Reviews
'The sound of cracking ice and freezing winds in Olafur Arnalds’s evocative and lyrical score' **** -
The Times (UK)
'The work is a fascinating collaboration'
(4/5) -
The Guardian (UK)
'More accomplished than ever before'
(8/10) -
Drowned In Sound (UK)
'Composer Ólafur Arnalds provides an emotional score to this astonishing piece, mixing classical symphonies with avant-garde electronic recordings' -
Dazed & Confused (UK)
''Dyad 1909' reaffirms Ólafur's status as one of the most interesting composers'
(8/10) -
Rock Sound (UK)
'Modern technology and tradition are joined into an extremely coherent work'
(4.4/5) -
The Milk Factory (UK)
'Another outstanding release from Arnalds that's downright essential for all followers of melodic and melancholic modern classical music - Highly Recommended!'
Album of the Week -
Boomkat (UK)
'Dyad 1909 is a terse work of melancholy strings, crunching electronic beats, minimal piano and spooked frosty drones. A sad, ultimately affecting piece that yearns and plays itself into your conscience' -
Bleep (UK)
'String quartet, piano and electronics of perfect dis-locational atmosphere' -
The Arts Desk (UK)
'My composer for Dyad, Icelandic musician Ólafur Arnalds, is coming in next week to finish work on the score. It’s an amazing piece of music – it's melancholic and spatial then cuts to extreme rhythmic violence - it's hauntingly inspiring' -
Wayne McGregor (Random Dance)
Links
olafurarnalds.com