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Efterklang
Efterklang is a band from Copenhagen, Denmark, consisting of four core members (Mads Brauer, Casper Clausen, Thomas Husmer & Rasmus Stolberg) who have played together since 2001. They are often joined by musicians like Peter Broderick, Frederik Teige, Heather Broderick and Niklas Antonson when they perform live and they also have a 5th member (Rune Mølgaard) who has been a part of Efterklang since the beginning, but who has taken a more secluded role in the past years.
The Springer EP was originally released in a limited edition of 500 handmade covers in white fake fur.
While printing the numbered Under Giant Trees EP Efterklang decided to store the first twenty copies as a collectors object. Unfortunately these were stolen. As a countermove 29 copies was stamped with a letter which were sold by auction at EBay and the profit was given to the environmental organization Nepenthes to protect the rain forest.
Efterklang are signed to the British Leaf Label. Besides Efterklang, they also run the record label Rumraket.
Efterklang signed with 4AD on the 2nd of September.
This does not mean that they are cutting all ties to their previous home, The Leaf Label.
Records:
Spri [Read more]
The Springer EP was originally released in a limited edition of 500 handmade covers in white fake fur.
While printing the numbered Under Giant Trees EP Efterklang decided to store the first twenty copies as a collectors object. Unfortunately these were stolen. As a countermove 29 copies was stamped with a letter which were sold by auction at EBay and the profit was given to the environmental organization Nepenthes to protect the rain forest.
Efterklang are signed to the British Leaf Label. Besides Efterklang, they also run the record label Rumraket.
Efterklang signed with 4AD on the 2nd of September.
This does not mean that they are cutting all ties to their previous home, The Leaf Label.
Records:
Spri [Read more]
Efterklang is a band from Copenhagen, Denmark, consisting of four core members (Mads Brauer, Casper Clausen, Thomas Husmer & Rasmus Stolberg) who have played together since 2001. They are often joined by musicians like Peter Broderick, Frederik Teige, Heather Broderick and Niklas Antonson when they perform live and they also have a 5th member (Rune Mølgaard) who has been a part of Efterklang since the beginning, but who has taken a more secluded role in the past years.
The Springer EP was originally released in a limited edition of 500 handmade covers in white fake fur.
While printing the numbered Under Giant Trees EP Efterklang decided to store the first twenty copies as a collectors object. Unfortunately these were stolen. As a countermove 29 copies was stamped with a letter which were sold by auction at EBay and the profit was given to the environmental organization Nepenthes to protect the rain forest.
Efterklang are signed to the British Leaf Label. Besides Efterklang, they also run the record label Rumraket.
Efterklang signed with 4AD on the 2nd of September.
This does not mean that they are cutting all ties to their previous home, The Leaf Label.
Records:
Springer EP 2003 Rumraket/2005 The Leaf Label
Tripper LP 2004 The Leaf Label
Under Giant Trees EP 2007 The Leaf Label
Parades LP 2007 The Leaf Label
Performing Parades LP&DVD The Leaf Label
Magic Chairs 2010
User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL.
The Springer EP was originally released in a limited edition of 500 handmade covers in white fake fur.
While printing the numbered Under Giant Trees EP Efterklang decided to store the first twenty copies as a collectors object. Unfortunately these were stolen. As a countermove 29 copies was stamped with a letter which were sold by auction at EBay and the profit was given to the environmental organization Nepenthes to protect the rain forest.
Efterklang are signed to the British Leaf Label. Besides Efterklang, they also run the record label Rumraket.
Efterklang signed with 4AD on the 2nd of September.
This does not mean that they are cutting all ties to their previous home, The Leaf Label.
Records:
Springer EP 2003 Rumraket/2005 The Leaf Label
Tripper LP 2004 The Leaf Label
Under Giant Trees EP 2007 The Leaf Label
Parades LP 2007 The Leaf Label
Performing Parades LP&DVD The Leaf Label
Magic Chairs 2010
User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL.
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Daniel Bjarnason
Daníel Bjarnason studied piano, composition and conducting in Reykjavík before going on to study orchestral conducting at the Freiburg University of Music in Germany where he graduated cum laude in 2007.
