Orri Páll Dýrason

Orri Páll Dýrason
Orri in 2006
Background information
Birth nameOrri Páll Dýrason
Born (1977-07-04) 4 July 1977
OriginIceland
Genres
Instruments
  • Drums
  • keyboards
Years active1999–2018
Formerly ofSigur Rós

Orri Páll Dýrason (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈɔrːɪ ˈpʰautl ˈtiːrasɔn]; born on 4 July 1977) is an Icelandic musician.

From 1999 till 2018 he was the drummer for the band Sigur Rós, which he joined in 1999, shortly after the recording of the studio album Ágætis byrjun, when the previous drummer, Ágúst Ævar Gunnarsson, left the band.

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.