Janus Rasmussen

Janus Rasmussen grew up in the Faroe Islands and moved to Iceland, where he first came to attention as a member of Bloodgroup, an electropop band that worked with heavy synths and male and female vocals trading lines. Around the late 2000s he began making music with the composer Ólafur Arnalds as Kiasmos, pairing Arnalds's piano and string writing with his own club-rooted programming.

Kiasmos released a self-titled debut album on the London label Erased Tapes in 2014 and toured it widely as a live electronic act. Under his own name, Janus Rasmussen builds slow-moving tracks from layered synth patterns and soft, steady kick drums, closer to late-night listening than peak-hour dance music. He also works as a producer and mixer for other artists.