Efterklang make music for the inspired. But don’t feel left out, for Efterklang inspire all. Otherworldly pop songs, both magnificently ambitious and engagingly intimate. Breathtaking panoramas of sound with few clear antecedents. This is music with no boundaries.

Efterklang are well-known for their stunning live shows. Following the release of Parades the band took their eight-piece live band on the road for 15 months, playing more than 130 concerts across North America, Asia and Europe. The tour established Efterklang as one of the most fascinating and uplifting live acts around today.

Efterklang:
Mads Brauer - electronics, production, mixing...
Casper Clausen - vocals and multi-instrumentalist
Thomas Husmer - drums, trumpet, percussion
Rasmus Stolberg - bass, guitar

Beloved live-band members:
Heather Woods Broderick – piano, vocal
Peter Broderick - violin, multi-instrumentalist
Frederik Teige - guitar, choir
Niklas Antonson – trombone, multi-instrumentalist

I first saw Buke And Gass last summer at Joe’s Pub....I’d never heard them before that — they stood out in the way they conjured these weird, catchy, dense songs on homemade instruments. It was unexpectedly bracing. Lots of momentum. As far as the lingo, the buke is “a self-modified six string baritone ukelele” and the gass is “a guitar-bass hybrid.” They both handle all sorts of foot percussion. The sounds are then filtered and processed, etc. It’s compelling watching them kick and strum on these things, but it was Arone Dyer’s waling, uplifting, melodic voice that left the biggest impression on me. You hear Beth Ditto for a second (one who races/fixes bikes and builds her own instruments, doesn’t hang out at fashion shows), Kathleen Hannah in those Bikini Kill days, Throwing Muses, something else, etc., an overall joy. -Stereogum