Found Songs
EP • Aug 31 / 2009 • 7 songs, 20m 29s
Modern Classical
Noteable
From Twitter via Flickr to traditional record stores – 7 songs in 7 days online series becomes physical. In April 2009, Iceland’s neo-classical export Ólafur Arnalds created the 7-song series ‘Found Songs’ – recording a song a day for 7 days and instantly making each track available via Twitter. With artwork contributions from fans via Flickr, this modern release awakens memories of a tradition that seemed lost in the digital age we live in.
6.3
/ 10
The young Icelandic composer who has opened for Sigur Rós constructs an album of short but emotionally-charged pieces for strings and piano.
8
/ 10
The concept for this record is heartfelt. Take seven simple piano songs, and release each one on Twitter throughout a week.