An injury left Olafur Arnalds unable to play, so he turned to machines

Following nerve damage, Icelandic composer/producer/musician was unable to play the piano. With his ‘Ghost Pianos’, he gets that ability back, through intelligent custom software and mechanical pianos.

In Living Rooms, Homes, Beautiful Music as a Ritual: Olafur Arnalds; Matthew Flook; Free

For centuries, music was something made in a living room, made at home. It was a brief fluke of the 20th Century that music came out of a heroic process in a hidden-away studio. But if the gold-plated, magical record is threatened, some artists are trying to bring the daily ritual of home music making […]

- April 2, 2014

Sound of Threads: Music Extended Onto Strands of Icelandic Wool [AV Installations]

Sound of Threads from Bertrand Lanthiez on Vimeo. Satisfying multiple senses at once, Paris-based artist Bertrand Lanthiez shares his “Sound of Threads.” It’s a pair of audiovisual installations – and beautiful music – that combines musical elements with frail beams of light across webs of wool and dangling pieces of cloth. The interaction is simple […]

Peter Kirn - September 23, 2013

Crisp Beats from Iceland’s Magnoose, Free to Download, with Videos

- February 15, 2013

From Empty Bookshelves, Music Video Composes in Form: Chat with Harald Haraldsson

Peter Kirn - January 15, 2013

Cool Yule: Iceland’s Bedroom Community Spins Wintry, Eclectic Releases [Listen]

- December 26, 2012

The Intimacy of Gesture, in Videos for Sigur Ros, aka Let's All Run Through the City

Peter Kirn - August 15, 2012

The Intimacy of Gesture, in Videos for Sigur Ros, aka Let’s All Run Through the City

Peter Kirn - August 15, 2012

Sigur Ros: INNI, New Project Trailer

- August 11, 2011

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