Archive For The “Jóhann Jóhannsson” Category
Not many albums are recorded in a single day, and on the evidence of this one, perhaps the practice should be embraced more enthusiastically. Based on a piece of music commissioned in 2008 by the Royal Ballet, inspired by T.S Eliot’s The Wasteland, the album presents variations on two themes, rendered with the aid of 
….And They Have Escaped The Weight Of Darkness represents an extraordinary leap forward from the potential of earlier works by Olafur Arnalds, which threatened at times to collapse under the weight of the melancholia dominating the emotional range, particularly in last years ‘Found Songs’. A broader musical palette, even introducing drums to the mix, enables 
