Efterklang News and Announcements

An Island on DVD and ‘Pay What You Want’ Download

May 23, 2011

A lot of you has asked us when An Island our collaborative film with Vincent Moon would be released on DVD and/or digitally. The answer is now! Via the website for the film you can now either pay what your want for the Download package or you can pre-order the deluxe DVD package (incl. the Download Package). THE DVD PACKAGE with BONUS LIVE EP + DOWNLOAD PACKAGE: Via www.anisland.cc It is now possible… (read more)

Sharlene vs Efterklang, An Island and Copenhagen

May 13, 2011

Sharlene Chiu (of MTV Canada fame) recently came to Copenhagen to do a portrait of the city in her Sharlene vs. series. This short video shows you the bit where she visits Efterklang (represented by Thomas and Rasmus). Rasmus shows Sharlene around his (and Nan Na Hvass’s) apartment and they talk about An Island their recent film collaboration with Vincent Moon. (read more)

Premiere this Thursday (tomorrow) in Berlin

May 10, 2011

We’re very happy to announce that we’ll premiere a brand new small film/story/music project called The Figment Notebook, made in collaboration with our long time friend and film maker Karim Ghahwagi. The Figment Notebook is made for, and part of the program Audible Approaches for a better place, including a lot of great artists, and will premiere in Berlin at HKW (Das Haus der Kulturen der Welt)… (read more)

Casper and father on regional Danish TV2 Syd

April 27, 2011

This clip is in Danish only unfortunately, but it is sweet! It is about An Island (the film by Vincent Moon & Efterklang) and the scene where we perform Alike with our parents. Enjoy: (read more)

American Poverty

April 24, 2011

Please watch this video about the American Poverty project and visit their website afterwards americanpoverty.org We provided the soundtrack (Modern Drift). (read more)

Last day with Private-Public Screenings, Today!

March 31, 2011

In January 2011, when we introduced the Private-Public Screening idea, as part of the AN ISLAND film release, we had no idea, what to expect. Over all we were hoping for around 200 Private-Public Screenings, during February & March, the period that we’d put aside for this experiment. Now here we are on March 31st, the final day of the Private-Public Screenings project, with more than sixty screenings… (read more)

1000+ Private-Public Screenings of An Island!

March 16, 2011

It seems like An Island has taken on a life on its own. We are simply baffled by the reception and feedback on the film. There is a lot of things to be happy about but the Private-Public Screenings project is our favorite part. Today the counter for approved and confirmed Private-Public Screenings of An Island says 1080! This is far beyond our wildest expectations. A lot of the hosts send in group… (read more)

WOW- European Album of the Year! – THANK YOU!

February 28, 2011

We are honored to receive the IMPALA award for European Independent Album of The Year! Magic Chairs came out a year ago now and currently we are on our last tour with these songs. It is a really good tour so far, we just feel really happy about everything. The record we have made, the many concerts we’ve played, the Efterkids project and of course An Island – the film we have made with Vincent… (read more)

European Tour Right Now!

February 26, 2011

Last week we had a blast with our new project Efterklang+Daniel Bjarnason & Their Messing Orchestra at the Cross Linx Festival in Holland. This week we started our tour with the 7-piece live band. So far we have played in Cardiff, Sheffield, Glasgow and Manchester. All four shows have been incredible – thank you all!! This weekend we end the UK part of the tour in Newcastle and London and then we… (read more)

THIS WEEK ONLY: Efterklang+Daniel Bjarnason & Their Messing Orchestra

February 14, 2011

We are starting rehearsals today with the full band and we are über excited! This might be the best band line-up for an Efterklang concert ever!!! It is the usual 7-piece Efterklang live band with Daniel James (of Canon Blue) on guitar, Heather Broderick on piano and Peter Broderick on vibes and steel drum. And then we have the brilliant Icelandic composer Daniel Bjarnason on Rhodes and then you… (read more)

AN ISLAND PREMIERES!

February 1, 2011

Following yesterdays World Premiere of Vincent Moon and Efterklang’s film An Island in Latvia the Private-Public Screenings will now take place over the next two months. More than 400 people have already signed up to host their own screenings. This is truly incredible! Thank you! You can read much more about this at www.anisland.cc - and this is the direct link to the screening calendar. Here is… (read more)

World Premiere of AN ISLAND tonight in Latvia!

