Kiasmos are an Icelandic duo consisting of Ólafur Arnalds and Janus Rasmussen. They released their debut self-titled LP last October, and since I’m sure Erased Tapes put in a considerable amount of effort trying to get us to open our ears to its brilliance, I’m going to blame the subsequent under-appreciation not on a devastating release temporally close to the compilation of our year-end lists, but a… aw, fuck it. There is no excuse. The collective we in the music journalism trade owe everyone involved a huge favor. Can I be offered a free trip to Iceland so that I may deliver some Long John Silver’s personally? Long John reps tell me it’s nearly as good as the local Nordic fare.
Or here’s another, more practical attempt at atonement: Kiasmos have a new limited-edition EP out April 18 (Record Store Day), and they’re going on a short North American tour beginning this May. Looper features a remix from the specially sought Ghostly producer Dauwd, who remarked in a press release about what a pleasure it was to work with music that already had “so much texture and warmth.”
Quite so! Here’s the original and the remix, with tour dates following:
Looped tracklisting:
A1. Looped
A2. Held (Dauwd Remix)
B1. Burnt (Lubomyr Melnyk Rework)
Dates:
05.01.15 - Las Vegas, NV - Further Future Festival
05.26.15 - Brooklyn, NY - Rough Trade
05.27.15 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
05.28.15 - Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall
05.29.15 - Montreal, QC - Mutek
05.30.15 - Toronto, ON -The Drake
05.31.15 - Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
06.02.15 - San Francisco, CA - The Independent
06.03.15 - Los Angeles, CA - Masonic Lodge @ Hollywood Forever
• Kiasmos: https://www.facebook.com/kiasmos
• Erased Tapes: http://www.erasedtapes.com
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