Fólk (Hemmi & Valdi)
from L_P by Futuregrapher
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The oldest track on the album. I think I wrote a demo version of it in early 2009 and then it was called 'Sigur Rós (melody)', because it was 85 BPM and had the Roland TR-505 drum samples with the synth pad's (which are in the intro) and was extremely emotional (like George Hólm). In the summer of 2010 I changed my tempo, with the Futuregrapher project, and got back to my roots; the '97 jungle vibe. So I arranged this track again and put the BPM at 170 and added some live drum samples and found this beautiful saxaphone sample, which I had on my hard drive from a friend in Sweden (no it's not from 'Englishman in New York', Bob). Sometime in july, that summer, I was walking down town (Drukqed), with my computer and my sound card (god bless you Novation Nio 2/4) and went to Nýlenduvöruverslun Hemma og Valda and recorded the rhodes upstairs and there comes the title - because there were people ("fólk") drinking coffee around me and it was recorded at Hemmi & Valdi (yeah, very basic). That was version III and I played that version at the Extreme Chill festival and I found out that people really liked that sound (they danced and smiled, so I guess I was doing something good). After Airwaves that year I finished the track and have been playing it live regularly ever since. People seem to like this song and they often ask me about it, when they are talking to me about my music.
The end contains a sample from one of my favorite artists in the jazz genre. If you know who it is, I will give you a beer.
The end contains a sample from one of my favorite artists in the jazz genre. If you know who it is, I will give you a beer.
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from L_P,
released August 12, 2012
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Futuregrapher Iceland
Árni Grétar, best known under the pseudonym Futuregrapher, is an electronic musician who has made consistent contributions to Iceland’s music scene, ranging from unbound ambient to accelerating techno and beyond.
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