January 31, 2011

Vincent Moon’s film An Island featuring yours truly will see its world premiere tonight in Cesis, Latvia of all places! This was decided by Vincent Moon and Efterklang via a contest at wired.com Tomorrow starts the Official and the Private-Public Screenings of An Island. There are already more than 400 confirmed screenings of the film! Please visit www.anisland.cc/home/news for more info The World… (read more)

200+ Private-Public Screenings of AN ISLAND!

January 21, 2011

There are now more than 200 confirmed Private-Public Screenings of our film An Island! This makes us very happy! And we know it makes director Vincent Moon very happy too! Thanks to all who are hosting a screening and also to everyone who will be attending all these screenings. With so many screenings we have already exceeded our hopes and ambitions for this screening method and this even before the… (read more)

Introducing Private-Public Screenings of An Island!

January 12, 2011

We have exciting news about AN ISLAND - the film by Vincent Moon & Efterklang. Allow us to introduce Private-Public Screenings - You are hereby invited to screen An Island in your home! Since we started sharing the news about An Island it’s been said that it will premiere in February and when we announced that An Island will support Efterklang on our upcoming European tour starting February 17th… (read more)

Sao Paulo, Brazil – here we come!

January 10, 2011

In less than three weeks we will play our two first concerts in Brazil ever! Actually our first concerts in South America ever. Lets hope it will be the first visit of many more in the future. The flights are booked and right now we are just waiting for our VISAs to go in order. Hopefully they will soon and if you live in Sao Paulo or near we hope to see you at the two concerts! 28.01 / Sao Paulo,… (read more)

Happy New Year! Free Remix and New Video!

December 31, 2010

We hope you had a fantastic 2010 and we hope your 2011 will be even better! To celebrate the new year we are hereby giving you a new free remix of Raincoats made by Kasper Winding and also a video featuring the (almost) original version of Raincoats and footage from the Danish web series Robin Färdig by Danish director Daniel Kragh-Jacobsen. Listen to Raincoats (Kasper Winding Remix) Download Raincoats… (read more)

Looking back – appetizer

December 14, 2010

The year is coming to an end so as usual we all look back and try to remember all the great things that happened. Especially music medias like to indulge in this kind of thing and right now they are all doing their year end lists – and we are of course happy see our Magic Chairs album pop up in a good bunch of these lists. Our label 4AD also look back and today their Year in Review post is about… (read more)

AN ISLAND – 2nd TEASER & 23 SCREENINGS

December 7, 2010

Today we can reveal the 2nd teaser for AN ISLAND, the film we are working on with French director Vincent Moon. The film will have the same length as an album and in it you can see us in several musical experiments and collaborations with more than 200 kids, parents and local musicians on a very special island in the Danish country side. Today we can also announce the first 23 official screenings… (read more)

Final Concerts in Copenhagen and Brussels!

November 26, 2010

We have just announced two more dates for our final Magic Chairs Tour in February and March. March 1st we will play in Brussels at Botanique and then we will end the tour with a big homecoming concert in Copenhagen on March 18th at Amager Bio. Our last Magic Chairs Tour holds 27 concerts and once it is over we will take a long break from touring. In fact we plan not to play a single concert before… (read more)

Thanks to the Belgium Efterkids!

November 25, 2010

Dear Emma, Carlista, Liselotte, Esther, Cato & Mira You were so good! We will never forget the concert we played with you yesterday! Keep playing music and being so cool and happy! And thanks to your teacher Yumika as well! PLEASE WATCH THIS TV REPORT BY TV BRUSSELS! Magnifique!!! http://tvbrussel.be/video/13/brusselse-efterkids-deense-sferen best wishes Thomas, Mads, Casper, Frederik, Heather, Niklas… (read more)

Efterkids found in Belgium!

November 22, 2010

This week we play three concerts in Belgium (and one in Istanbul) and for the concert in Brussels we are happy to announce that we will be joined by 6 local Efterkids! Efterkids is our attempt to raise awareness for the need for free music education in schools. It also works as a project that makes it possible for us to collaborate with kids across the globe in real life on stages but also online… (read more)

Vincent Moon & Efterklang presents: AN ISLAND

November 9, 2010

Three months ago in August we met up with our friend and French filmmaker Vincent Moon on an island in the Danish country side. The objective was to shoot a film. A film with the same length as an album and a film full of performances, experiments and collaborations. We were there with our 8-piece live band featuring Niklas Antonson (Slaraffenland), Heather Broderick, Peter Broderick and Frederik… (read more)

CHORDS – recap video!

