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Ólafur Arnalds
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Talos: Ólafur Arnalds on finishing Eoin French’s final album – ‘A lot of the time I could feel him next to me’
For the Icelandic musician A Dawning is not a project about death so much as an outpouring of joy and an acknowledgment of the preciousness of life
Ólafur Arnalds & Talos: A Dawning review – Five stars for this emotion-filled celebration of Eoin French’s life
The musicians were so dialled into each other that it’s hard to say where one’s contribution ends and the other’s begins
BK Pepper: Territories review – Distinctiveness that is impossible to overlook
The Dublin producer's debut flows with grace but prickly, singular edges are never too far away
Sinéad Gleeson: Rediscovering the shared frequency of music and writing
The writer on creating a world for a new album by her husband’s band, Mount Alaska
Mount Alaska: Wave Atlas review - A gorgeous swoosh of an album
Ripple-effect melancholy unlike Mount Alaska’s previously released music
Ólafur Arnalds: how hardcore punk drove his electronic dreams
Icelandic pianist used customised software to create new album `re:member'
Radiohead at Primavera Sound: A show of collective force
Radiohead deliver a masterclass in crowd control, before Kiasmos unload both electro barrels
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