Creative Cribs: The king of Icelandic Electronica - Ólafur Arnalds

[@mohitrahaman]

Mr. Arnalds and Mr. Frahm are the best thing to happen to electronic music

[@4308stal]

Don't forget about Nicolas Jaar

[@MondoLoops]

Plus some credit to Kiasmos other half Janus Rasmussen

[@urhosson]

My vinyl collection from two decades is sorted by genres. Only exception being there is a N&O section specially for the records of Nils and Ólafur.

[@dudesmile2042]

Mohit Rahaman and Mr. Green (Bonobo)

[@ecco_]

Listen to Arca, Iglooghost, Clark, Sophie (they are the real pioneers, this is just romanticizing old gear that your average person can't afford)

[@petercinfinite]

This Man inspires. Not even with his music but with his approach to things.

[@Aquilinemusic]

So fantastic, thank you! Ólafur and Spitfire need to collaborate on a library of instruments recorded through the Edison cylinder.

[@ansmfella]

This is probably one of the best interviews and studio's that I've ever seen, thank you! The dream. So much class, warmth and character dialled in. Technically and organically balanced.. What wonderful creative space. Inspiring

[@skornia8101]

His studio looks exactly like his music sounds

[@VexylObby]

I used to live in Iceland for a short time, and I miss it dearly. This space has recollected that sense of beauty, fondness, and kindness the place had.

[@sagereynolds]

One of the best Creative Cribs, yet. Excellent balance of tech, atmosphere, instruments, & inspiration. Thanks to Olafur, Christian, and Spitfire Audio for making/sharing this!

[@mrnelsonius5631]

Massive shoutout to Paul Morris in the UK making those wax cylinders for the Edison! I’ve never heard or used one in person but it’s incredible that you are keeping that history alive. Bravo! and love from Los Angeles CA 🙏

[@yulefitzgerald6017]

I've first heard Olafur when he was the support act for Sigur Ros in the very early 2000's - so it is just fitting that he takes over their old studio/rehearsal space - wonderful music!

[@tadjewett7963]

I was thrilled to see this uploaded- The first Olafur Arnalds creative cribs helped start my obsession as a young engineer, it's so nice to get an update of where he's at after a few years. He has such a lovely approach. Thank you!

[@papanovembermusic]

Ólafur so generous Christian such a good listener, giving us such rich inspiration.

[@charliep4220]

Goodness, I was even going blind from the sunlight in Christian’s face for much of this visit! Hope the good man isn’t seeing too many spots! A great Cribs video!

[@timothyharrison]

Of all the wonderful things in this studio, what I covet the most are the windows!

[@SnakehornMusic]

I could watch these two guys for hours.

[@XimenaZhaoArchive]

Sick studio. I'm glad he didn't cut down the Icelandic forest for that wall.

[@sushant2095]

Excellent video, so much insight! Please do one with Nils Frahm!

[@BenBerkenboschMusic]

This is wonderful! Absolutely one of the greatest studios I've ever seen, so nice and open and peaceful. I love it!!

[@jefff3000]

Olafur is a GENIUS.

[@RoseRinged]

I was just jaw dropping for 34 minutes straight

[@toucam]

At first I was like "wow that sounds like very technical stuff they're chatting about", then I stayed the whole time. Fascinating stuff

[@Youtuber-ku4nk]

For christ sake offer Mr. Spitfire a cup of coffee!! HAHA Great stuff. What an amazing place.

[@DavidMorley]

Fantastic studio. I'm so pleased to see an EMT 246 reverb. IMHO the best digital reverb ever built. Great video.

[@YMESYDT]

That room is the dream

[@Capture262]

Love Olafur

[@briansmithphotos]

A wonderful space! I hope Óli checked the video to make sure that jack was where it needed to be put back!

[@garymatthews6243]

Ólafur gives some incredible insights in this one, and what a studio it is!

