Efterklang & Britten Sinfonia + Jaga Jazzist

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Efterklang & Britten Sinfonia + Jaga Jazzist The Danish collective join Britten Sinfonia to perform their music from their stunning Parades album live - one of the most uplifting collaborations of recent years 28 October 2009 / 20:00 Hall
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Bio Efterklang is a band from Copenhagen, Denmark. They consist of five core members (Mads Brauer, Casper Clausen, Thomas Husmer, Rune Mølgaard & Rasmus Stolberg) who have played together since 2001. Performing live and during most recordings, they are joined by Niklas Antonson (trombone + more) and others such as Peter Broderick (violin + more), Frederik Teige (guitar + more), and Heather Woods Broderick (piano, flute and vocal) in the different variations of their live-band. Childhood friends Casper Clausen, Mads Brauer and Rasmus Stolberg grew up on the small Danish island of Als, close to the German border. Fuelled by youthful ambition, the trio moved to Copenhagen where they were joined by Rune Mølgaard and Thomas Husmer, forming Efterklang in December 2000. Early on, the band instituted a self-sufficient working method that they still apply to everything they do: writing, recording, producing and organising every element of their music and performance from their Copenhagen bunker. With the release of Tripper in 2004, Efterklang established themselves as a band apart. The record mixed multilayered vocals, electronic rhythms and string arrangements into a series of emotionally charged orchestral movements containing grand romantic flourishes. Tripper stands as the fastest selling debut album in The Leaf Label’s history, and Efterklang went on to become one of Denmark’s best loved groups (Under Giant Trees debuted at number one on their home country’s singles chart). Work on Parades began in late 2005 with a series of simple song sketches. The recording itself took 18 intense months and involved more than 30 guest musicians, including a string quartet, a brass quintet and three separate choirs. The band describes their writing and recording method as “one long process of sculpturing; adding, stretching or subtracting the pieces of each song, finding the right melodies to guide the different pieces and instrumentation of it all.” The album title refers to this approach; the notion being that each song is an assemblage of separate celebratory events, brought together as an accomplished whole. As the band describes it, “We like the idea that these songs are a huge parade moving past the listener – each section creating a new experience, an individual room of a house. Yet all the elements fit together, so you get a sense of the entire structure as the elements shift and coalesce.” Unlike previous recordings, the band relied less on digital techniques and went for a palatial sound by recording in large rooms. A boys’ choir and a church organ were recorded in a church, while other instruments were recorded in their studio bathroom and hallway; others in an echo chamber. Darren Allison (who worked on My Bloody Valentine’s Loveless, and Ladies and Gentlemen… by Spiritualized – records that surely need no introduction) mixed the album on analogue equipment with Efterklang’s Mads Brauer, distinguishing the minutiae of sound while keeping the bigger picture of each song firmly in focus. Parades features similarly lavish artwork to Under Giant Trees, by Danish artists Hvass&Hannibal and UFEX. The design carries through the musical idea of minuscule detail on an epic scale. Efterklang are signed to the British label The Leaf. Through the record label their music is distributed worldwide. Efterklang also runs a record label Rumraket. So far the roster includes: Amiina, Cacoy, Erik Levander, Grizzly Bear, Kama Aina, Slaraffenland, Taxi Taxi! Canon Blue and Our Broken Garden. Sons of Noel and Adrian (SONAA) was formed in 2007 by best friends, Jacob Richardson and Tom Cowan. After years of writing and performing together in the drunken brewery town of Burton-Upon-Trent both guitar players parted ways as Jacob left for art school in Cornwall and Tom set off to travel across Europe. The pair would re-unite years later on the south-eastern shores of the UK and the creative Mecca of Brighton. Sons of Noel & Adrian Having long shared a passion for rich, layered and intricate guitar music, the Sons’ deep musical exploration quickly developed into a unique and mesmerizing style, brooding on the dark fringes of folk, crossing genres and quickly setting them apart from their contemporaries. Violinist Mike Siddell, (formerly of Hope of the States and currently with indie rockers Lightspeed Champion ) was living in Jacob’s girlfriend’s garage at the time, and it wasn’t long before he joined the pair along with William Calderbank (Cellist and co founder) of The Miserable Rich . The heart of SONAA was born and the four set-off to Devon to record their debut album in a converted chicken shed in the Quantock Hills. As word spread and recordings were passed around town, an array of interested local musicians emerged and joined the fray, including members of the acclaimed Willkommen Collective; Nick Hemming (banjo + mandolin) and Helen Whitaker (flute) of The Leisure Society , Marcus Hamblett (double bass) of Kopek, Alistair Strachan (horns) of Hamilton Yarns, Rowan Coupland (clarinet), Jo White (accordion), Danny Green (percussion) of Laish Quartet and Catherine Cardin. Following a string of monumental live shows across the country in the summer including performances at End of The Road Festival (main stage), Moseley Folk Festival and showcases at The Big Chill , the Sons are now preparing to elevate their soulful and intimate live experience to higher plains as they gear up for their first ever UK & European headline tour AND the world-wide launch of their debut album on April! 20^th 2009. With support from the good folks at End of The Road Festival, the band already have eighteen dates lined up in the UK including an invitation from Ronnie Scott's in London. In addition SONAA were recently invited to join Mumford & Sons * as main support on the last week of their tour in February!