thank you all for the lovely reception to Sunrise Session III 🌞 i’m thankful to all the artists and crew who made this a reality, especially Sandrayati, who makes every day a little brighter This is Ashes by Sandrayati. Watch the full session here: tr.ee/SunriseSessionIII

a long silence that feeling of butterflies in your stomach when you feel like you should say something an attempt • sign up to the newsletter for more, soon tr.ee/OANewsletter

new year, new sunrise sunrise session III out in full now: tr.ee/SunriseSessionIII

already a little brighter today than last week thank you for the amazing reaction to our sunrise session! after a 4 year break maybe these sessions are back to being a yearly thing tr.ee/SunriseSessi...

Sunrise Session III ft Sandrayati, RAKEL & Salóme Katrín on vocals & 4 incredible string players, performing a few songs we felt fit the occasion. On this shortest day of the year, this is our tribute to brighter days ahead. Wishing you all wonderful holidays! Óli https://tr.ee/SunriseSessionIII

2025 was also the year of the first release from my new project, SAGES, with the wonderful Loreen. Finally sharing something that has meant so much to both of us, and had been somewhat secretly working on for a long time.

Another highlight of 2025 was touring with my band Kiasmos from Europe over to Japan and Australia, which is always a great time. We played amazing venues, met awesome people, saw incredible nature, ate the best food, all in all a fantastic time! A big thank you to everyone who came out!

As the end of the year is fast approaching, I wanted to look back at some highlights. Starting with A Dawning, the record by Talos and myself, which was released in July.

I’m happy to say a few choice pieces of new merch made it to the store just in time for the holidays. Glencairn style whisky glasses engraved with the two birds. This is inspired by a gift my agent once gave all the crew at the end of one of our tours! Limited to 50 pieces this time.

A year ago we were shooting this crazy piece of art… SAGES. Been thinking about how much I loved making this film with my dear friend Loreen, our incredible director Þóra Hilmars and crew.

Connected my grand to the Nonlinear Labs C15 via my MIDI sensor bar that we had made for the re:member tour. Little expression pedal by the piano controlling the intensity of the synth layer and you've got hours of fun wholesome ambient family time 😳

Finding an hour or two in the studio recently: Exploring, fixing, playing around.

A few snaps of the A Dawning merch, featuring illustrations by Eoin as seen on the album artwork. Find these lovely tees, notebooks and vinyls in my store.
 *All proceeds from the Notebook will be going to Marymount Hospice in Cork, Ireland.
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I played some records at Derrick Gee’s house!
 Been a fan of Derrick Gee for a while and can honestly say he has introduced me to a lot of great music. So I was thrilled to receive an invitation to be a guest on his Solid Air show while I was in Australia on tour with Kiasmos.

I promised you all that Korg album... Maybe 3 more years? 🙃

on this day two years ago we gathered in Berlin to officially launch and celebrate OPIA. it’s been so nice to watch it grow organically - thanks for being here with us.

A Dawning, at home.

Unknowing. I would love to hear you sing, play, dance, scream, live to this. Send me your duets ❤️

Bright on the horizon / I am a curve of light / The spark between the space The Sofia Kourtesis remix of Opnening by SAGES is out now, everywhere you listen to music sages.lnk.to/openingremix

For your Sunday, Island Songs - the film.

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one day this korg-only synth album will happen

The beautiful Skissur – the collection just turned one year old. It was through your requests that we decided to finally collect all of these into a single book and I’m so thankful for the reception – now and in the past – for the Skissur series.

After being unavailable for quite some time now, @erasedtapes just did a re-pressing of Found Songs on this beautiful clear vinyl!

“Don’t let that light outrun us yet, it feels like this war is our dawning” The title track on A Dawning and some of my favourite lyrics Eoin ever wrote. The writing process was silent, unspoken, never planned.. Weaving layers of meaning that took me a while to get to the core of.

Ahead of the release of A Dawning we planned a series of pre-listening events. Some with me attending, others only attended by many of you dear people. These precious moments of sharing time together, in way or another, have been so very inspiring. Thanks everyone, from the bottom of my heart.

