalist and producer from Mosfellsbær, Iceland. Ólafur Arnalds mixes strings and piano with loops and edgy beats crossing-over from ambient/electronic to pop.
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I’ve featured Ólafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm previously on separate posts titled: Near Light and Said & Done. Now the two solo artists come together to create a new song live in front of an intimate audience at Roter Salon, Volksbühne Berlin. The musicians test/practise with the new equipment up to the ~ 2:20 mark on the video and the improvision starts from there.
Genius. And Magic.
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