Olöf Arnalds - Spira (lim.ed. Colored Vinyl) PRE-ORDER! vö:23.01.

Olöf Arnalds Spira (lim.ed. Colored Vinyl) PRE-ORDER! vö:23.01. Label Bella Union Erstveröffentlichung 23.01.2026 Format LP Lieferzeit 1 – 3 Werktage Preis 32,95 € (inkl. MwSt. zzgl. Versand)

25er der isländischen Singer-Songwriterin, in der Vergangenheit u.a. eng mit Mum verbunden, inzwischen bekannt für ihre so eigentümliche wie reizvolle helle hohe Stimme, stets mit hohem Wiedererkennungswert. Das Info vergleicht sie mit Joanne Newsom und Vashti Bunyan, was diesmal durchaus nicht völlig abwegig erscheint. Das Songwriting bewegt sich zwischen „natürlich-einfach“ (relativ folkig) und edel-kunstvoll (gern auch beides gemeinsam), das ganze Album wirkt sehr homogen, basiert im Kern meist auf ihrer Stimme und der Akustikgitarre (dreimal ausschließlich), hinzu kommen im Wechsel eine Koto, Bass und Piano, mal auch all das, sporadisch Keyboards (samt schwebenden Backing Vocals), Flöte. Die Stimmungen gestalten sich ruhig, zart, intim, einfühlsam, aber dabei phasenweise recht agil und beweglich gehalten (sogar mal dezent beschwingt), zuweilen auch suggestiv, und auf ziemlich singuläre Weise faszinierend bis verzaubernd, die Gitarren klingen filigran bis feinfühlig. Die Faszinationskraft ist beträchtlich, deshalb eine sichere Empfehlung! (detlev von duhn)

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With her new album, Spira (Sprout), Olof Arnalds has found her joy in writing songs rekindled. In many ways it harkens back to her debut: it is exclusively in Icelandic, the arrangements are markedly stripped back compared to her last two records, and it is mostly recorded in single takes in the control room of Sundlaugin, much like Vio og vio. Although a classically trained singer and violinist, Olof has been an active practitioner of popular music for thirty years, the watershed moment was the 2007 release of her debut solo album Vio og vio (Now and Again, wider international release in 2009), produced by Sigur Ros' Kjartan Sveinsson in the band's converted swimming-pool studio Sundlaugin. It seemed to appear fully formed out of the ether, and became a local classic almost overnight, winning accolades such as 'Best Alternative Album' at the Iceland Music Awards, named 'Record of the Year' by Iceland's principal daily newspaper and recognised as one of the decade's 100 best albums by eMusic. Spira is produced by Skuli Sverrisson, who also contributes bass and guitar. His mind-melting resume includes musical direction for Laurie Anderson, recordings with Blonde Redhead and work with artists such as David Sylvian, Jon Hassell, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Bill Frisell and Arto Lindsay. Davio por Jonsson contributes piano and guitar to the record-much as he did during Olof's busiest touring schedule nearly fifteen years ago when the two of them toured the world for months on end. There is hardly a jazz musician in Iceland he hasn't played with but lately he is perhaps best known for his close collaboration with Ragnar Kjartansson, one of this century's most celebrated visual artists.

Olöf Arnalds CD Spira (PRE-ORDER! vö:23.01.) 15,95 €