Efterklang have announced that their new album Piramida will be released world-wide on September 24th 2012 (Sep 25th in the US) on British label 4AD and via their own little label Rumraket in Scandinavia. The title is taken from an abandoned Russian settlement:
“The making of our new album started out in quite unusual fashion. In August 2011 we (Mads, Casper & Rasmus) travelled to Spitsbergen in the Arctic. Our destination was the abandoned Russian settlement Piramida. It was left overnight in 1998 and today stands as a ghost town still full of relics from its past including the world’s northernmost grand piano.
“We spend 9 days in this ruin just a 1000 km from the North Pole and we collected over 1000 recordings which we afterwards have used in different ways in the making of our new album. The video below gives you a small idea of what went on.”
Watch the album trailer below which offers the first impressions of their journey and how it interacts with their new album. In the video, you can hear parts of the new song Dreams Today.
Efterklang plan to do doing 15 orchestral concerts in the fall orchestras in venues such as The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. See the schedule below.
Album Taster
In a unique world premiere, Efterklang and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra conducted by Matthew Coorey performed the songs from Piramida live in Sydney Opera House for the VIVID Live Festival 2012. Watch them performing ‘The Ghost’ below:
Piramida Tour
September:
The Piramida Concerts w. The Major Lift Orchestra & conductor Matthew Coorey:
14.09 DUBLIN, IE – Meeting House Square / Absolut Fringe / cccc
15.09 CORK, IE – Cork Opera House /
The Piramida Concert w. The Wordless Music Orchestra & conductor Matthew Coorey:
22.09 NEW YORK, US – The Metropolitan Museum of Art /
October:
The Piramida Concerts w. Copenhagen Phil orch. & conductor André de Ridder:
10.10 COPENHAGEN, DK – Konservatoriets Koncertsal / supp: Peter Broderick /
11.10 FREDERIKSVÆRK, DK – Gjethuset / supp: Peter Broderick /
12.10 HELSINGØR, DK – Kulturværftet / supp: Peter Broderick /
The Piramida Concerts w. Northern Snia orchestra & conductor André de Ridder & Special Guest:
23.10 GATESHEAD, NEWCASTLE, UK – The Sage /
24.10 EDINBURGH, UK – Usher Hall /
27.10 COVENTRY, UK – Warwick Arts Centre /
28.10 BRIGHTON, UK – Dome /
29.10 MANCHESTER, UK – Bridgewater Hall /
30.10 LONDON, UK – Barbican /
November:
The Piramida Concerts w. Snia Rotterdam & conductor Matthew Coorey:
07.11 EINDHOVEN, NL – Catharinakerk /
08.11 BRUSSELS, BE – AB /
December:
German Tour with 7-piece Live band:
03.12 LEIPZIG, DE – Centraltheater
04.12 HAMBURG, DE – Kampnagel
05.12 BERLIN, DE – Volksbühne
January 2013:
The Piramida Concerts w. Modern Fantazias & conductor Hans Ek:
18.01 UPPSALA, SE – Uppsala Konsert & Kongress /