The Icelandic techno duo Kiasmos came together when Janus Rasmussen’s band
Bloodgroup started working with engineer Ólafur Arnalds. Janus Rasmussen was a
veteran of several bands, including Byrta, while Ólafur Arnalds possessed a
command of several musical instruments and a knack for music production. The duo
hit it off and the two began creating music together in 2009 on a single they
co-released with Rival Consoles, another electronic act who were Kiasmos’s
labelmates at Erased Tapes. Their combination of real instruments played along
with constructed loops, all set to often ha...