Ólafur Arnalds has steadily built a reputation as one of the world’s most bright and able young composers. Purveying a neo-classical style with an array of influences which range from electronica to ...

The honour of being invited to Ólafur Arnalds’ studio during Best Fit’s time in Iceland for the annual Airwaves Festival was the icing on a very wonderful – but very cold and windy – cake. While ...

Welcome to my humble abode! This is where I have made all of my music for the last two years or so. It is a relatively small room situated inside a fairly large old fish factory turned studio complex.

Icelandic composer/producer Ólafur Arnalds and Swedish singer songwriter/producer Loreen have announced their new project SAGES with a double single release, "In The Sound Of Breathing / Opening". The ...

Given his ambient approach to music-making, it’s hard to believe that Icelandic composer and multi-instrumentalist Ólafur Arnalds started his career as a hardcore drummer. Having created a demo of ...

Ólafur Arnalds' album some kind of peace is the most impactful record I've heard this year. The album, centered around Ólafur's melodic piano sounds, is packed with passion but generates an aura of ...

The Tiny Desk is working from home for the foreseeable future. Introducing NPR Music's Tiny Desk (home) concerts, bringing you performances from across the country and the world. It's the same spirit ...

Wise Music Group has renewed its publishing agreement with Icelandic composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist Ólafur Arnalds. The partnership is through Berlin-based Bosworth Music, one of Wise ...

There are various reasons why Icelandic musicians don’t bother to fit into any defined or assigned role, says Ólafur Arnalds, and they include the following: there isn’t exactly what you’d call a ...

With his star very much ascendant, Olafur Arnalds seems like an excellent choice for the latest Late Night Tales compilation, particularly as his mix happens to follow on from that of his friend and ...

Olafur Arnalds is a distant, reflective man. He makes moody, magnetic, filmic music. So far he is best known in the UK as the man who wrote the music for ITV crime drama Broadchurch. Two years ago he ...