I am nervously excited to tell you that A Dawning is finally out in the world!

When Eoin French passed, his friend Ólafur Arnalds (@olafurarnalds.bsky.social) was left with demos, grief, and a single question – how do you complete a record when its co-creator is gone?

We're live now www.youtube.com/live/edSceJK...

We are proud to present “A Dawning” - the note book. Now available in my store, with all of its proceeds going to Marymount Hospice in Cork to support their amazing, selfless work 🤍

Next Friday, July 11th, A Dawning by myself and @Talos will finally be out in the world. As you may have seen we are hosting a few in-person listening events next week, but for those that can’t attend we invite you to an online listening event on Youtube on July 10th at 12pm EST / 9AM PST / 5pm BST

“When you feel butterflies in your stomach, that’s when you should speak. Because it means you have something important to say.” I had a lovely time speaking with The Blank Mag about 'A Dawning' and the process of making it. You can read all about it below.

A Dawning is out in 2 weeks! We wanted to do something special to celebrate the album so we invite you to join us for Shared Time - creative listening events around the world.

Bedrock by Talos and I featuring Sandrayati has been out in the world for almost a week and I’m so grateful for how well it has been received, thank you!

fall again for us and seal in love sit against the rocks I speak it slow Bedrock by Talos and myself ft. Sandrayati is out now everywhere you listen to music. A Dawning is out on July 11th. Visuals by Máni M. Sigfússon.

This is Bedrock ft Sandrayati, the third single from A Dawning by Talos and myself, out on July 11th. Visualiser by Máni M. Sigfússon.

Echoes Podcast: Olafur Arnalds & Loreen. We talk to Icelandic ambient chamber music composer @olafurarnalds.bsky.social & Swedish pop star, @loreenofficial.bsky.social about their new EP, Sages, a trip into ambient chamber music dream pop. Hear them in the Echoes Podcast from PRX. wp.me/p4ZE0X-wIv

we knew this had to be an album... thanks for the conversation @nialler9.com

Here is the track list to A Dawning, which is written and performed in english, while being heavily influenced by the places in which it was made, Reykjavík and West Cork. Iceland and Ireland have many similarities, aside from having nearly the same name...

Weird little piano pattern… 🤍 This is Signs, from 'A Dawning', the upcoming album by Talos and me. Signs is out now everywhere! Find all things related to A Dawning here: tr.ee/ADawning

'Awake in the worn night For fear that I see signs Signs – the second single from A Dawning, the upcoming LP by Talos and myself. Album out everywhere on the 11th of July. Visualiser by Máni Sigfússon Illustration by Eoin French You can listen to Signs & see the full visualizer here: tr.ee/Signs

I’m excited and also a little nervous to finally to share with you this project, so very dear to my heart: “A Dawning”, a full new album by Ólafur Arnalds & Talos is coming July 11th!

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throwing it back to this lovely feature by @greatbigstory.bsky.social from 2019 about mine and Halldór Eldjárn’s “ghost pianos” and Stratus software. Something that started as a reaction to a car crash I was in, and then became a way to break a writer’s block…

congratulations on the new album dear The Vernon Spring! I’m so happy that you’ve trusted OPIA Community to release it and that this beautiful album is out in the world for everyone to hear! Find ‘Under A Familiar Sun’ by The Vernon Spring wherever you like to listen to music.

Nature is magical, let’s take good care of it together. tr.ee/OACercle #Earthday

A sneak peek into the recording of the orchestral part of ‘We Didn’t Know We Were Ready’ with Sinfonia Nord and conductor Bjarni Frímann. Listen to the final song here: tr.ee/WDKWWR

Today, March 28th, is Daffodil Day, the annual fundraising campaign by The Irish Cancer Society. I’m touched that in honor of Eoin French aka Talos, We Didn’t Know We Were Ready is the official song for Daffodil Day 2025. If you can, I encourage you to donate here: fundraise.cancer.ie/donate

Sk8er Boi

the third and final song off the first SAGES EP, Unknowing, is out today. Completing this first chapter of our adventure, which has been nothing short of magical.