CATALOG · APR·2026 · REF 09/10
HAFURSEY
Iceland
63.53° N · 18.91° W
Ólafur Arnalds
HAFURSEY
Listen before you buy
Opening0:00 — 1:30
1:30
Midpoint~3:00 — 3:01:30
1:30
Finale~5:58:30 — 6:00
1:30
Waveform · 6h
DUSK0:00 → 1:30
NIGHT1:30 → 4:00
PEAK4:00 → 5:00
DESCENT5:00 → 6:00
00:0001:0002:0003:0004:0005:0006:00
Audio intensity
BPM (60 → 98 → 68)
Hafursey is a tiny island off the south coast of Iceland — glacial black sand, vertical cliffs, the North Atlantic crashing below. Ólafur Arnalds plays facing the ocean as the Icelandic midnight sun barely dips below the horizon, bathing everything in perpetual amber.
The quietest, slowest set in the catalog. Piano and strings lead for the first two hours, electronic textures entering gradually like weather. The BPM never exceeds 98 — music for watching light move across water, for breathing, for the space between thoughts.
Recommended listening
- Proper speakers or headphones — no phone speaker
- Outdoors if possible, or windows wide open
- Low light, ideally none after 01:30
- Full 6h commitment — no pause, no scrub