Daniel works equally as conductor and composer and has worked with many different artists including the London Sinfonietta, the Ulster Orchestra, the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, the Nieuw Ensemble, Musica Viatae and the Caput Ensemble. In 2003 he was one of the founders of the Isafold Chamber Orchestra and has since been its principal conductor and artistic director. He regularly conducts at the Icelandic Opera and with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra.
Daniel's compositions have been received with acclaim and his works have been performed worldwide. Daniel has won numerous awards and grants for his music-making including the Icelandic Music Awards 2007. He participated in the Operagenesis project for young composers at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden in 2007-2008. In 2008 Daniel was awarded 2nd prize and a special recommendation for his work for chamber orchestra: "All sounds to silence come" at the International Rostrum for Composers in Dublin. Daníel recently w [Read more]
Daniel works equally as conductor and composer and has worked with many different artists including the London Sinfonietta, the Ulster Orchestra, the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, the Nieuw Ensemble, Musica Viatae and the Caput Ensemble. In 2003 he was one of the founders of the Isafold Chamber Orchestra and has since been its principal conductor and artistic director. He regularly conducts at the Icelandic Opera and with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra.
Daniel's compositions have been received with acclaim and his works have been performed worldwide. Daniel has won numerous awards and grants for his music-making including the Icelandic Music Awards 2007. He participated in the Operagenesis project for young composers at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden in 2007-2008. In 2008 Daniel was awarded 2nd prize and a special recommendation for his work for chamber orchestra: "All sounds to silence come" at the International Rostrum for Composers in Dublin. Daníel recently w [Read more]
Daníel Bjarnason studied piano, composition and conducting in Reykjavík before going on to study orchestral conducting at the Freiburg University of Music in Germany where he graduated cum laude in 2007.
Daniel works equally as conductor and composer and has worked with many different artists including the London Sinfonietta, the Ulster Orchestra, the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, the Nieuw Ensemble, Musica Viatae and the Caput Ensemble. In 2003 he was one of the founders of the Isafold Chamber Orchestra and has since been its principal conductor and artistic director. He regularly conducts at the Icelandic Opera and with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra.
Daniel's compositions have been received with acclaim and his works have been performed worldwide. Daniel has won numerous awards and grants for his music-making including the Icelandic Music Awards 2007. He participated in the Operagenesis project for young composers at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden in 2007-2008. In 2008 Daniel was awarded 2nd prize and a special recommendation for his work for chamber orchestra: "All sounds to silence come" at the International Rostrum for Composers in Dublin. Daníel recently won the Icelandic Music Awards 2009 in 2 categories; as best composer and for best composition. Daníel was nominated for the Nordic Council's Music Prize in 2010.
Daniel's versatilty as an arranger and conductor has also brought him into contact with a broad array of musicians outside the classical field including Sigur Rós, múm, Ólöf Arnalds and Hjaltalín. He has also written music for film and theater.
Daniel is signed with record-label Bedroom Community and his debut album "Processions" was released worldwide in February 2010.
Two CD´s with Isafold Chamber Orchestra, with a range of 20th century compositions, among them his own work "All sounds to silence come" were released in 2006 and 2007.
User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL.
Daniel works equally as conductor and composer and has worked with many different artists including the London Sinfonietta, the Ulster Orchestra, the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, the Nieuw Ensemble, Musica Viatae and the Caput Ensemble. In 2003 he was one of the founders of the Isafold Chamber Orchestra and has since been its principal conductor and artistic director. He regularly conducts at the Icelandic Opera and with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra.
Daniel's compositions have been received with acclaim and his works have been performed worldwide. Daniel has won numerous awards and grants for his music-making including the Icelandic Music Awards 2007. He participated in the Operagenesis project for young composers at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden in 2007-2008. In 2008 Daniel was awarded 2nd prize and a special recommendation for his work for chamber orchestra: "All sounds to silence come" at the International Rostrum for Composers in Dublin. Daníel recently won the Icelandic Music Awards 2009 in 2 categories; as best composer and for best composition. Daníel was nominated for the Nordic Council's Music Prize in 2010.
Daniel's versatilty as an arranger and conductor has also brought him into contact with a broad array of musicians outside the classical field including Sigur Rós, múm, Ólöf Arnalds and Hjaltalín. He has also written music for film and theater.
