Arnór Dan Arnarson Explained

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Arnór Dan Arnarson
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Birth Date:	29 July 1985
Birth Place:	Reykjavík, Iceland
Origin:	Iceland
Instrument:	Vocals
Current Member Of:	Agent Fresco

Arnór Dan Arnarson (often credited as Arnór Dan) is an Icelandic musician best known as the lead singer of the progressive rock band Agent Fresco as well as for his collaborations with Icelandic multi-instrumentalist Ólafur Arnalds. He was selected male vocalist of the year at the Icelandic Music Awards in 2016.^[1]

Career

Arnór Dan got his musical start in a high school band called Rosa. In 2008, he helped found the progressive rock band Agent Fresco, which has since released two studio albums and one EP. He has frequently collaborated with fellow Icelandic musician Ólafur Arnalds. He contributed vocals on four tracks of the latter's 2013 album, For Now I Am Winter. Also in 2013, working with Arnalds again, he contributed vocals to the song "So Close" for the British police procedural TV show Broadchurch; the song wasn't released until 2015, together with the track "So Far". In 2014, he sang several songs on the soundtrack of the TV anime Terror in Resonance.^[2] In 2017, Arnarson further contributed to the Broadchurch soundtrack, with "Take My Leave of You".^[3]

In 2018, he released his debut solo single, titled "Stone by Stone", which was co-written with Janus Rasmussen (Kiasmos) and Sakaris Emil Joensen.^[4]

Discography

with Agent Fresco

Albums

• A Long Time Listening (2010)
• Destrier (2015)

EPs

• Lightbulb Universe (2008)

Solo

Singles

• "Stone by Stone" (2018)

Contributions

• "Út" Föstudagurinn Langi (Úlfur Úlfur, 2011)
• "For Now I Am Winter" For Now I Am Winter (Ólafur Arnalds, 2013)
• "A Stutter" For Now I Am Winter (Ólafur Arnalds, 2013)
• "Reclaim" For Now I Am Winter (Ólafur Arnalds, 2013)
• "Old Skin" For Now I Am Winter (Ólafur Arnalds, 2013)
• "No. Other" For Now I Am Winter (Ólafur Arnalds, 2013)
• "Von" Terror in Resonance OST (Yoko Kanno, 2014)
• "Birden" Terror in Resonance OST (Yoko Kanno, 2014)
• "Bless" Terror in Resonance OST (Yoko Kanno, 2014)
• "Akkeri" Tvær Plánetur (Úlfur Úlfur, 2015)
• "So Close" Broadchurch OST (Ólafur Arnalds, 2015)
• "So Far" Broadchurch OST (Ólafur Arnalds, 2015)
• "Say My Name" (Destiny's Child cover) Late Night Tales: Ólafur Arnalds (Ólafur Arnalds, 2016)
• "Waves" Waves – Single (Hugar, 2016)^[5]
• "Take My Leave of You" Broadchurch – The Final Chapter (Music from the Original TV Series) (Ólafur Arnalds, 2017)
• "Gravity" Made in Abyss Original Soundtrack 3 (Kevin Penkin, 2022)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Winners of Iceland Music Awards . icelandreview.com . 7 March 2016 . 19 July 2019.
2. Web site: Original Soundtrack. ja. TVアニメ『残響のテロル』公式サイト.
3. Web site: 3 May 2017 . Broadchurch: The Final Chapter . 9 May 2023 . MERCURY KX.
4. Web site: Arnór Dan's 'Stone by Stone' Is a Graceful Debut . clashmusic.com . Murray . Robin . 10 August 2018 . 26 June 2019 . 11 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201011061835/https://www.clashmusic.com/news/arn%C3%B3r-dans-stone-by-stone-is-a-graceful-debut . dead .
5. Web site: Hugar ft. Arnór Dan: Ethereal euphonies from the Nordic tundra . independent.co.uk . Dedman . Remfry . 11 April 2017 . 10 July 2019.