It was the first time I had experienced the passing of someone close to me, so I dedicated my work to him. When I was 18 my uncle passed away from cancer. So I fixed the stuff that wasn’t before sending it off to Nils Frahm for remastering. There was noise in the microphones, some channels seemed accidentally muted, but sometimes I found myself admiring what my teenage self was capable of. It was somehow charming.

“I spent a couple of weeks in some sort of a time machine, opening up and working on 12-year-old recordings. “Fast forward 10 years, our relationships and knowledge in sound have matured, but you can still hear this urgency in Óli’s songs that caught my ears to begin with”, states Robert Raths. To experience the record in the present day is not only to experience the past, but also the sheer timelessness and relevance of these compositions, and the ambition Ólafur has had from the very beginning. The cover art was redesigned and enhanced by Torsten Posselt at FELD using the original photographs taken by Stuart Bailes during a trip to Ólafur’s home in Iceland in 2007. Originally written as a teenager, the record has now been restored with the help of his friends, remixed by Ólafur himself and remastered by Nils Frahm.

Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds reissues and revives his debut album in form of a special remastered 10th Anniversary edition titled Eulogy For Evolution 2017 - available worldwide via Erased Tapes on August 25th.įollowing its initial release in 2007 and coinciding with Ólafur’s 30th birthday, label founder Robert Raths gifted the chance for this record to shine a second time.Įulogy For Evolution is a journey from birth to death, transporting the listener through life itself.

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