[@Lantertronics]

It was through his Creative Cribs series that I discovered Christian (and hence discovered Spitfire Audio). Right after Covid-19 hit a couple of years ago, I was rearranging my studio and looking for ideas for studio organization, and Creative Cribs showed up on my KZbin searches. And then it was through Christian that I discovered Inside No. 9; I think Shearsmith and Pemberton should pay Christian a finder's fee.

[@g3cd]

I saw Ólafur Arnald's winter solstice videos on KZbin and immediately bought tickets for one of his concerts in July, can't wait to see this guy live! Seeing him with Christian Henson getting into "Gear Acquiring Syndrome"-mode with bright eyes in a giant candy store of his taste is just awesome. You can tell that Christian is going to get at least one of those reverbs and the mixing desk very soon (don't tell his wife).

[@spitfireaudiollp]

We can neither confirm, or deny, that any second-hand equipment has recently been delivered to the Greater Edinburgh area 😐🤔😮

[@wyshwood]

Gorgeous studio. I don't work with templates either, but that leaves me wide open to random opportunity and happy accidents. I find it a little restricting, too, when I've tried making one. Not that I'm even a dust particle in the pro area of this man's work. I think we'd all aspire to having a space like this for our own workflow, though.

[@ratikanto]

mast aadmi hai Olafur , ekdum jhakaas

[@davidallenhammond2777]

thank you so much for the video. I'm inspired by Mr. Arnalds' work. The Nagra tape loop that degrades over time is such a brilliant technique for making a musical metaphor of the person losing their memory. Loved hearing you both. Thanks again.

[@molem348]

Yes, brilliant! Reminded me of a project by The Caretaker called Everywhere at The End of Time that uses similar techniques over 6 albums to represent the progression of Alzheimer's

[@davidallenhammond2777]

@@molem348 That's sounds fantastic!

[@ruiguerreiro4371]

Brilliant stuff! Thank you, Ólafur, Christian, and Spitfire.

[@parlefeuproject3115]

i'd really love to meet this guy one day❤ perfect interview

[@kavokei1337]

Yep, I just immediately hit repeat on this one 💜

[@westheartmusic]

Thank you for doing this video - such an amazing space - I’d never go home I’d just live there 🥰🎵🙏🏻

[@nathanzammit7671]

I’ve been waiting for the sequel haha. What a magnificent space and thanks Christian for the 2nd video!

[@heman_lee]

Thank you so much for this video! Olafur Arnalds is my biggest inspiration when it comes to composing and production and it was great to see the amount of thought and detail that goes into his studio, doing as much as he can to stimulate creativity and effectiveness!

[@willb1157]

"it's not too shabby" ! Ahahaha - that lovely British phrase. And used so well too! xx

[@kentkarlsson4169]

Just awesome! Thank you guys for the insight!

[@DavidDeRose]

I'm a felt fan

[@justofernandez1977]

amazing

[@bertrandcontador3230]

Brilliant. Quite. Quite. Brilliant.

[@analog_]

Amazing setup! To have a room like that! One day 😌

[@fedesartorio]

Whoah what an absolutely fantastic space, crafted by great people! Lovely video as always!

[@JClay-lf7nx]

What a great space!

[@kabeersingh8411]

Fascinating 😯

[@Mr_A_Mia]

Awesome! I love creative cribs!!!

[@sonidojamon]

Lovey series!! Keep going!!

[@lelandbobpalmer]

Nice place!! I can attest to the Andreas Christensen pianos being everywhere here in Denmark :) Thanks for the video!

[@deydododontdedoh.5672]

The 'Techmoan' you tube channel is good for vintage music players and oddities. 🙂

[@switchmuso]

Brilliant episode! Deserves a million views.

[@lilhoss1]

Regarding the tape loop: Olafur, you can set up smooth/chromed mic stands (the kind with iron bases) away from the machine and run the tape around the vertical section of the poles. This will keep the tape straight so that it feeds more reliably.

[@Ejlectronics6]

I believe he already does this, from what I've seen in his Instagram stories anyway.

