{"podcast":{"title":"My Perfect Console with Simon Parkin","slug":"my-perfect-console-with-simon-parkin-5970647","podcast_index_feed_id":5970647,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/63b458521043e00011114396","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/my-perfect-console","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/63b458521043e00011114396/1777821946817-906809b2-9c93-4b1c-b277-18517c7c67e0.jpeg","author":"Simon Parkin","episode_count":198,"summary":"In My Perfect Console , Simon Parkin, award-winning author video game critic for The Observer invites well-known guests from the worlds of gaming, film and television, music, comedy and more to pick the five video games they would like to immortalise on a fictional games machine. They discuss those five games in chronological order of release, interspersed with biographical chat about the guest’s life and career –– a lens that often leads to new and unexpected insights. \"Thoroughly modern and ahead of its time...a gift.\" - NEW YORK'S VULTURE \"Charming, insightful.\" -- THE GUARDIAN TIME OUT'S 50 Best Podcasts VULTURE's Best Podcast of the Year Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T14:20:51.393497+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/my-perfect-console-with-simon-parkin-5970647"},"episode":{"title":"Gabríel Ólafs, pianist, composer, founder Reykjavík Orkestra.","slug":"gabr-el-lafs-pianist-composer-founder-reykjav-k-orkestra","published_at":"2026-06-09T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/my-perfect-console-with-simon-parkin-5970647/gabr-el-lafs-pianist-composer-founder-reykjav-k-orkestra","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/my-perfect-console-with-simon-parkin-5970647","url":"https://shows.acast.com/my-perfect-console/episodes/gabriel-olafs-pianist-composer-founder-reykjavik-orkestra","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/63b458521043e00011114396/e/6a2180af1ddbe06b3addf119/media.mp3","summary":"Gabríel Ólafs is an Icelandic pianist, composer, and producer whose work blends classical tradition with fantasy and a strikingly modern sense of atmosphere. Born in Reykjavík in 1998, he began playing piano at the age of five, receiving both classical and jazz training before emerging as a recording artist while still a teenager. His debut album, Absent Minded , was released in 2019, and his subsequent work has expanded steadily in scope—from the solo intimacy of Piano Works to the folk-inspired Lullabies for Piano and Cello , which grew out of a 1906 Icelandic songbook he discovered in an antique shop. He is also the co-founder of the  Reykjavík Orkestra , and has quickly become one of the most distinctive young voices in contemporary instrumental music. Most recently, with Polar , he has moved further into speculative, atmospheric composition, drawing in part on the dreamlike emotional language of video games. Gabriel Ólafs:   Website   Releases Archive   Spotify   Apple Music   YouTube   Instagram Polar:   Listen on Spotify   Listen on Apple Music   Buy CD (Decca Classics)   Buy from Decca Records US   YouTube Playlist Polar: Traveler's Log:   Listen on Spotify Polar: Building A World:   Watch on YouTube The Waves:   Listen on Spotify Forza Horizon 6:   Official Site   Xbox Other Gabriel Ólafs Releases / Labels:   Oli Records   Decca Classics   Releases Archive Jóhann Jóhannsson / IBM 1401:   Listen on Spotify   Watch on YouTube Nils Frahm:   Website   Spotify Gabriel's Perfect Console:   World of Warcraft   The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered   God of War   Death Stranding Baldur's Gate 3 Other Games Discussed &nbsp…","meta_description":"Gabríel Ólafs is an Icelandic pianist, composer, and producer whose work blends classical tradition with fantasy and a strikingly modern sense of atmosphe…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4977,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/my-perfect-console-with-simon-parkin-5970647/episodes/gabr-el-lafs-pianist-composer-founder-reykjav-k-orkestra/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/my-perfect-console-with-simon-parkin-5970647/gabr-el-lafs-pianist-composer-founder-reykjav-k-orkestra.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}