16th July 2011

De Affaire Festival (solo show)

Nijmegen – Netherlands

Ólafur Arnalds played at De Affaire Festival in Nijmegen, Netherlands on 16th Jul 2011, and you can let us know what you thought of the event if you attended, or share some photos with us and other fans.

I loved how different the atmosphere was last sunday: both very beautiful, but one on a rainy night, the other on a sunny afternoon. Whereas saturday was really special because you/Ólafur was so nervous, it was amazing to see how the ideas from sunday had grown already by saturday. So you could say that the 2nd show was better and more solid, in terms of music. Pretty sure there should be a rock-solid album by the end of the tour ;)
Erik – 18. Jul 2011
Added by Marcel Bingley
Added by Marcel Bingley
Enjoyed the sunday session very much, thank you. Apart from the music, I appreciated your comments on the process. Funny detail were the people peeking through the window behind your back.
Marcel Bingley – 17. Jul 2011
Hi Oli, Really intriguing event. Great location, full of atmosphere , if not the best acoustics ;-) It was very illuminating to watch how you developed your ideas. It certainly seemed to work well, particularly with the last two pieces. I will look forward to hearing how this develops through the later shows and on to the new album itself.
Paul Nixon – 17. Jul 2011
Sometimes something really special and amazing happens and you are fully aware that it's happening. I had that last night.
Erik – 17. Jul 2011
Added by Anneke
Such a great concept, I enjoyed every second of it :)
Anneke – 17. Jul 2011
Added by Godfried
Hi Olafur, I just came back from your show, loved it. Nice way of creating new tunes with some participation from the audience and improvisation from your side. Great venue as well by the way. Looking forward to the new album!
Robin – 16. Jul 2011
Hey Oli, I can only find you on the festival schedule of De Affaire on Sunday, not Saturday and Monday. Is there any more information on this anywhere?
Paul – 15. Jul 2011
Hi Oli, Soundfiles for Nijmegen are in your inbox at your email. Hope you find them in time ;-) Have fun Paul
Paul Nixon – 14. Jul 2011
What format do you want the sound recordings from the tour venues? I will see if I can get you something for Nijmegen.
Paul nixon – 26. Jun 2011
you 're a genius! I really hope that you arrived in Argentina.
Joh – 21. May 2011
That's a nice idea Paul... :) If anyone in those cities has or wants to make any samples feel free to send me! It'll be hard for me to find time to go out myself and record them...
Ólafur Arnalds – 13. May 2011
sounds good! hope to be able to be there
Eliette – 13. May 2011
Hi Oli, Love the concept ;-) As a general point of reference maybe you could loop a sound that is specific to each of the three locations Gent, Nijmegen and Berlin. It might be a certain bell, or the sound of a tram, an underground train door or just the sounds of people talkng in the main square or whatever, just something local.
Paul nixon – 13. May 2011

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