Efterklang

Key tracks:

Caravan
Mirador
Swarming

Label: The Leaf Label

Read Description:

Revered Danish pop-experimentalists parade into Wonderland.

Denmark's Efterklang, the strange beautiful and unique creation of four childhood friends have become globally revered musicians and performers garnering rave reviews for their uplifting epic symphonies.

2010 brought a change of label for the band, and to celebrate their time at the Leaf Label, they have put out two double CD re-releases – “Tripper/Springer”, and “Parades/Under Giant Trees”. These albums, twinned with accompanying EPs, are true works of art. Efterklang’s trademark artwork is as stunning as ever, and the band themselves have written the retrospective sleevenotes.

Across all of these incredible releases there is a compelling mixture of electronic and acoustic instruments and a vast variation in emotion and atmosphere. Twinkling glockenspiels are used subtly, accompanied by some wonderfully evocative vocals and piano. In Parades, textures become more epic and lush, utilizing bigger orchestral arrangements and an almost classical sensibility at times.

Key Tracks: "Mirador" is cut from a different cloth, spun from raw ingredients, carefully stitched and lovingly embroidered with fine detail like a rich tapestry. "Caravan" sounds like it was created for one of compatriot Hans Christian Anderson's fairy tales, overwhelming and occasionally unnerving, calm is restored by the end. “Swarming” displays the delicacy in the band’s use of electronics, inspiring otherworldliness and intrigue.

Releases we represent:

Under Giant Trees | Album | The Leaf Label | 2007
Swarming | Album | The Leaf Label | 2004, 2005
Springer | Album | 2003
Tripper | Album | The Leaf Label | 2004
Parades | Album | The Leaf Label | 2007
Efterklang & The Danish National Orchestra Performing Parades | Album | The Leaf Label | 2009
Parades/Under Giant Trees | Double CD Re-release | The Leaf Label | 2010
Tripper/Springer | Double CD Re-release | The Leaf Label | 2010

Quotes:

"The group has a knack for gorgeous, slow-motion build-ups and sudden, shivery drop-offs; the music gleams and drips like an ice sculpture that never stops melting" New York Times

"Short, sweet and almost perfectly formed" 4/5 The Independent

"Intimately immense" 4/5 Uncut

"It's music to witness the dawning of new ages and the end of days as we know them, music to lose all perspective on and to fall into like a first love" 9/10 Drowned In Sound

"This is the album to spend your tokens on. Five stars" The Guardian

"Astonishing... With their vibrant, continually evolving arrangements, Efterklang here ensures that, as their name implies, this music should continue to reverberate in your memory for a long time to come" Pitchfork

"Beautifully intoxicating... Efterklang's music does conjure cinematic ambience without further embellishment: makes everyday moments sound more meaningful" Word