[@lilhoss1]

@@Ejlectronics6 ah, i don't follow him on instagram. good to know.

[@viktorkoning1442]

Really needed this update since the last one. Thank you so much!

[@gregoryivesdolbyatmosmusic]

Christian! If you are having noise issues? Check out the Equipment-TEch stuff. I have had it for years and also put a steel stake in to a concrete pad outside, which requires some digging outside, but not too hard. I only use the Equipment-Tech Rack box and it is so quiet I never have had any issues. Probalby the broadcast stuff you have and all that analogue gear needs to be on separate circuits etc.

[@TallerdelSebaRehbein]

Amazing, thanks

[@gabrielsposito863]

That is a good sample for textures 18:37 You are welcome people

[@jonmackenzie]

what an inspiring space to work in... btw on the topic of wire recording: hainbach has an old soviet wire recorder, some content on his channel with it, and a plugin with audiothing that emulates it. very cool stuff

[@lennartlennart2264]

Amazing!

[@NicStride]

Looks amazing - I'd also love to see an updated Cribs on "The Flight" as the first one was even lower production value than Olafur's original one, and the whole thing was a bit mental. :D

[@J-MLindeMusic]

That wooden wall is amazing!

[@ToreHansen]

Bonkers video!

[@tobiasjeansson]

Thank you! This was a treat! Cheers

[@leondenengelsen]

Lovely

[@ElJoellito]

Hi Christian, you seemed quite fond of the tape loop approach that Ólafur explained. I invite you to have a look at the KZbinr Hainbach. You may be familiar already, but he does a lot of tape loop stuff, including his amazing deterioration loops where he destroys tape loops over time by running them over sandpaper, knives, razors etx. Very interesting stuff and he also explains it fully and comprehensively. Enjoy!

[@keiththeodosiou]

Now that looks like a fantastic space to work in!

[@Ejlectronics6]

Definitely need to try and get into Sam Slater / Hildur's Studio space at some point. They did a little video for the BF2042 score and they've got some incredibly fascinating tools they use.

[@novachord1]

Wonderful interview!

[@stephenkeechmusic]

Love this. What is it about Iceland that produces the greatest music? I actually made a felt bar just like that for my piano! So worth it.

[@a.d.h.s.]

simply amazing.. thanks for sharing

[@DRUMAdam91]

I need one of those little Pianos!

[@TheRealHucasys]

Haha 20:17 he put it back in the right place, I went back and looked LOL :D

[@spitfireaudiollp]

🔍🔍🔍

[@ddr4ig]

Inspired.

[@ChrisLeverMusic]

looks like I'll be going on a piano hunt in Denmark

[@tutubeos]

Very very very interesting 💙

[@andreawandel8888]

Wow, I just love it. This kind of dream will never come true for me AND I thank you for showing us around. As I'm living in South Africa I would like to know how you make this soft vibes on the grand piano. Maybe a piano house in Stellenbosch would work for me around this soft and hidden sound. You didn't show it here AND I'm very curious who build it for you. I would love to connect to your piano house to connect the different continents. Warm greetings from inspiring South Africa. Here we have the salty air which creates some problems with the strings.......... I just waited 6 month for my new grandpiano to arrive from Yamaha. ....l. All the best to all of you AND thank you for your music. Warmth. Andrea

[@thomaskaasi4225]

Just bought a couple of his/your libraries a few days ago and one last night, so it was cool that video coincidentally came out today :-) it must be a sign that I made the right choice :-)

[@avjake]

Geraldo Rivera - "THERE'S A MAN IN THE CORNER! A MAN! ON THE COUCH!"

[@cornerliston]

Great stuff. I have three Lexicon reverbs, PCM92, PCM80 and a 300. All of them sound really great and compared to plugins they do very much become one with the sound source in a way plugins can't.* Which would mean the EMTs melt even nicer with the sound source I guess : ) Nice to see Nisse Strinning on the wall.

[@htrism6890]

Great Crib video. PLEASE do one with Adrian Utley or Geoff Barrow. or both! cheers.

