Klingra - the band: new home for the Klingra album
The new band Klingra will adopt our latest album Klingra album and pass that baton on from here. What what what?? Read more about it below!
In 2019 we released our seventh album Klingra. An album with a lot of ties to the Faroe Islands. It was recorded up there in collaboration with many Faroese musicians: Teitur and Dánjal á Neystabø on pianos, Mikael Blak on bass, Ólavur Jákupsson singing the faroese lyrics (by the same aforementioned Dánjal). It also features Maggie Björklund on pedal steel guitar and Danish String Quartet on strings - altogether making Klingra a rather different experience than our previous records. Soundwise as well as stylistically.
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New website up and running
The last couple of weeks we’ve spent some hours here and there between growing tomatoes and “practising scales” on building a brand new Afenginn website. And now it’s ready enough to go online, so tadaaaa…here we go!
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Klingra Tour 2020 dates announced
Our seventh album “Klingra” was released some months ago and we’re getting ready to get out on the road again to perform the music live. We’re having dates in Germany and Denmark announced for the coming months:
Klingra out now!
It’s a big day today in the Afenginn world. Klingra – the seventh Afenginn album – is released on all the major platforms, as well as physically worldwide.
It’s an album that I’m very proud of and excited to share with everybody. Hope you’ll like it!
4th single “Eftirskjálvtin” out today
The 4th single (and last before the release of the full album) is now available on Spotify and wherever you stream music. It’s called Eftirskjálvtin (The Aftershock) and is one of the two openings on the A-side on the vinyl edition, and the last track on the digital and CD version of Klingra.
Copenhagen show SOLD OUT
The show at Koncertkirken in Copenhagen tomorrow is sold out. There are still tickets to the upcoming shows this fall in Silkeborg, Malmö and Asnæs. Check the tour-page for info!
Official music video to Skapanin out
We have a video out for the track Skapanin (The Creation). It's made by Liv Anastasia Ikkala and features beautiful footage from both Faroe Islands and Tasmania...among much else!
The single paradox
now the third single is out. It’s called Skapanin (The Creation) and is also from the B-side. Also with a sound palette of two pianos, a string quartet, pedal steel guitar, synth bass and two drummers the track starts in an ambient atmosphere with small sparkling particles of dust and hope floating in the air. These are mixed with a distant Morricone-like whistling from Teitur, which gradually brings out a simple melody in the piano. The musical layers are solidified by the determined drumming and through a grounding maelstrom builds up to a climactic release.
New single out today: Ivin (The Doubt)
Today the second single from the upcoming Klingra album lands on all the major streaming platforms. The track is called Ivin (The Doubt) and is the opening of the b-side on the vinyl.
Rehearsing and preparing for release
Last week we began the rehearsals for the upcoming KLINGRA release-tour that starts in Denmark in September. We’ll be on the road as a seven-headed creature: five musicians, sound/electronics/occasional trumpeteering and lights/visuals.