{"product_id":"vinyl-kiasmos-ii-vinyl-2lp","title":"II (Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003eKiasmos – Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds and Faroese musician Janus Rasmussen – are returning, renewed and restored, with II. The triumphant follow-up to their universally acclaimed self-titled debut in 2014, which re-envisioned minimal techno with orchestral flourishes and weightless production. They’d made most of that album in just two weeks; this time it’s been 10 years. The making of II was a test of their friendship, but also testament to how great musical chemistry can always go the distance and be just the same as it ever was.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThey worked on a lot of II during the lost year of 2020-2021, including a trip to Ólafur’s studio in Bali. “We spent a month there and wrote a few songs that ended up on the record,” says Janus. The pair sampled traditional Balinese percussion like the gamelan and incorporated Janus’s field recordings of their natural surroundings – the sound of birds, crickets and, on standout track ‘Dazed’, echoing the sunrise over the lush landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INERTIA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50838007120145,"sku":"707460","price":76.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0901\/6285\/6209\/files\/707460-Product-0-I-638676597602282399.jpg?v=1734974228","url":"https:\/\/abcd3032.myshopify.com\/products\/vinyl-kiasmos-ii-vinyl-2lp","provider":"Tayyab Zak","version":"1.0","type":"link"}