Our Performing Paradesproject returns for two very special performances this summer. First up, on June 19, is a performance with Metropole Orkest at the Holland Festival in Amsterdam. On August 11 we team up with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra for a big open air concert for Stockholm Kulturfestival.
Performing Parades premiered back in September 2008 when we collaborated with The Danish National Chamber Orchestra and composer Karsten Fundal on a special performance of our second album Parades. The album was performed in its entirety at Danish National Radio’s new Koncerthuset concert hall. The performance featuring more than 50 musicians and stage design and costumes by our dear friends Hvass&Hannibal was filmed and recorded and released as a CD+DVD and 2LP+DVD in October 2009 on The Leaf Label – more info about this release here.
Last year we got to perform Parades twice (both with the Britten Sinfonia) and we are excited and thrilled to be able to revisit this massive project this year again.
The dates of the new shows are as follows:
Saturday June 19
Muziekgebouw ann’t IJ, Holland Festival, Amsterdam, NL
Performing Parades with Metropole Orkest
Conducted by Vince Mendoza
Wednesday August 11 Stockholm Kulturfestival, SE
Performing Parades with Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Paul Hoskins
The lovely and friendly The National just released their new album High Violet! Here is a huge congratulations from us! We love these guys and the music they create.
Mads from Efterklang contributed to their new album and you can watch Aaron Dessner from The National explain what Mads did here:
Yep thats right – our rather big side project SlaraffenKlang will play two concerts in Denmark in May. Last time in January was a treat. We had so much fun and we expect the fun to continue!
Slaraffenklang is 50% Slaraffenland and 50% Efterrklang – a total of 11 to 13 members. If you can then please join us for these two performances:
20.05 – Spot Festival, DK / festival info / as SLARAFFENKLANG
27.05 – Copenhagen, DK / Pumpehuset / as SLARAFFENKLANG / Tickets
Its spring and the air smells different and we are high on endorphins!
AND we have a new single and a new video.
I Was Playing Drums will be released on Monday April 19th via 4AD as a 7″ vinyl single. Me Me Me the Brick Housecan be found exclusively as the b-side.
The single and b-side will also be available digitally. In Scandinavia you can already get the single via iTunes and similar shops.
Simon Taffe (the man behind one of the best music festivals on this planet: End of The Road) did the new video for I Was Playing Drums together with Joseph Brett and Glenn Taunton. You can watch it below. We hope you like it! We do! and we hope to see you around. We are touring touring touring these days – check out the dates at efterklang.net/home/concerts
It’s been out of stock for years, but not anymore! The Leaf Label have made a new print! The 2nd print is totally identical to the original. No weird bonus tracks or new artwork. Just the album as it was made and meant to look and be.
All orders via www.Rumraket.com/shop will come with a free 7″ I Was Playing Drums Single! This one hasn’t even been released yet!! (more info on the new single here). The special offer ends Friday at Midnight!
PS. Efterklang will begin their European Tour on Monday in Oslo! Check it out!
We start our European tour in Olso on Monday April 5th and we would like to use this post to shine a light on some of the different bands that will be supporting us on this 31 concert long tour.
Lets start with one of our absolute favorite new Danish bands! They are called The Late Great Fitzcarraldos (http://myspace.com/thelategreatfitzcarraldos) and they will support our Danish tour (+ Gothenburg). They are incredible and we can´t wait to play live with them.
We have a list of wonderful names playing with us over the next 6 weeks on our European Tour. Our piano player Heather Woods Broderick (myspace.com/woodsmusical) has a superb solo album out and she will be supporting the majority of the concerts.
On some occasions, like the tour start in Oslo, our guitarist Frederik Teige will be the support act. Frederik recently finished his solo album and it is powerful and beautiful – do check him out here: myspace.com/frederikteige.
Another band we recently have fallen in love with is Esben and the Witch from Brighton, England (myspace.com/esbenandthewitch). They will support our concert in London on April 21st. We look forward to that!!
Finally we are happy to say that our good friends in Slaraffenland will be supporting four of our concerts in April. They are on their own European tour, but these four dates matched with our schedule and we look forward to play with them. It will be fun as always. Check them and their new album and tour out here: www.slaraffenland.net.