November 3, 2010

Tomorrow we start a new tour in Europe and to kick this off and same time honor the previous tour in North America a month back we want to share this video with you. It is sort of a “best of” or a summary of our CHORDS project. When we toured North America in September and October 2010 we filmed a CHORD everyday and posted it to our photo blog on Flickr. The video we want you to watch now today… (read more)

Frederik Teige – new single and video

November 1, 2010

Frederik Teige our live guitarist has just released a new single and beautiful video! The song is called Elevate and it features many sweet guest musicians including Thomas from Efterklang and Niklas from Slaraffenland/Efterklang. ENJOY! The song can be downloaded and purchased via 5&1/4 Records and here is the video – really beautiful (read more)

Final Magic Chairs Tour Announced!

October 27, 2010

As you might know we will be on the road in November in Denmark, Liverpool, Belgium, Istanbul, Spain, Lisbon, Russia & Uppsala. But we also just announced a full European tour in February and March 2011. This will be the absolute last chance to see Efterklang perform live for a considerable amount of time. After this tour we will take a break and when we get back together we will begin the work for… (read more)

Sleep Party People to support our Danish tour!

October 19, 2010

We are happy to confirm that one of our favorite new bands from Denmark will play support on Efterklang’s 6 upcoming Danish concerts in November 04.11 – Århus, DK / Voxhall / Tickets / supp: Sleep Party People 05.11 – Fredericia, DK / Ungdommens Hus / Tickets / supp: Sleep Party People 06.11 – Kolding, DK / Godset / Tickets / supp: Sleep Party People 11.11 – Herning, DK / Fermaten / Tickets… (read more)

Efterkids update

October 18, 2010

www.EFTERKIDS.com has been online for a week now and we already got a lot of nice coverage (like: DrownedinSound, Filter, Pitchfork). Thanks to all you guys who have spend time watching the videos and shared the info. We don’t have an recent update on how much have been donated (as this is managed by 4AD in NYC) but we are expecting that we are close to the first goal which is a new computer and… (read more)

Efterkids, watch, donate & support Music Education

October 11, 2010

It´s an honour for us to introduce our new project EFTERKIDS! This weekend www.efterkids.com launched and same time our open invitation for talented kids around the world to join Efterkids. Efterkids is an attempt to raise awareness of the need for music education in public schools and same time collaborate with talented kids across the globe. We are also hoping to raise some money for the cause… (read more)

4 Very Special Efterklang Concerts in The Netherlands!

October 8, 2010

We are very excited to share these news. In February we will take part of the annual Cross-Linx Festival in The Netherlands together with The National and Owen Pallett. The festival takes place in concert halls in 4 different cities (Utrect, Eindhoven, Groningen & Rotterdam) and one of their objectives is to let the alternative rock scene cross with the classical scene. Therefore we have been invited… (read more)

Philadelphia Chord Today

September 30, 2010

Hello people of Philadelphia, come join in on today’s Chord. We meet outside Johnny Brenda’s 4.45PM, 1201 Frankford Ave. Bring an instrument or/and your voice + friends! See you soon… X More about the Chords project here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/efterklang-recordings/sets/72157624788047735/ and here: http://efterklang.net/home/2010/09/14/chords-across-america/ (read more)

Xerox Ros & Eftercopy?

September 28, 2010

Sigur Rós just posted a very interesting post on their blog. Interesting in the way that you get offended on their behalf and also interesting because it describes a hot topic and widespread standard in the TV ad business today. Have you ever watched a TV ad and thought that the music reminded you of a song you know by a band you like? Quite often bands willingly let TV ads feature their music in… (read more)

Thank you Northwest!

