October 2011
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New Free Canon Blue Single and Video
Nashville based Canon Blue aka the lovely Daniel James released his 2nd and praised album Rumspringa August 29th on Rumraket. Now he has kindly made his enthralling song A Native (Madison) available for free download as the 2nd single from the album.
A Native (Madison) by Canon Blue
On top of this Canon Blue has a new video for a third song, that being Bows & Arrows (Vegas). The video...
August 2011
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Canon Blue 'Rumspringa' Released Today!
So happy to finally release this album! There are already some fine reviews coming in like: Gaffa (DK) - 5/6 - Rigt orkestreret, komplekst komponeret og udsøgt eksperimenterende indiepop. Elle (DK) - 5/6 - Månedens Album! Dagens Skiva (SE) - 7/10 - Ambitiösa popsymfonier … Avantgardistisk pop. Soundvenue (DK) - 4/6 - Det er en frydefuld oplevelse at lytte til amerikanske Daniel James’...
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Canon Blue 'Rumspringa' arrives on Monday - Video...
On Monday we release ‘Rumspringa’ by Canon Blue. A record we are immensely proud to release.
Daniel James, the man behind Canon Blue has uploaded a string of small videos to give you a taste of the record. You can watch them all below.
You can also listen to the single ‘Indian Summer (Des Moines)’ and if you are game you can buy the record already from today in the...
June 2011
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Canon Blue Announces Rumspringa - Free Single...
[pre-order CANON BLUE - Rumspringa here] The very last non-Efterklang release on Rumraket will be the upcoming full-length from Canon Blue, the solo project from American multi-instrumentalist Daniel James who currently is touring the US supporting Foster The People. Rumspringa will be available on August 29th and to celebrate the release, Canon Blue is making the first single available for free...
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New Canon Blue Record - The End of Rumraket
Back in 2003 we (the members of Efterklang) established the record label Rumraket out of necessity as no labels back then were interested in releasing our music. Shortly after we signed a record deal with The Leaf Label (and recently 4AD) and Rumraket was no longer a necessity it was something we loved to do on the side. We kept the label and signed Grizzly Bear as our first non-Efterklang band in...
August 2010
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Three New Efterklang Releases OUT NOW!
This week not only one but three new Efterklang titles have been released. The newest single from recent album Magic Chairs and then two deluxe 2CD reissues of Efterklang’s first two albums including the EPs that preceded the two albums.
RAINCOATS This is the third single from Magic Chairs, Efterklang’s third album. The single has been released digitally and the “b-side”...
July 2010
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best random band email ever: Louis Picasso
Rumraket got this email from a band that we don´t know. We get quite a lot of emails from random bands, but this is the best one yet and therefore I have decided to present it here in its entirety. The MP3 is not my cup of tea but it is fun!
Subject:
Listen to Louis Picasso, l’original, le meilleur, le plus beau… L O U I S P I C A S S O.
. Louis Picasso http://louispicasso.net L...
June 2010
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Efterklang announce summer tour!
read the news in here:
http://efterklang.net/home/2010/06/02/our-summer-plans-23-new-concerts/
cheers Rasmus
May 2010
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NEW FREE SLARAFFENKLANG EP!
So far 2010 has been a great year for Slaraffenland´s and Efterklang’s mutant-band SlaraffenKLANG and today we can reveal another highlight! The release of their new free live EP entitled PRINSER & VIKINGER Live at the Royal Danish Playhouse.
The new EP is available for free and holds 5 songs all recorded at January 24th 2010 when SlaraffenKLANG guested the Royal Danish Playhouse in...
Efterklang to Perform Parades twice this Summer!
yep!! very exciting news! In Amsterdam and in Stockholm.
Don´t miss out - more info here: http://efterklang.net/home/2010/05/19/two-performing-parades-concerts-this-summer/
xo
Rasmus
March 2010
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Efterklang news! Tour starts on Monday - new...
A quick update!
Efterklang will start their European Tour in Oslo on Monday! You can see all the dates here: http://efterklang.net/home/concerts/
Also this week Tripper was reissued on VINYL! You can buy it now in the Rumraket Shop - http://rumraket.com/shop/efterklang.html All orders will receive a free and new 7” single by Efterklang! The offer ends Friday at midnight.
Finally - very...
February 2010
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EFTERKLANG - MAGIC CHAIRS out today!
Efterklang have released their third full length album today. The new baby is called Magic Chairs and it takes Efterklang into the new decade with a new sound!
The album is out in Scandinavia on Rumraket and on 4AD in the rest of the world. You can buy the album on iTunes and on CD/LP via the Rumraket shop.
The new album is closely related to Efterklang’s many concerts during the last...
