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Ólafur Arnalds

Ólafur Arnalds is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Frédéric Chopin, Arvo Pärt, East Forest, TOKiMONSTA and Nils Frahm. Those roots explain a lot about how Ólafur Arnalds arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Max Richter, Kiasmos, Sebastian Plano, A Winged Victory for the Sullen and Ludovico Einaudi, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Bonobo and Talk Talk, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 18 connections around Ólafur Arnalds, reaching back through Frédéric Chopin and forward to Bonobo. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Ólafur Arnalds is an Icelandic multi-instrumentalist and producer from Mosfellsbær, Iceland. He mixes strings and piano with loops and beats, a sound ranging from ambient/electronic to atmospheric pop. He is also the former drummer for hardcore punk and metal bands Fighting Shit, Celestine, and others.

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Ólafur ArnaldsFrédéric ChopinArvo PärtEast ForestTOKiMONSTANils FrahmRival ConsolesRökkurróBonoboTalk TalkMax RichterKiasmosSebastian PlanoA Winged Victory for…Ludovico EinaudiPeter BroderickBen Lukas BoysenSigur Rós

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Ólafur Arnalds connections

Ólafur Arnalds grew out of Frédéric Chopin, Arvo Pärt, East Forest and TOKiMONSTA, shares an orbit with Max Richter, Kiasmos, Sebastian Plano and A Winged Victory for the Sullen, went on to shape Bonobo and Talk Talk. 18 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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