September 19, 2010

Here is a massive thanks to all the people that came out for our shows in Vancouver BC, Seattle, WA and Portland, OR. We love this corner of this huge continent. L.O.V.E – MJ style! We look forward to some good shows in California now. (read more)

Chords Across America

September 14, 2010

If you follow us on Twitter, Facebook or Flickr you might have noticed that we currently are uploading a short video clip each day. For each city we visit on this current North American Tour we plan to video record a chord. We are sort of inventing the rules on the go and look forward to see how the collection of chords will look once we finish! You are welcome to send us your own chord btw. Just… (read more)

North American Tour Starts Today! FREE REMIX

September 7, 2010

Today September 7th we start our 4th North American Tour in Montreal, Canada. We really look forward to this tour. 21 concerts await before it all ends in New York in a month on October 2nd. New American band Buke And Gass will support us on the entire tour and we look forward to get to know them – we already love their music! We will be touring as a 7-piece. It will be the four of us and then Heather… (read more)

More info on the Raincoats Single

August 26, 2010

artwork by Hvass&Hannibal – click cover to buy single on iTunes Here is some more info on our new Raincoats single. It was released as a digital single Monday this week (23rd August 2010) on 4AD and our own Rumraket label. This is the tracklist: 01: Raincoats (single edit) 02: Harmonics (covered by Peter Broderick & Nils Frahm) Raincoats is the third single taken from our Magic Chairs album. The… (read more)

Three New Releases Today!

August 23, 2010

Greetings! This will be short post followed by a longer once we get back to Denmark. We are in Wales right now. Today August 23rd we release our new single Raincoats from our Magic Chairs album. It is out digitally bundled with a sweet cover of Harmonics made by Peter Broderick and Nils Frahm. GET IT ON iTUNES Today we also release new deluxe reissue versions of our albums Tripper and Parades including… (read more)

Danish Tour in November!

August 13, 2010

This week it was announced that we will play six concerts in Denmark in November. We will perform as a 7 piece and look forward to this little tour. We won´t play any shows in our hometown Copenhagen this fall, but Albertslund is just a short train ride away so maybe we will see some of our Copenhagen friends there? November will also take us to Belgium and some places south! We can announce those… (read more)

Modern Drift Summer Phone Video from Andreas

July 29, 2010

Remember the Summer Video Postcard we did with Oh No Ono? If you can watch it at our Youtube channel. Andreas Munksgaard filmed and edited that postcard and now he just did another nice video, this time using Modern Drift as the soundtrack. It is all done on one 90 minutes long ferry ride. Filmed on his phone! It works surprisingly well. Enjoy Efterklang – Modern Drift (read more)

North American Tour Sep 07 to Oct 02 – we are back!

July 7, 2010

We are very happy to announce our 4th North American Tour. In exactly two months it starts in Montreal and we can´t wait to come back. The new fresh and great band Buke And Gass will support us on the entire tour, we look forward to that. The best news of the best is that Peter Broderick will join the Efterklang live band again on this tour. He´s been away from the band since February due to his… (read more)

Thanks – Performing Parades, Holland Festival

June 23, 2010

Just quickly wanted to say thanks to Holland Festival for inviting us to their incredible festival. We got to do a Performing Parades concert with Metropole Orkest conducted by Vince Mendoza and we had such a good time. Thanks again to all involved! After that trip we can now forgive Holland for beating Denmark 2:0 in the World Cup! You can find photos here: flickr.com/photos/dennisstempher You can… (read more)

Efterklang & Oh No Ono remix swap and SUMMER greeting VIDEO!

June 10, 2010

More free remixes to offer! And this time also a nice video to celebrate summer and this new remix swap. Oh No Ono is a superb band and we were happy not only to do a remix swap but also to jump in the cold Danish water with them! The remix they have made for Modern Drift was done in their tour bus in one day on a drive from Cologne to Paris! We copied that idea, but it took us many many kilometers… (read more)

Efterkang & Turboweekend remix swap!

June 4, 2010

Efter Weekend maybe? In our recent newsletter we promised you that we would air a lot of new remixes soon. Today is first day of soon! Efterklang & Turboweekend are two very different bands, but we also have a lot of things in common. We both hail from Copenhagen, we both work closely with Hvass&Hannibal and Morten and Rasmus are even squash buddies! Recently we have been working on a remix swap with… (read more)

OUR SUMMER PLANS - 23 new concerts!

June 2, 2010

First of all thanks to everyone who came out to this year’s concerts so far. We had two really good tours around North America and Europe and just now we are taking a short break before our summer tour starts on June 19th. The upcoming summer tour holds 23 new Efterklang concerts and we look forward to all of them, but some of them makes us really excited! For example the two Performing Parades… (read more)

New and Free SlaraffenKLANG EP!

May 28, 2010

Yesterday SlaraffenKLANG played live in Copenhagen and our secret guests for the show were no other than the famous Safri Duo. Great guys and incredible percussionists! We had a lot of fun!! There are no other SlaraffenKLANG shows planned for now, but instead we have a FREE live EP for you guys! Over at Rumraket.com you can now download SlaraffenKLANGs new live EP entitled Prinser & Vikinger live… (read more)

Two Performing Parades Concerts this Summer!

