a r t i s t : Olafur Arnalds
t i t l e : Eulogy for Evolution
d a t e : 2007
l a b e l : Erased Tapes
c a t : eratp4
s o u r c e : CDDA
g e n r e : Ambient
r l s. d a t e : Feb/2008
t r a c k s : 08
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 49,2 MB
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Icelandic composer and multi-instrumentalist Olafur Arnalds is
bound to find himself met with comparisons to his fellow
countryman Johann Johannsson: Arnalds' highly cinematic
approach has that same instantly digestible quality that
Johannsson, and for that matter Max Richter, are able to tap
into. After its initial string swells, the sweetly sorrowful
opener '0040' starts to sound vaguely reminiscent of the
mournful piano music at the end of the '70s Incredible Hulk
movies, and that certainly isn't intended as a jibe, it's
lovely stuff, if rather dramatised. The ensuing pieces
maintain this wistful, downbeat sound, riffing on various
permutations of string and piano arrangement, only for Arnalds
to whip the rug from under your feet with the brash guitar
distortion of closer '3704/3837' which features some seriously
histrionic quiet-loud post-rock action, only for all the drums
and fuzz to crumble away abruptly for the lonesome,
organ-fuelled coda. Gorgeous.
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01-0040 [04:28]
02-0048_0729 [05:24]
03-0952 [03:04]
04-1440 [06:57]
05-1953 [08:06]
06-3055 [05:26]
07-3326 [03:39]
08-3704_3837 [02:35]
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39:39 min