Ólafur Arnalds - Found Songs - Erased Tapes Records

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 his Twitter account. 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.

With his next full-length release due this winter, Ólafur conceived "Found Songs" as a way to collate several lost and found musical sketches and ideas in a 'very challenging, but fun' series. The experiment offers its listeners an intimate insight into Arnalds’ creative world. So far more than 70.000 people downloaded the "Found Songs" series (via foundsongs.erasedtapes.com) and each track inspired a wealth of artwork from his fans.

Hosting this project on their official website, Erased Tapes Records watched the collaboration between Arnalds and his online audience flourish and found it fitting to combine the music and artwork into one complete work. A re-mastered physical and limited edition will now be released a CD, 10” Vinyl and high-quality Download on August 31st, 2009.