May 19, 2010

Our Performing Parades project 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… (read more)

Congratulations to The National - watch Aaron explain what Mads did on the album

May 11, 2010

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: (read more)

Slaraffenklang returns for two concerts in Denmark!

May 4, 2010

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… (read more)

we won´t cancel any concerts due to the volcano ashes

April 19, 2010

Now you know! Look forward to this European tour! Brighton tomorrow! xo Efterklang (read more)

New VIDEO - New SINGLE - New AIR!

April 15, 2010

the single artwork made by Hvass&Hannibal 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 House can be found exclusively as the b-side. The single and b-side will also be available digitally. In Scandinavia you can already get… (read more)

EUROPEAN TOUR - NOW and the next 6 weeks!

April 7, 2010

We started in Oslo two days ago. Tonight we are in Helsinki and in about 6 weeks we will have been in 33 cities in 17 countries. We hope to see you somewhere along the way! OUR EUROPEAN MAGIC CHAIRS TOUR!: April 05.04 - Oslo, NO / Garage / support: Frederik Teige / Tickets 07.04 - Helsinki, FI / Korjaamo / support: Heather Broderick / Tickets 08.04 - Tallinn, Estonia / Von Krahl Theatre / support:… (read more)

Slaraffenklang photos!

April 2, 2010

Niklas from Slaraffenland (the other band part of our SlaraffenKLANG mutant band) just finished our new press photos. I love them!!! Have a look - if you want to know more about SlaraffenKLANG then go here - you can download a free EP there as well. Rasmus (read more)

The return of TRIPPER on VINYL! with free 7″ single”

March 30, 2010

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. You can buy it from The Leaf Label directly Or from Efterklang directly via our Rumraket Shop. All orders via www.Rumraket.com/shop will come with a free 7″ I Was… (read more)

Upcoming Danish Tour (+ support)

March 27, 2010

Hello sweet fellow Danes Meget snart tager vi en tur rundt i landet, og med os tager vi et helt fantastisk nyt band som hedder The Late Great Fitzcarraldos (http://myspace.com/thelategreatfitzcarraldos) som består af medlemmer fra Moi Caprice, I got you on Tape & Maborosis. Læs mere her Vi glæder os helt vildt, håber at se dig!!! 14.04 - Århus, DK / Voxhall / w. The Late Great Fitzcarraldos /… (read more)

SXSW (Austin) - Change of plans!!!

March 20, 2010

Today (Saturday, March 20th) our program is changing slightly: the Sup Magazine Party is cancelled due to the bad weather… But but but INSTEAD we’re playing at the 4AD fest (609 Davis st.) 6pm Come come come!!! X (read more)

SXSW here we come! here is our schedule!

March 17, 2010

Right now we are driving through Arizona on our way to Austin for this years South By SouthWest Festival! We are excited and look forward to three days of raving madness and an overflow of music. We have copied in our schedule below and some flyers. We are playing 4 concerts this year and we are also DJ-ing! THURSDAY: official showcase: 4AD & Bella Union showcase @ Buffalo Billiards (201 East 6th… (read more)

The Soft Beating - A Road Doc

March 10, 2010

Last year March 2009 Efterklang toured the US road testing songs for our Magic Chairs album. Our good friend and Danish music journalist Ralf Christensen followed us around the last week of the tour and managed to capture us performing our song The Soft Beating in a about a 100 different ways. You can see his wonderful edit of all these performances in this new video. As Im sure you know already we… (read more)

an Epic Drive from Chicago to Seattle

March 9, 2010

Its more than 3300 Kilometers! You can follow our live tweets from this grand drive at https://twitter.com/efterklang Greetings from America!!!!!!!! (read more)

North American Tour NOW! and ups and downs!

March 1, 2010

This Tuesday (March 2nd) we start our North American Tour in Philadelphia. We are super excited about this, but we got a rough start to this new adventure. First off, Balmorhea (our support band for the North American tour) had to cancel all their concerts due to a family emergency. On top of that our dear Peter Broderick (who plays violin and much more in our live band) also had to cancel this tour,… (read more)

Watch our 4AD Session from Store VEGA!

