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Ólafur Arnalds played as encore the first Found Sound "Erla's Waltz" @ Arenbergschouwburg downtown Antwerp on Thursday 13. May 2010.
Ólafur Arnalds (born 1987) is a multi-instrumentalist and producer from Mosfellsbær, Iceland.
Arnalds was a drummer of hardcore/metal bands Fighting Shit & Celestine.
He also contributed banjo, guitar and piano for in his friend's solo project My Summer as a Salvation Soldier.
In 2004, Arnalds composed and recorded the intro and two outros for tracks on the album Antigone by German metal band Heaven Shall Burn.
On 12 October 2007, Arnalds' first solo album "Eulogy for Evolution" was released. It was followed by the EP "Variations of Static" in 2008. In the same year, Arnalds toured with Sigur Rós. He is also reported to have sold out The Barbican Hall in London.
In April 2009, Arnalds composed and released a track daily for seven days, instantly making each track available within 24 hours from foundsongs.erasedtapes.com. The collection of tracks was entitled "Found Songs". The first track was released on 13 April 2009.
Ólafur Arnalds mixes strings and piano with loops and edgy beats crossing-over from classical to pop
Discography :
2007: Eulogy for Evolution
2008: Variations of Static (EP)
2009: Found Songs (EP)
2009: Dyad 1909 (EP)
2010: ...And They Have Escaped the Weight of Darkness

"And They Have Escaped The Weight Of Darkness" takes its name from a line in Bela Tarr's Werckmeister Harmonies, a film that Arnalds cites as a major inspiration all round for this album, and knowing that certainly invites you to draw parallels between the stately, elegant pacing and proportions of the respective works.
For his latest project Arnalds has set aside the homespun electronic additional productions of his prior releases and looked to a bigger, more fully produced sound, assisted by fellow Icelandic maverick, Barði Jóhannsson (of Bang Gang fame).