Wildbirds & Peacedrums plus Voices (SE)
Wednesday Sep. 08 – Domkirken at 20:00
Sweden’s exhilarating duo Wildbirds & Peacedrums have lost no time in greeting the new decade with a fevered burst of creative energy. New decade, new direction.
Announcing a European tour for May 2010, vocalist Mariam Wallentin and percussionist Andreas Werliin will be performing new material at the shows, backed by a full choir.
Currently supporting St Vincent throughout February on tour in the US, the band rehearsed, recorded and mixed two new bodies of work in 10 days in Iceland at the end of January, around a theme of water.
Five songs focus on steel drum (representing the single drop of water), while another five recorded in a church feature a collaboration with the 12 strong Schola Cantorum Reykjavík Chamber Choir (the ocean), who also featured on Björk’s Medulla album. These amazing new songs were recorded by Australian émigré Ben Frost, mixed by Valgeir Sigurðsson (Camille, CocoRosie, Bonnie Prince Billy) with choral arrangements by Hildur Guðnadóttir (who has collaborated with Fever Ray, Throbbing Gristle and is a member of Múm). A stellar cast, you will agree.
2009 was a very busy year for Wildbirds & Peacedrums following the release of their second, widely acclaimed album The Snake (8.3 Pitchfork! 4/5 The Guardian!), with shows across the USA, Europe and the UK, including a spectacular London show in-the-round with twenty drummers. 2010 is set to be an even more exciting chapter in the fascinating life of this inspiring pair.
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