February 26, 2010

We are very happy about this session. We filmed in VEGA our favorite venue in our favorite hometown Copenhagen. We recorded 4 songs live on the floor of Store VEGA (their biggest concert hall). We formed a circle and it was a special feeling playing in the nice room just for ourselves. We play in this same room April 17th, when our Magic Chairs tour swings by Copenhagen. CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE FULL… (read more)

Efterklang on Danish Television tonight! two times!

February 25, 2010

Tonight Danish time at 21:50 Danish Radio (yes they also do television) will broadcast our concert film Performing Parades on the new digital station DR K. A little later on DR 2 at 23:00 our new album Magic Chairs will be reviewed in Smagsdommerne. The program will feature an interview with me (Rasmus) in my living room, trying to explain what Efterklang and all our records is about in less than… (read more)

Cheers to Magic Chairs (and bonus smileys)

February 23, 2010

Nan Na from Hvass&Hannibal just did these personal smileys for us Casper ⌠ : — { ) Mads ( 8– { ) Thomas ( :–[ )] Rasmus ∫ :–o- { ) hehe - they actually look very much like us. Today Magic Chairs is out in EUROPE and now ALSO North America! (don´t miss the release event in NYC tonight - more info in the post below) We would like to thank all the sweet people who helped us record the album.… (read more)

EFTERKIDS - Magic Chairs special release event in New York on Tuesday

February 18, 2010

Efterklang + gifted students from PS.859 = Efterkids! Feb 23rd in NYC We are so super excited about this project. On Tuesday we will perform two of our songs together with kids from the Special Music School on strings in a very special way - If you want to go this special event you can! Just send an email to rsvpnyc@4ad.com FROM 4AD in New York We are very pleased to announce a VERY exciting record… (read more)

Magic Chairs - RELEASE party (and festivals)

February 17, 2010

Thursday this week (thats tomorrow already) we are celebrating the release of our new album. Everyone is welcome and there will be great live music. Entrance is free and we start at 20:00 and end at 01:00 Frederik Teige, Heather Broderick + Peter Broderick and Slaraffenland are all performing live. Come join us. It is at Global in Copenhagen N - more info and at globalcph.dk xox EFTERKLANG PS: We… (read more)

Stream our new album in full! and a bonus support act for London gig!

February 16, 2010

Lots of news these days and a little hard to keep up, but here are a few simple and good ones! This week you can listen to our new album in full at our profiles at Myspace.com/efterklang & Soundvenue.com/artist/efterklang. Magic Chairs arrives in stores on Monday already! Exciting days! Pre-order (CD/LP): Rumraket.com - Rough Trade (UK) - Insound (US) ESBEN AND THE WITCH to join us in LONDON April… (read more)

Roskilde Festival, check! - Sleeve of the month, check!

February 10, 2010

We are so excited to visit Roskilde Festival again. It will be our third time this year and no doubt another highlight. Another highlight is to be working with Hvass&Hannibal - we love them. UK Magazine Creative Review just named Magic Chairs record sleeve of the month. (read more)

FULL SPRING TOUR ANNOUNCED & You can now listen to 3 tracks from Magic Chairs!!!!!

February 8, 2010

All dates are now fully announced (except for May 7th) and we are so excited about going on tour again! We hope to see you at one of our concerts. The support slots are also almost fixed now. Balmorhea will support the US tour and Heather Woods Broderick most of the European tour with some assistance from Slaraffenland and Frederik Teige (our guitarist). We should also let you know that you are now… (read more)

New Video and SCANDINAVIAN TOUR!

January 26, 2010

As promised - we have good news for you! We have just announced our Scandinavian Tour dates and we have a new video to show you! The video is for Modern Drift and it is made by our good friend Kristian Leth (www.speedofsound.dk). It is based on Dyrehaven, den Romantiske Skov, a film from 1970 by artists Per Kirkeby and Jørgen Leth (Kristian’s father). The film geek will know that our album title… (read more)

can we get Track of the Week on BBC’s Radio2?

