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Birth name
  
Orri( )Pall( )Dyrason

Years active
  
1999–present

Movies
  
Inni

Instruments
  
Drums, keyboards

Role
  
Drummer

Genres
  
Post-rock

Name
  
Orri Dyrason

Origin
  
Iceland

Associated acts
  
Sigur Ros


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Born
  
4 July 1977 (age 46) (
1977-07-04
)

Children
  
Vaka Dyrason, Jon Stormur, Dyri Angantyr

Albums
  
( ), Takk, Agaetis byrjun, Kveikur, Inni

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Orri Páll Dýrason ([ˈɔrːɪ ˈpautl ˈtiːrasɔn]; born on 4 July 1977) is the drummer for Sigur Rós. He joined the band in 1999, shortly after the recording of the studio album Ágætis byrjun, when the previous drummer, Ágúst Ævar Gunnarsson, left the band.

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Personal life

Orri's father is the former footballer Dýri Guðmundsson, who made five appearances for the Icelandic national team.

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Orri has a teen daughter, Vaka, for whom the first track from the ( ) album is named. and two sons, Dýri Angantýr (born January 2010), and Jón Stormur (born November 2012). He's also the stepfather to his fiancé's daughter, Kría (born July 2008).

He is engaged to María Lilja Þrastardóttir, a journalist and a feminist activist from Iceland. They are currently living in London.

With Sigur Rós

Orri has recorded five studio albums with Sigur Rós: ( ) (2002), Takk... (2005), Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust (2008), Valtari (2012), and Kveikur (2013). He also contributed to Hvarf/Heim (2007), where "Hvarf" contains studio recordings of previously unreleased songs.

Equipment

Orri endorses Sabian cymbals and Vic Firth sticks and brushes. He has been using Sabian cymbals for years now, but he started using Gretsch drums live when Sigur Rós was about to go on the "Heima" tour in August 2006. Before that he almost exclusively used Premier drums. His main snare is a 14"x6.5" Ayotte, and his backup snare is a DW 14"x8". He uses 5A sticks and jazz brushes. Live he controls some of the bands "playback" sounds via Roland spd-s drum pads, and he plays Rhodes electric piano, Roland Juno 106 synth and then some soft synths via USB controller. Mid Kveikur tour 2013 Orri bought a new C&C Custom Drums set and has since become an endorsed C&C Custom drums player.

Live gear

"Kveikur" 2013 tour

Drums - C&C Custom Drums

  • 26x14 bass drum (second)
  • 20x14 bass drum (main)
  • 13x9 rack tom
  • 16x16 floor tom
  • 18x16 floor tom
  • 6.5x14 6 ply Maple snare drum (Main)
  • 6.5x14 C&C 3 ply M,P,M snare drum (backup)
  • 6.5x14 Ayotte snare drum (Backup)

    • "Með Suð..." 2008 tour and "Valtari" 2012 - 2013 tour

    Drums - Gretsch USA Custom

  • 26x14 bass drum (Second)
  • 18x18 bass drum (Main)
  • 13x10 rack tom
  • 16x16 floor tom
  • 5x14 snare drum (backup)
  • 6.5x14 Ayotte snare drum (main snare)
  • 8x14 DW snare (backup)

    • "TAKK" 2005-2006 tour

    Drums - Premier Series Elite

  • 24x18 bass drum (Main)
  • 20x16 bass drums (second)
  • 14x12 rack tom
  • 18x16 floor tom
  • 6.5x14 Ayotte snare drum (main snare)
  • 8x14 DW snare (backup)

    • Cymbals

  • 18" “Virgil Donati” Signature Saturation Crash (used as top HiHat)
  • 18" AA El sabor Crash (used as Bottom HiHat)
  • 18" Custom Shop "prototype" Crash
  • 20" AAX Medium Crash
  • 20" Sabian Custom shop Flat Ride

    • Keyboards

  • Roland Spd-S Sampling pads
  • Fender Rhodes MarkII Electric Piano
  • Roland Juno 106
  • Racked soft synths with USB controller

    • References

    Orri Páll Dýrason Wikipedia
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