[@gregoryivesdolbyatmosmusic]

Hey Christian, It's actually not unusual to work in PT for Midi. I do everything there now and have for years. Use to use DP or Logic, but with audio post it just took me too much time to deal with. I am super fast on it and can play just fine. Love it! It's a toolbox. You just use what works for you. In a rush though, it's easy to Print revisions in PT quickly and send to editor or Dub Stage whole sessions as I get that ready as I go. When you do the mixing yourself, it is much simpler that way for me. I switched in 2001 when I saw a friend using it for everything and thought, this is really much more efficient for my workflow and then everything is in there instead of having to close and go into another DAW or rewire it in.

[@Clarity-808]

Great interview. I wish someone would have put a mic by that gramophone for 30 seconds!

[@korganrobb4894]

This is the coolest video

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Oh wow look at it. Just when I think I'm happy with my studio space. Why do I torture myself like this? 😅

[@didgegirl6]

Thank you for this. This is so inspiring.

[@andrey-on8bq]

Lovely video! please visit Nils Frahm's studio next!!!

[@CrashOrganism]

Ólafur spitfire stuff is the one I have still not used. Had some issue with install. I will look in to is again. OLAFUR ARNALDS EVOLUTIONS, is the one I have from him, I have live but the file is for Kontakt... gutted

[@kyanstack]

What's that blue light knob thing on his desk? Looks so cool!

[@eyesintheskies]

What a great space 😮 he’s very tidy huh?

[@piloadami_]

I'm just getting into modular/sequencers and love how musical his approach is. Could anyone explain more in details hows the patching works at 08:32? "Sending a MIDI signal trough a CV converter for the triggering of the gate' Is that a MIDI signal from the DAW into the MS-50? or into the MS-10? And how does the audio from pro tools gets into the MS-10? would it be 1/4 jack out into the SQ-10 analog mixer in? thanks in advance!

[@chamberfield1]

Great video - I hope Christian's visit to Iceland means another collab w/ Olafur and Spitfire? (fingers crossed)

[@AdamSchoales]

I mean... I think we're going to need to see Nils Frahm's studio next...

[@wingsnomore]

19.00 all the money

[@KREN12623]

❤️❤️❤️🙏🌟🙏❤️❤️❤️

❤

[@Systemv1]

I'm enjoying the interview, but I'm curious what Ableton midi issues are being referred at 31m28s

[@Systemv1]

I'm assuming he was referring to USB midi, but I can't imagine him utilising that much. I've been using midi for external control for some time now without any noticeable issues

[@AmiliaCaraMia]

@@Systemv1 I think he's referring to the general workflow in Ableton in regards to midi. There's a lot of odd things that it just does that make editing more annoying than an actual technical problem. Not being able to record / overdub in the midi editor, no commands to snap or resize notes to a specific resolution, overdubbing slices item when stopping which resizes everything when reopened. The cc editor is clunky in terms of switching which envelope you can see. Plus you can't view multiple cc lanes like in cubase or reaper. These are some of the reasons I switched out of Ableton anyways. Lack of customization is another.

[@Systemv1]

@@AmiliaCaraMia right - I'd say some of these matters are reasonable in its current iteration. Things have changed over the years. Anyway, thanks for the response

[@AmiliaCaraMia]

@@Systemv1 For sure it's definitely gotten better over the years. The addition of comping was great too. For composers I could see the struggle though. Haha

[@Kittyspit562]

Lovely walkthrough. Who is the maker of the cute little piano again? Would love to hunt one of these down.

[@spitfireaudiollp]

Andreas Christensen ftw

[@WinItReigns]

King With a Capital [K]

[@Neuri]

awesome, but why was the camera person on a boat?

[@eyesintheskies]

Man I’m behind the times ,last time I checked ólafur was twenty-something, oh dear I’ve lost a decade 🤦🏻 On the plus side that means I’ve got a ton of albums to catch up on.

[@xamxamxamxa]

🌚🖤🎶