January 22, 2010

The competition is tough, but you can help us by voting on Modern Drift here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/the-radcliffe-and-maconie-show/pick-and-mix/ and early next week we will lots of exciting Efterklang news for you. Its a promise! Rasmus / Efterklang (read more)

3 Festival Announcements!

January 15, 2010

We are very happy to inform you about three festivals, that we just added to our concert calendar. First one is SXSW Festival in Austin. We will end our already announced US Tour at this crazy event playing a few shows. Next one is Friction Festival in Berlin. We will play there on the 8th of May. The third announcement is Haldern Pop Festival on August 14th. More dates to be announced soon. 18.03… (read more)

Performing Parades wins Music DVD of the YEAR prize! - UPDATED

January 6, 2010

Jan. 8th update! You can now watch the concert film on Danish Radios PIRAT TV station. Gaffa is Denmarks biggest music magazine (print & online) and according to the readers of Gaffa, Performing Parades by Efterklang & The Danish National Chamber Orchestra is the best Danish Music DVD to come out in 2009. Thank you! Other news today - The SLARAFFENKLANG concert in Copenhagen is now sold-out. There… (read more)

Happy New Year Video Postcard! with 4 audio snippets!

January 1, 2010

Hope you’re all enjoying yourself with family, champagne, coffee, friends, painkillers or whoever or whatever is around you today. Our tiny band have completely split up, for the cause of holiday, being literally spread all over the world. Thomas in Thailand, Rasmus in Istanbul, Casper in Toronto and Mads taking care of business in Copenhagen. Guess we needed a little break from each other or just… (read more)

New Design!

December 28, 2009

A new year will soon arrive and in this new year a new Efterklang album will arrive. To embrace these nice and future events Efterklang.net has just been giving a new design by Hvass&Hannibal. We hope you like the new design and will like 2010 and our forthcoming album! - Efterklang (read more)

MAGIC CHAIRS TOUR! - USA, UK, France and Barca!

December 15, 2009

Hello Sweet Friends!!!! February 22nd (23rd in the US) 2010 we release our third album Magic Chairs and we can´t wait!!! (free download and album details can be found here) But lets talk about concerts now! We can announce 24 new concerts today!! We will go on tour with our new 7-piece live band consisting of yours truly (Mads, Casper, Thomas and Rasmus) and then with the addition of Heather W. Broderick,… (read more)

Slaraffenklang returns for 2 Danish concerts

December 8, 2009

About a year ago we played a concert together with our good friends in Slaraffenland. We morphed our bands together, called it Slaraffenklang and played each other songs in new versions as a 12 piece rock band. You can still download a free live EP, recorded at that concert, over at rumraket.com/shop/freedownloads.html Now the mutant band returns! Slaraffenklang will come back to do two concerts and… (read more)

Performing Parades Tour - it ends in Lucerne tonight!

December 5, 2009

it started 5,5 weeks ago in London with the Performing Parades concert with Britten Sinfonia and then we continued as a 7 piece and tonight we are playing concert number 30 of the tour and then it is over! Tonight is also the last concert for Katrine who has substituted for Heather on this tour. We will get to play with her again sooner than later but we will miss her, she has been so nice to have… (read more)

Magic Chairs - our new album! - listen to new song!

November 19, 2009

Today we can announce the release date, tracklist, artwork and title of our new album! We are also happy to tell you that you can download the opening song for free right now! February 22nd 2010 we will release our third full length album and we are exited! We’re calling this new baby for Magic Chairs and we are curious to find out how you will like it as it definitely introduces a new Efterklang… (read more)

German Tour - Starts This Week in Berlin

November 16, 2009

Lieben Deutschen Were coming your way this week, and were very excited. Its always been a pleasure playing in your country! This time around, theres a nice blend of good oldies, and exotic newbies on the map. On Wednesday (18/11) were starting out in Berlin. After that well be heading towards Austria, Turkey, Switzerland & Italy. See the full plan below. Hope to see you and your friends! Much… (read more)

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November 16, 2009

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Watch the Recreating Parades documentary online now

November 11, 2009

Soundvenue.com is hosting the documentary on their site for a week. Recreating Parades takes you behind the scene of the Performing Parades Concert we did last year with The Danish National Chamber Orchestra. The documentary can also be found on our newest release Performing Parades and it is made by Ralf Christensen and Anders BÃ¸tter. WATCH THE DOCUMENTARY HERE (please note this version is without… (read more)

This week the danish leg of our European tour kicks off!

November 9, 2009

Starting Wednesday we will play 4 concerts in Denmark this week. The shows are part of the CPH:DOX film festival and all the concerts will start with a screening of the new Performing Parades film by Benjamin Hesselholdt. We will follow the screening with a live show consisting mostly of new songs! Hope to see you there! Or somewhere else in Europe in the near future. The dates are the following:… (read more)

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