Line #12 Music/Efterklang


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5	Related Acts:
6	+ Frederik Teige (plays with them live)
7	+ Peter Broderick (plays with them live and on ''Magic Chairs'')
8	+ Slaraffenland (has performed with Efterklang as the mash-up band Slaraffenklang)
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11	An AlternativeRock band from Copenhagen, UsefulNotes/{{Denmark}}. Less generally, they have elements of BaroquePop, DreamPop, ElectronicMusic, folk, [[PostRock post-rock]] and ([[NewSoundAlbum starting with their third album]]) indie pop. The core members of the band are Mads Brauer, Casper Clausen and Rasmus Stolberg. Rune Mølgaard was part of the original line-up until 2007, but [[DemotedToExtra now only performs with them sometimes]]; similarly, drummer Thomas Husmer left the group in 2011 leaving it as a trio. They are probably best known for their song ''Mirador'' (the AnimatedMusicVideo of which has over a million views on Website/YouTube) and their recent free single ''Modern Drift''.
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13	In 2016, the trio joined forces with live drummer Tatu Rönkkö under the name '''Liima'''. They released two albums before getting back to work on Efterklang's fifth album, and the first sung in the Danish language, ''Altid sammen''.
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15	"Efterklang" means remembrance or reverberation (literally, it means "after sound"). They actually got the name from one of their electronic musician friends who was using [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverberation the latter definition of "Efterklang"]] to explain the technical concept.
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18	!Discography:
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20	* ''Springer'' (2003, EP, re-released by The Leaf Label in 2005 and bundled with ''Tripper'' in 2010 as a SpecialEdition)
21	* ''Tripper'' (2004)
22	** ''Swarming'' (2005, EP)
23	* ''One-Sided LP'' (2007, vinyl-only EP)
24	* ''Under Giant Trees'' (2007, EP, bundled with ''Parades'' in 2010 as a SpecialEdition)
25	* ''Parades'' (2007)
26	** "Mirador/Cutting Ice to Snow" (2007, promo-only single)
27	** ''Caravan'' (2008, EP)
28	** ''Performing Parades'' (2009, a live version of ''Parades'' recorded with the Danish National Chamber Orchestra)
29	* ''Magic Chairs'' (2010)
30	** "Modern Drift" (single) (2010)
31	** "I Was Playing Drums/Me Me Me The Brick House" (2010, single)
32	** "Raincoats" (2010, single)
33	* ''Piramida'' (2012)
34	* ''Leaves: The Colour of Falling'' (2016, opera, with composed Karsten Funda)
35	* ''Altid Sammen'' ''(Always Together)'' (2019)
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37	!Liima discography:
38	* ''ii'' (2016)
39	* ''1982'' (2017)
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41	!Tropes:
42	* AdvertisedExtra: The video for "Vi er uendelig" ("We are infinite") was advertised hyping supermodel Helena Christensen's participation, but she appears only in the few last seconds and doesn't do much.
43	* {{Ambient}}: All of their work pre-''Parades'' had elements of this, even on ''Parades'' the song "Illuminant" still qualifies. "Foetus", "Doppelgänger" and "Tortuous Tracks" are good examples from ''Tripper'', "Antitech" and "Filmosonic XL" are good examples from the ''Springer'' EP and "Hands Playing Butterfly" is a good example from the ''Under Giant Trees'' EP.
44	* AnimatedMusicVideo: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1mVSTnzxBs Illuminant,]]" "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSKIl-NeZeE Mirador]]" and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODT4sZrlNMw Polygyne.]]"
45	* DerangedAnimation: The "Illuminant" and "Mirador" videos.
46	* DesignStudentsOrgasm: A part of their general aesthetic.
47	* DreamPop: They are signed to 4AD and their music does possess elements from the genre.
48	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The ''Springer'' EP. Casper Clausen has admitted that Efterklang started out sounding like a lot of other bands.
49	* EpicInstrumentalOpener: "Polygyne", among other songs.
50	* EpicRocking: Naturally for a post-rock band. "Kloy Gyn" is their longest song at 8:01 minutes.
51	* IndecipherableLyrics: Before ''Magic Chairs'', [[http://efterklang.net/home/2007/04/02/under-giants-trees-released-today/#comment-2081 this was intentional.]]
52	* LastNoteNightmare: "Full Moon" has a synthesized note that comes out of nowhere and greatly increases in volume during the last eleven seconds of the song, when it has seemingly finished. [[MoodWhiplash This immediately segues]] into "The Soft Beating", one of Efterklang's happiest songs.
53	* LonelyPianoPiece: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pilzqHDjH8g Mimeo]]"
54	* MonsterClown: The clown from the "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuYAOGS_55g Caravan]]" video tries to get children to kill each other. [[StuffBlowingUp Awesomely, regardless]].
55	* MultinationalTeam: {{Downplayed}} regarding Liima. Tatu Rönkkö is Finnish while the three members of Efterklang are all Danish.
56	* NewSoundAlbum: ''Magic Chairs'' is poppier than Efterklang's previous albums.
57	* OminousMusicBoxTune: "Frida Found a Friend"
58	* PerishingAltRockVoice: Casper Clausen.
59	* PornStache: [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/efterklang-recordings/4859768883/ Rasmus Stolberg]]
60	* ShoutOut:
61	** The "Mirador" video has one to Creator/MCEscher's ''[[AlienGeometries Relativity]]''.
62	** The "Vi er uendelig" video is an homage to Creator/JohnnyHallyday's TV performance of "Le pénitencier" (a French-language cover of "The House of the Rising Sun") in 1964.
63	* SopranoAndGravel: "Collecting Shields"
64	* StopMotion: The "Illuminant" music video.
65	* StuffBlowingUp: The "Caravan" music video has exploding ''presents''.
66	* {{Suburbia}}: The subject of "Amerika" and its music video, off ''ii''.
67	* SurrealMusicVideo: The majority of Efterklang's music videos. "Illuminant", though, takes the cake.
68	* TextlessAlbumCover: ''Parades'', ''Magic Chairs'' and ''Altid sammen''.
69	* ToothyBird: The protagonist of the "Mirador" video.

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