TAXI TAXI! on European Tour
Taxi Taxi! aka Johanna and Miriam released their debut full-length album Still Standing at Your Back Door back in September and toured with Kings of Convenience and did a series of their own headlining shows as well. You can buy the album via Rumraket.com/shop After a well earned winter break the twin sisters are now back and ready to tour most of Europe starting February 12th in Trondheim,...
January 2010
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Happy New Year Video from Efterklang
This little greeting from Efterklang features 4 snippets from their forthcoming Magic Chairs album.
ENJOY and Happy New Year!
Video postcard from Efterklang - Happy New Year! from Rumraket on Vimeo.
December 2009
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December UPDATE!
Hi all
Just wanted to share some good news!
Slaraffenklang (the mutant band of Efterklang and Slaraffenland) has just announced their return! They will play two exclusive concerts in Denmark on January 23rd and 24th - more info at Efterklang.net
And then some Slaraffenland news! They are currently touring Europe. This week they are in UK and NL. Catch them if you can! Slaraffenland Tour! Also...
November 2009
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EFTERKLANG ANNOUNCE 3rd ALBUM - MAGIC CHAIRS
photo by Nikolaj Holm Møller
Exactly one month after the release of their ambitious audio-visual project Performing Parades (cd+dvd&lp+dvd, The Leaf Label), Danish experimental popsters Efterklang Magic Chairs have announced details of the band´s third full-length album. The album introduces a new Efterklang sound and also marks the beginning of their new setup, where Rumraket...
October 2009
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Performing Parades OUT NOW!
Efterklang & The Danish National Chamber Orchestra - Performing Parades
We are very happy that this beast is finally released!
It is available as CD+DVD and LP+DVD! We are also very happy to see it has received great reviews so far. If you are curious we recommend the BBC review (in English) and the Gaffa review (in Danish).
Performing Parades can be found on iTunes and on other digital...
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Vincent Moon shines a light on SLARAFFENLAND and...
This project is so huge and great that it is a little hard to explain actually.Maybe we should let French filmmaker Vincent Moon do the talking:
In May 2009, i flew to Copenhagen, invited there to experiment some recordings. I had gone in search of this « new » Danish scene, mostly following Slaraffenland in their acoustic rendition of their new album, over one day all over Copenhagen....
Slaraffenland on national Norwegian TV with Jay Z!
Yesterday Slaraffenland visited Norway and played live on TV2 and later live at the club Revolver in Oslo. You can watch their Norwegian TV debut performance at TV2.no
You need to select “Waschera 07.10.09” and Slaraffenland play Meet and Greet towards the end and midway through they debate Norwegian football - and oh yeah Jay Z is also in this programme :-)
Enjoy!! and don´t forget...
September 2009
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Debut album from Taxi Taxi! out today!
Today we are very proud and happy to release the debut album from Taxi Taxi! Johanna and Miriam have been part of the Rumraket family since 2006 and it feels very special and important for us to release their debut album today. They are incredible talents and people and we are proud to be part of their world.
Still Standing at Your Back Door is out today on CD and Digitally and the first bright...
Slaraffenland preview on Blogotheque
The film artist Vincent Moon will soon debut a rather huge film project starring Slaraffenland and their new album We’re on Your Side. This week three of these videos have premiered on one of our favorite websites Blogotheque.net
Below you can see Open Your Eyes performed by Slaraffenland and documented by Vincent Moon - it is powerful stuff!
Visit Slaraffenland - Slaraffenland.net...
Rumraket NEWSLETTER - SLARAFFENLAND RULES + more
Hi All we have so many news for you. It made me so happy writing this actually! lots of good stuff going on these days! the list of contents: - new Slaraffenland album out now and they are touring as well! - Taxi Taxi! album will be released in 10 days - party in Stockholm tomorrow - Efterklang has inked deal with 4AD - and will release Performing Parades October 19th (on Leaf) - Rumraket has...
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New album from Slaraffenland out today!
Congratulations to Slaraffenland! We’re on Your Side their third album have just been released today in Benelux and Scandinavia (Norway has to wait for the 15th).
This is pop music for the open minded and a fresh reminder to all others that pop music can and should take any form. This is without doubt their best album yet. On We’re on Your Side the band has grown as songwriters and they...
August 2009
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Pre-Order Slaraffenland and Taxi Taxi! and FREE...
We’ve just updated Rumraket.com with info on our two new releases from Slaraffenland and Taxi Taxi! - You can now pre-order the two albums and download free MP3s to sample a few new songs from these two fine bands! www.rumraket.com/shop September 7th we will release the third album by Slaraffenland entitled We’re on Your Side and September 21st we will release the debut album by Taxi...
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Performing Parades by Efterklang & The Danish...
October 19th 2009 Rumraket will release the live album and concert film Performing Parades by Efterklang & The Danish National Chamber Orchestra (outside of Denmark this release will be available via The Leaf Label).
