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Ólafur Arnalds adds to LateNightTales compilation series

By | Published on Wednesday 27 April 2016

Ólafur Arnalds

Ólafur Arnalds has curated the latest ‘LateNightTales’ compilation, which is due for release on 24 Jun. As well as two new compositions by Arnalds himself, he’s also recorded a cover of Destiny’s Child’s ‘Say My Name’ with Arnór Dan for it.

As well as the three exclusives from Arnalds, there are also previously unreleased contributions from Odesza, Kiasmos and David Tennant, who provides the compilation’s now traditional spoken word closer.

“When I was asked to do the next installation of the LateNightTales series I thought, ‘This will be fun and easy, only a couple of days work. No problem'”, say Arnalds. “Six months later, I was still pulling my hair out in some kind of quest to make the perfect mix”.

He continues: “As someone who has never really done mixes before, I learned a lot of things along the way and the whole experience was very inspiring. I decided to approach the mix in a similar way as I would one of my scores. This is the soundtrack of my life. I included songs from many of my friends and collaborators and tried to deliver a mix that represents who I am as an artist and where my influences are coming from – both personally and musically”.

Here’s the full tracklist:

1. Hjálmar Lárusson and Jónbjörn Gíslason – Jómsvíkingarímur – Ýta Eigi Feldi Rór
2. Julianna Barwick – Forever
3. Koreless – Last Remnants
4. Odesza – How Did I Get Here (Instrumental) (Late Night Tales Exclusive)
5. Anois – A Noise
6. Samaris – Góða Tungl
7. Ólafur Arnalds – RGB (Late Night Tales Exclusive)
8. Rival Consoles – Pre
9. Four Tet – Lion (Jamie xx Remix)
10. Jai Paul – Jasmine
11. James Blake – Our Love Comes Back
12. Spooky Black – Pull
13. Ólafur Arnalds feat Arnór Dan – Say My Name (Exclusive Cover Version)
14. Sarah Neufeld & Colin Stetson – And Still They Move
15. Kiasmos – Orgoned (Late Night Tales Exclusive)
16. Ólafur Arnalds – Kinesthesia I (Late Night Tales Exclusive)
17. Hjaltalín – Etheral
18. David Tennant – Undone (Exclusive Spoken Word)

Listen to ‘Kinesthesia I’ by Ólafur Arnalds here:



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