The EVA labels were a group of sisterlabels made for compilations and Best-Of albums released as joint ventures between the national divisions of EMI, Virgin and Ariola. The label became active in 1984 but is now defunct in all countries. Early EVA albums were released with the logos of the three individual labels. Sometimes the label name EVA was not mentioned on those releases.
The EVA labels were a group of sisterlabels made for compilations and Best-Of albums released as joint ventures between the national divisions of EMI, Virgin and Ariola. The label became active in 1984 but is now defunct in all countries. Early EVA albums were released with the logos of the three individual labels. Sometimes the label name EVA was not mentioned on those releases.
Torfi Ólafsson was born in Reykjavík, Iceland on November 8, 1955.
He grew up in Kópavogi, and at age 8 studied guitar at the music school there for four years. Trumpet and horns were the instruments which he played in his school band when it was formed in 1966 until 1971. In 1975, he obtained a degree from MT with a B.E.D. from KHÍ in 1980.