Efterklang will be touring with their 7-piece live-band most of the fall to celebrate the release and on one special occasion Efterklang will team up with the classical orchestra...
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Slaraffenland joins The Akron/Family Big Band!
The ever colorful Slaraffenland will release their 3rd album “We’re on Your Side” on September 7th and following the release the band will be touring most of September in Denmark and North America. All dates can be seen below.
The American part of the tour will be special. Besides performing as Slaraffenland in their regular 5-piece formation, the band will also join The...
July 2009
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Reissue of Grizzly Bear´s Horn of Plenty
As you might know the first ever non-Efterklang release on Rumraket was Horn of Plenty the debut album from Brooklyn band Grizzly Bear. This was back in 2005 when Grizzly Bear were rather unknown compared to their recent world dominance. The first Rumraket edition of Horn of Plenty (2005) have been out of stock in the recent year and to celebrate Grizzly Bear’s latest achievements, we have...
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new Efterklang Shirts in the Rumraket Shop
just added - go have a look - rumraket.com/shop/clothes.html
June 2009
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New Single and Album from Slaraffenland
Today marks the start of a new chapter in the ever growing history of Slaraffenland! Their new single Meet And Greet is released digitally today and same time we are eager and happy to announce that their new album We´re On Your Side will be released September 7th 2009.
Meet and Greet is taken from the coming album and as the b-side you find My Bad Ways which is a very powerful outtake from the...
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Efterklang will be Performing Parades in Barbican...
Very exciting indeed. Together with The Britten Sinfonia, Efterklang will perform the album Parades (2007) from start to finish as a 40+ piece orchestra.
The concert is October 28 and just a week and a half earlier the band will release their:
Efterklang & The Danish National Chamber Orchestra - Performing Parades
which is a combined DVD and live album on CD or LP. You can read more about...
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Taxi Taxi! praise and video on Gogoyoko Blog
The recent Taxi Taxi! concert at SPOT Festival has received some great press. For example:
Mojo (uk): the mesmeric symbiosis of Swedish twin sisters Taxi Taxi is gripping - link The Guardian (uk): …with goofy smiles, playing beautifully spectral songs on piano and acoustic guitar with a guileless charm. Their set becomes Spot’s “moment”. - link
The extremly nice video...
May 2009
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Taxi Taxi! on tour in Denmark and Finland
Taxi Taxi! is currently on a tour supporting the release of their Step Out Into The Light EP. Tonight they will be in Copenhagen and tomorrow they will visit the SPOT FESTIVAL. Then next week they are off to Finland. Don´t miss them: May 21: Loppen, Copenhagen/Denmark May 22: SPOT Festival, Aarhus/Denmark May 28: Klubi, Turku/Finland May 29: Telakka, Tampere/Finland May 30: Korjaamo,...
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New Taxi Taxi! EP and Tour / Slaraffenland CPH...
Double post! One about the new Taxi Taxi! EP and their Scandinavian tour and one big friendly reminder that Slaraffenland is playing with The William Blakes at VEGA in Copenhagen on Friday!
Taxi Taxi! - Step Out Into The Light EP and tour! It is already more than 2 years ago since Taxi Taxi! released their very promising debut EP! Last year they finished high school and this year they are back!...
5 stars for Slaraffenland
Slaraffenland played at the recent Pop Revo Festival and Gaffa.dk has reviewed the concert very very nice!
5 stars and lots of quotes about the new songs like: Til tider energisk, udadvendt og nærmest dansabel musik, andre gange småstøjende og andre igen nærmest poppet. På den gode måde.
which sort of translates into: At times energetic, extrovert og almost danceable music, at other times...
April 2009
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Taxi Taxi! in London & Slaraffenland in Århus this...
Sunday May 3rd this weekend Taxi Taxi! will play their very first concert in London. It will be at The Borderline and they are supporting Kira Kira from Iceland. Johanna and Miriam are on first and the whole thing starts at 7pm already so don´t be late!
A lot of good things are happening this weekend. On Thursday the Pop Revo Festival starts and Slaraffenland is playing on the opening night. It...
Efterklang will be Performing Parades this Friday!
yep! pretty exiting! They will play with Britten Sinfonia a classical orchestra based in London. The concert is part of the FuseLeeds09 Festival and will take place at The Academy in Leeds this Friday!
More info here: http://efterklang.net/home/2009/04/11/performing-parades-in-leeds-april-25th-w-britten-sinfonia/
Efterklang are home again
And they (we) are very very happy!
http://efterklang.net/home/2009/04/06/thank-you-north-america/
xox
Rasmus
March 2009
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Listening to Heather Woods in the Efterklang van
Peter Broderick her brother is in the proces of mixing Heathers debut album and we are listening right now on the car stereo.
it is absolutely beautiful and pristine
Heather Woods on Myspace - www.myspace.com/woodsmusical