Daniel is signed with record-label Bedroom Community and his debut album "Processions" was released worldwide in February 2010.
Two CD´s with Isafold Chamber Orchestra, with a range of 20th century compositions, among them his own work "All sounds to silence come" were released in 2006 and 2007.
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Sam Amidon
Sam Amidon (real name Samuel Tear) was born in Brattleboro, Vermont, on June 3, 1981. His parents are Peter Amidon and Mary Alice Amidon, both well established folk musicians.
Folk music runs freely throughout the New England heartland of Vermont, and the Amidon family are a strong lifeline in that movement's heritage. Both Sam's parents, Peter and Mary are performers and teachers of music. Growing up in this solid environment with strong family ties most certainly set the scene for Sam's musical trajectory. His little brother is the great Stefan Amidon, who is a drummer.
Learning fiddle at the age of three, and recording/performing since 1988, Sam has been involved musically with The Amidons (a band formed by his parents that is dedicated to traditional dance and music forms), Popcorn Behavior/Assembly, Doveman, Stars Like Fleas, Nico Muhly, Childsplay, Wild Asparagus, Siucra, Markus James, Seamus Egan, Billy Budd, Tall Firs, Elysian Fields and Eye Contact, to name quite a few.
Not only was Sam blessed by having talented musicians as parents, he also received tutelage and mentorship along the way from some very well respected artists, including fiddlers Mary Lea and Sue Sternb [Read more]
Folk music runs freely throughout the New England heartland of Vermont, and the Amidon family are a strong lifeline in that movement's heritage. Both Sam's parents, Peter and Mary are performers and teachers of music. Growing up in this solid environment with strong family ties most certainly set the scene for Sam's musical trajectory. His little brother is the great Stefan Amidon, who is a drummer.
Learning fiddle at the age of three, and recording/performing since 1988, Sam has been involved musically with The Amidons (a band formed by his parents that is dedicated to traditional dance and music forms), Popcorn Behavior/Assembly, Doveman, Stars Like Fleas, Nico Muhly, Childsplay, Wild Asparagus, Siucra, Markus James, Seamus Egan, Billy Budd, Tall Firs, Elysian Fields and Eye Contact, to name quite a few.
Not only was Sam blessed by having talented musicians as parents, he also received tutelage and mentorship along the way from some very well respected artists, including fiddlers Mary Lea and Sue Sternb [Read more]
Sam Amidon (real name Samuel Tear) was born in Brattleboro, Vermont, on June 3, 1981. His parents are Peter Amidon and Mary Alice Amidon, both well established folk musicians.
Folk music runs freely throughout the New England heartland of Vermont, and the Amidon family are a strong lifeline in that movement's heritage. Both Sam's parents, Peter and Mary are performers and teachers of music. Growing up in this solid environment with strong family ties most certainly set the scene for Sam's musical trajectory. His little brother is the great Stefan Amidon, who is a drummer.
Learning fiddle at the age of three, and recording/performing since 1988, Sam has been involved musically with The Amidons (a band formed by his parents that is dedicated to traditional dance and music forms), Popcorn Behavior/Assembly, Doveman, Stars Like Fleas, Nico Muhly, Childsplay, Wild Asparagus, Siucra, Markus James, Seamus Egan, Billy Budd, Tall Firs, Elysian Fields and Eye Contact, to name quite a few.
Not only was Sam blessed by having talented musicians as parents, he also received tutelage and mentorship along the way from some very well respected artists, including fiddlers Mary Lea and Sue Sternberg, free jazz legend and former Anthony Braxton sideman Leroy Jenkins, and downtown/jazz violinist Mark Feldman.
Sam's first album, Solo Fiddle, was released in 2001, and mainly comprises of a collection of his interpretations of traditional Irish fiddle pieces recorded with Assembly, a folk band that Sam formed when he was a teenager, and which also features his drummer brother Stefan.
Early in 2007, Sam returned with But The Chicken Proved False Hearted, a collaboration with Thomas Bartlett, published on Plug Research, which focused on songs cherry-picked from the vast repertoire of traditional American folk music.
