Down, by Calder

Down

by Calder

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1.	Lost 04:01	buy track
2.	The hand of the little horn 07:13	buy track
3.	Children of eve 05:49	buy track
4.	Kunderbuffer 06:09	buy track
5.	Swell 05:00	buy track
6.	Stool 04:35	buy track
7.	Hyena 05:28	buy track
8.	Dear sir of the long nose 02:35	buy track
9.	You should dream 04:18	buy track
10.	Cold 02:47	buy track
11.	Down 03:51	buy track

about

Description:
Icelandic duo Calder move toward soothing classical ambient treatments on their 3rd output DOWN.

Biography:
Calder was formed in Iceland when the paths of Lárus Sigurðsson and Ólafur Josephsson crossed. They decided to join forces and the result was a 5 track album of improvised, experimental, dreamy electric guitar music.
Their debut album “Calder” was released through Ólafur´s Vogor Recording outfit and later picked up by Unlabel in the UK for their Series52 releases in a very limited pressing.

Lárus' background is in classical music and musical instrument making. He has played with various Icelandic musicians and self-released a handful of solo material which can be best described as guitar-based ambient with acoustic elements and new musical instruments. His album "Jarðhörpusálmar"
was entirely improvised on his own designs and creations of musical instruments, recorded by the affable producer Valgeir Sigurðsson.

Ólafur Josephsson has been experimenting with ambient guitar arrangements under the Stafrænn Hákon moniker since 1999. He has released his music through his own Vogor Recordings, Darla Records, Sound in Silence, Resonant Label, Nature Bliss, Happy Prince, Chat Blanc, Secret Eye and Awkward Silence, with the music progressing and being increasingly refined since his first album "Eignast Jeppa" in 2001.

Calder has released two albums; Calder in 2003 and Calder-Lower in 2008. Calder Down is their third album. The creative process for Down began in 2013 when Lárus and Ólafur started recording and playing with some home made harps made by Lárus. The material was composed in a very collaborative way and most ideas were improvised and recorded on the spot in the countryside. Lárus then handed Ólafur some additional acoustic songs and Ólafur added his electric elements to the material. gradually giving it shape, depth and life. The album Down is layered with strings, voice and acoustic instruments such as piano, harps and organ spiced with electric instruments, guitars and dreamy soundscapes. The result is a hauntingly melodic piece of work where the acoustic, symphonic elements melt together with the electric elements creating a multi layered piece of work.

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released March 23, 2016

Calder is:
Lárus Sigurðsson:
Guitars, Pianos, Acoustic instruments, Organ
Olafur Josephsson :
Guitars, Acoustic instruments,Bass, Drum Programming, Piano, synths

with:
Fred Boulter: Organ & Piano
Laura Wolfgang: Sopran
Claire Ouille: Strings

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Calder Iceland

The Icelandic duo Calder has recorded and released four studio albums; Calder which was totally improvised on 2 guitars in 2003; Lower which was recorded in 2008; Down which was released in 2016 and Inner which was recorded and released in 2021.

discography

Inmost

Mar 2024
2001

Dec 2022
Inner

Mar 2021
Down

Mar 2016
Lower

Jan 2008
Calder

Jan 2006

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