Sign to 4AD; perform across Europe
03 September 09
We are delighted to announce Efterklang have become the latest addition to the 4AD roster. The Copenhagen-based group will join 4AD for a worldwide deal, minus Scandinavia where they will continue to release records through their own Rumraket imprint. The band are currently working on the follow-up to 2007's universally lauded album Parades ("Dazzling, 4/5" Mojo) and it will see the light of day in early 2010.
In the mean time, Efterklang will release Performing Parades on October 19th via The Leaf Label. This special release is the band's most ambitious project yet, comprising both audio and visual recordings of the band's extraordinary performance of Parades in its entirety with the Danish National Chamber Orchestra at Copenhagen's Koncerthuset in September 2008. The live recordings will be issued as a limited edition deluxe CD+DVD/2LP+DVD packages.
Read the band's take on joining 4AD here.
Coinciding with the release of Performing Parades, Efterklang will play across Europe throughout the rest of this year including a headline show at London's Barbican Centre on Wednesday 28th October. For this show the band will join forces with The Britten Sinfonia to perform Parades. Tickets are available here.
Efterklang European tour (UK dates in bold):
September
4 Electric Picnic, Stradbally, IE
5 Into The Great Wide Open Festival, Vlieland, NL
11 Bestival, Isle of Wight, UK
12 End of the Road Festival, Dorset, UK
13 The Globe, Cardiff, UK
14 St. John's Church, Coventry, UK
17 Parken, Gothenburg, SE
18 Hornstull Strand, Stockholm, SE
19 Babel, Malmö, SE
23 Det Norske Studentersamfund, Storsalen, Oslo, NO
24 Ekko Festival, Bergen, NO
25 Tou Scenen, Stavanger, NO
26 Kick, Kristiansand, NO
October
28 Barbican Hall, London, UK (performing Parades with The Britten Sinfonia)
29 The Asylum, Birmingham, UK
30 Oran Moor, Glasgow, UK
31 The Deaf Institute, Manchester, UK
November
1 Brainwash Festival, Stylus, Leeds, UK
2 Reading Concert Hall, Reading, UK
3 La Maroquinerie, Paris, FR
4 Tivoli de Helling, Utrecht, NL
5 Paradiso, Amsterdam, NL
7 Antipode, Rennes, FR
18 Festsaal Kreuzberg, Berlin, DE
19 Kulturbunker, Köln, DE
20 Bahnhof Langendreer, Bochum, DE
21 Junges Schauspiel, Hannover, DE
24 Knust, Hamburg, DE
25 Ut Connewitz, Leipzig, DE
December
3 1.Stock, Basel, CH
4 Flösserplatz, Aarau, CH
5 Treibhaus, Luzern, CH
Performing Parades can be pre-ordered here.