Ólafur Arnalds hat zuletzt mit seinem 2018 erschienenen Album “re:member” die Grenzen zwischen menschlichen Kompositionen und intelligenter Technologie ausgelotet.Jetzt kündigt der isländische Multi-Instrumentalist sein neues Album-Projekt “some kind of peace” auf Mercury KX an, in dem Arnalds Schlüsselerlebnisse und Wendepunkte seines Lebens musikalisch verarbeitet. Was bedeutet es, in einer Welt zu leben, in der nicht alles kontrollierbar ist und man als verletzliches Individuum einzig auf die Entwicklung des Lebens reagieren kann? In “some kind of peace” gewährt Arnalds intime Einblicke in sein Leben. Dabei arbeitete er eng mit Künstler-Freunden wie Bonobo, JFDR und Josin zusammen.
“Ich hielt es für wichtig, dass das Album meine Geschichte auf eine sehr ehrliche Art und Weise erzählt. Dieses Album liegt mir viel näher am Herzen als alle anderen”, gesteht Ólafur Arnalds.
„Throughout my career, collaboration has been a cornerstone of my musical existence. But on the contrary, the very start of my creative process is always a solitary practice. For weeks, I’ll shut myself away, working on new ideas – only opening the studio doors to a few trusted friends. This was very much the case with ’some kind of peace‘, written and recorded (partly) under very strange circumstances in early 2020. Not being able to play live shows following the release, I looked for new ways of collaboration.
I’ve always maintained the notion that a song is never finished. A piece of music can take on any form, evolve and breathe with whomever is playing it. When the idea of a reworks album came up, I thought of it as a chance to get some of my favourite people together on an album and challenge them to experiment, pull apart and rearrange my music. I gave them absolutely no direction. I wanted them to feel free to take the songs anywhere that felt right to them. The only requirement was that it had to be mostly, if not all, piano.
The outcome is a beautiful album of expansive diversity. I’m deeply moved by the evident love that all these wonderful musicians put into the music that means so much to me. And once again, this process has proved to me that a recording is just a snapshot of what the song was at that particular time.
The heart of a song lives in the performer.“
– Ólafur Arnalds
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Quelle: Universal Music