In 2008, Sam released All Is Well on the acclaimed label Bedroom Community. All Is Well was produced by Valgeir Sigurðsson, with orchestral arrangements by Nico Muhly and contributions from Stefan Amidon, Ben Frost, Eyvind Kang, and Aaron Siegel. In 2009, Amidon debuted Muhly's reworked folk composition "The Only Tune" at Carnegie Hall, a composition also appearing on Muhly's 2009 Bedroom Community album Mothertongue. Amidon also released the 2009 LP Fiddle and Drum, featuring free improvisation with Siegel.
On Amidon's newest release, I See The Sign (2010), he works with old-time melodies and lyrics as a starting point for creating atmosphere. His long-time collaborator, Shahzad Ismaily - a multi-instrumentalist and composer who has worked with a diverse range of musicians including Laurie Anderson, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Jolie Holland, Rage Against the Machine, Lou Reed, and Tom Waits - proved foundational to the creation of I See The Sign. The album features three children's singing games popularized by Georgia Sea Islands songstress Bessie Jones, recomposed by Amidon to expose maturity and unease. Each of Amidon's albums has shone with the care and support offered by his collaborators, and never is this clearer than on the sweeping epic of I See The Sign.
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Sam Amidon albums are available through http://bedroomcommunity.net/releases/
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http://www.samamidon.com
User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL.
Folk music runs freely throughout the New England heartland of Vermont, and the Amidon family are a strong lifeline in that movement's heritage. Both Sam's parents, Peter and Mary are performers and teachers of music. Growing up in this solid environment with strong family ties most certainly set the scene for Sam's musical trajectory. His little brother is the great Stefan Amidon, who is a drummer.
Learning fiddle at the age of three, and recording/performing since 1988, Sam has been involved musically with The Amidons (a band formed by his parents that is dedicated to traditional dance and music forms), Popcorn Behavior/Assembly, Doveman, Stars Like Fleas, Nico Muhly, Childsplay, Wild Asparagus, Siucra, Markus James, Seamus Egan, Billy Budd, Tall Firs, Elysian Fields and Eye Contact, to name quite a few.
Not only was Sam blessed by having talented musicians as parents, he also received tutelage and mentorship along the way from some very well respected artists, including fiddlers Mary Lea and Sue Sternberg, free jazz legend and former Anthony Braxton sideman Leroy Jenkins, and downtown/jazz violinist Mark Feldman.
Sam's first album, Solo Fiddle, was released in 2001, and mainly comprises of a collection of his interpretations of traditional Irish fiddle pieces recorded with Assembly, a folk band that Sam formed when he was a teenager, and which also features his drummer brother Stefan.
Early in 2007, Sam returned with But The Chicken Proved False Hearted, a collaboration with Thomas Bartlett, published on Plug Research, which focused on songs cherry-picked from the vast repertoire of traditional American folk music.
In 2008, Sam released All Is Well on the acclaimed label Bedroom Community. All Is Well was produced by Valgeir Sigurðsson, with orchestral arrangements by Nico Muhly and contributions from Stefan Amidon, Ben Frost, Eyvind Kang, and Aaron Siegel. In 2009, Amidon debuted Muhly's reworked folk composition "The Only Tune" at Carnegie Hall, a composition also appearing on Muhly's 2009 Bedroom Community album Mothertongue. Amidon also released the 2009 LP Fiddle and Drum, featuring free improvisation with Siegel.
On Amidon's newest release, I See The Sign (2010), he works with old-time melodies and lyrics as a starting point for creating atmosphere. His long-time collaborator, Shahzad Ismaily - a multi-instrumentalist and composer who has worked with a diverse range of musicians including Laurie Anderson, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Jolie Holland, Rage Against the Machine, Lou Reed, and Tom Waits - proved foundational to the creation of I See The Sign. The album features three children's singing games popularized by Georgia Sea Islands songstress Bessie Jones, recomposed by Amidon to expose maturity and unease. Each of Amidon's albums has shone with the care and support offered by his collaborators, and never is this clearer than on the sweeping epic of I See The Sign.
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Sam Amidon albums are available through http://bedroomcommunity.net/releases/
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http://www.samamidon.com
User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL.
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