Originally hailing from Portland, Oregon, multi-instrumentist Peter Broderick currently resides in Copenhagen, where he moved to toward the end of last year after Efterklang inviting him to join the band for the tour that followed the release of Parades, their album of last year. Broderick has recently released a beautiful mini album on Swedish imprint Kning Disk entirely made of instrumental piano compositions, and his debut album, Float, is about to be released on Type. We caught up with him as he was about to embark on yet another leg of the Efterklang tour to talk about the multiple facets of his work, living in Europe, recording on a shoe string and endorsing a one-man band persona on stage. Continue Reading »
The Efterklang caravan stopped in London’s Bush Hall on Friday, as part of their two-week-long tour of the UK. Taking their Parades album, released a couple of months ago, on an extensive international tour, the Danish quintet and their troops couldn’t have chosen a more appropriate venue. Formerly known as the Carlton Dance Hall, Bush Hall, in the heart of West London’s Sheppard’s Bush, was built at the beginning of the twentieth Century by William F. Hurndall, a publisher, as a gift for one of his daughters. It has since been a soup kitchen during the Second World War, and was, in the fifties and sixties, turned into a bingo hall and amusement arcade, before being turned into a concert venue at the turn of the millennium. The highly ornate ceilings and walls have been preserved, and grand chandeliers offer a testament to the place’s former grandeur. Continue Reading »
Formed in Copenhagen, Denmark, at the end of 2000 by Mads Brauer (electronics), Casper Clausen (vocals, various instruments), Thomas Husner (drums, percussions and trumpet), Rune Mølgaard (piano) and Rasmus Stolberg (guitar and various instruments), Efterklang, which translates as reverberation, appeared on the international scene with debut album for Leaf, Tripper, in 2004, although they had previously released an EP the previous year on their own imprint, Rumraket. With Tripper, Efterklang painted intimate soundscapes from clicks, statics and environmental electronics upon which hung orchestral waves and occasional acoustic flourishes, with male and female vocals tightly intertwined with the instrumental parts and a Greenlandish choir adding a further emotional touch to the quintet’s ambitious boreal songs. Followed a digital-only EP, Swarming, in 2005 and a very limited one-sided LP in 2006. Earlier this year, the band returned with Under Giant Trees, a magnificent mini album recorded last year while on tour.
On Parades, Efterklang dress their ephemeral pop songs in much more precious and grand attires. Continue Reading »
A little over three years ago, a formation answering to the mysterious name of Efterklang and hailing from Denmark appeared with their debut album, Tripper, and rapidly gathered critical acclaim and respect. The re-release of the band’s debut EP, Springer, originally released in 2003, a year before the album, and a limited edition one-sided LP, confirmed the band as one of the most interesting acts to have come out of Denmark. Following the release of the superb Under Giant Trees EP earlier this year, Efterklang return with their second album, Parades, on which they have developed an entirely new approach, more focused on acoustic instrumentation. In this interview, Casper Clausen and Rasmus Stolberg talk about what influences them, how their new album came to life, running their own record label and playing live is like playing football.
Efterklang have announced details of part of the European leg of their imminent world tour in support of their second album, Parades, due out on 15 October.
Confirmed dates so far:
16/10: Paris, France
17/10: Le Havre, France
18/10: Rennes, France
21/10: Madrid (Festival De Otono), Spain
30/10: Malmø, Sweden
31/10: Oslo, Norway
1/11: Stockholm, Sweden
3/11: Gothenburg, Sweden
8/11: Albertslund, Denmark
9/11: Vejle, Denmark
10/11: Århus, Denmark
15/11: Copenhagen, Denmark
16/11: Odense, Denmark
17/11: Aalborg, Denmark
21/11: Bristol, England
22/11: Birmingham, England
23/11: London, England
24/11: Leeds, England
25/11: Nottingham, England
27/11: Glasgow, Scotland
28/11: Dublin, Ireland
29/11: Belfast, North Ireland
30/11: Manchester, England
1/12: Brighton, England
2/12: Bruxelles, Belgium
3/12: Amsterdam, Holland
Danish band Efterklang will be releasing the follow up to their 2004 debut Tripper with a second album, Parades, due out on 15 October on Leaf. The album follows the magnificent mini album Under Giant Trees released earlier this year. While Under Giant Trees was conceived while the band was touring, Parades is the fruit of eighteen months of recording and involved more than thirty guest musicians, including a string quartet, a brass quintet and three separate choirs.
The band have this video teaser which uses one of the tracks of the album, Horseback Tenors. The video is directed by Conkerco.
You can view a high resolution 8mb Quicktime version here.
Efterklang, augmented with three additional members, will be undertaking a world tour this autumn which is due to continue at least until summer 2008.
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Copenhagen-based outfit Efterklang caused something of a stir as they deployed their elegant pastoral pop songs over the course of Tripper, their debut album, released in the autumn of 2004 on Leaf. In just under an hour, the quintet, formed of Mads Brauer (electronics), Rune Mølgaard (piano), Thomas Husmer (drums) and multi instrumentists Rasmus Solberg and Casper Clausen, the latter also assuming vocal duties, hung up beautiful crafted songs set in scintillating backdrops of pianos, strings and found sounds. The album followed a previous EP, Springer, originally published on the band’s own Rumraket imprint in 2003 before Leaf released it early again in 2005. Efterklang have since released a very limited one-sided vinyl EP at the end of 2006. Continue Reading »
Efterklang have announced details of part of the European leg of their imminent world tour in support of their second album, Parades, due out on 15 October.
