(se nedenfor for dansk)
This Monday we recorded the Danish TV Show called Backstage. The program is based on two bands performing two of their own songs and then they choose a cover that they perform together. It is a live performance in front of a studio audience and it is usually a place where musical opposites meet.
We had the greatest time performing and the audience was amazing. Just amazing - even though the studio got soooo hot.
It was a pleasure for us to have a more intimate experience as opposed to the big summer venues, festivals and open airs that we have performed at this summer.
And for once it was ALL about the music - even though it was a TV show... Meaning that when we perform at say the big Award Shows it's usually more about how big your show is, how crazy and outrageous you can look and how action packed and short you can make your performance. Normally you only get three minutes - and don't get us wrong; sure it's fun to pull that kind of show off, but we must say, we enjoyed doing it the way we got to do it on Backstage.
We were free to pick one of our songs to perform - we chose a down-beat version of I Won't be Crying that we have only performed once before, namely at our Infernal, Deluxe, Live! at Imperial (it was the release event for Electric Cabaret the Deluxe Edition containing the Live DVD). Also it was up to us and the other band to choose the cover song that we were to perform together. Wonderful!
Maybe this is where I introduce our international fans to the band, we joined forces with. The band is called Magtens Korridorer (which will make NO sense to you what so ever, but I'll try and explain). The band name translated is something along the lines of The Corridors of Power. They are a no fuss rock'n roll ensemble - lead vocal, two guitars, bass and drums. Their songs are always in Danish and are always brilliantly and intelligently written. Sometimes there's a punk vibe in their stuff. I like them the most, when they pull out their darker, more melancholic side.
Anyway: we've met these guys several times and we actually share the same sound technician (sometimes to much regret for the both of us, because we all want him to ourselves...), but we've never worked together and to say the least, most would say that we are as different as people and bands can be.
And then again... We turned out to get along more than well and it has been one of the best experiences this year to prepare and perform with Magtens Korridorer.
Both during rehearsals and during the recording of the show this Monday we all had great fun, and we hope that it will be apparant when the show airs this fall.
Oh! And the song that we performed together was Steady as She Goes by The Raconteurs turned out really, really well - if you ask us. :-)
Now it's time for us to pop back in the studio to create more songs for our next album... Music doesn't write itself, right..?! ;-)
We'll be in touch.
Paw & Lina
Hold nu kæft det hvor var det super og tak til alle jer der var mødt op - det var en fed kontrast til sommerens store koncerter, det at komme ind et lidt mere intimt sted og spille.
Og for en gangs skyld med musikken som omdrejnings punkt... med det mener vi at når man f.eks spiller til de store award -show eller lign. så handler det oftere om hvor stort ens show, hvor vild man kan se ud og hvor kort du kan gøre nummeret fordi du kun har fået lov til at spille 3 min. - og det er da også meget sjovt at vise sig frem i den sammenhæng, men det er alt for sjældent det man får lov til det vi fik lov til i mandags til optagelsen af Backstage. Her kunne vi vælge frit hvad vi ville spille som vores andet nummer og her valgte vi at spille I Won't be Crying i en akustisk version (den version vi spillede i Imperial tidligere på året) plus nummeret som vi skulle spille sammen med Magtens Korridorer også var fuldstændigt valgfrit. Skønt!!
Hele dagen i mandags plus hele samarbejdet med Magtens Korridorer har nok, sammen med Infernal, Deluxe, Live! i Imperial været årets højdepunkter, uden tvivl.
Magtens Korridorer og os havde det skide sjovt og hyggeligt i øveren og inde i studiet hvilket jeg håber vil kunne mærkes på tv når programmet sendes til efteråret og så er nummeret vi spiller sammen, nemlig Steady As She Goes med The Raconteurs, blevet åndsvagt fedt - hvis vi selv skal sige det :-)
Glæd dig til det bliver sendt på DR2!
Så vil vi hoppe tilbage i studiet og brygge videre på vores nye album...
Skrives,
Paw & Lina
(se nedenfor for dansk)
It’s hard to explain all the things that are going on with us right now for you guys outside Denmark.
I think it’s appropriate to say that we sure appreciate that so many of you hang in there – stopping by our site, buying posters, music, dvds and posting comments and participating in the debate here and there.
We have people working hard on making releases come true in various countries, but things take time. For the time beeing we make sure everything is available here on infernal.dk so you don’t miss out.
That’s also why we tell you about all the stuff that is going on for us here in Denmark. If things are going well for us here, chances are that we will get yet another breakthrough elsewhere in the world. :-)
At the moment we are touring, performing at Open Air events, Festivals and what not. This summer so far, I think we have already performed in front of more than half a million people all in all.
We finish off this summer on September 18th with a performance in the beautiful, old funfair Tivoli in the middle of Copenhagen.
Maybe I should also share with you that I’m pregnant (by now I hope you can figure out, it’s Lina writing this…). It wasn’t planned, but my boyfriend and I have been together for more than ten years, so I guess it was time, and we’re happy.
and the timing is actually perfect.
I means that we have a pretty specific deadline for the material for the next album and since we have already started working on it, writing and producing, I believe we’ll be ok. We are aiming for a release sometime during 2010.
I’m set to give birth late February or early March so we’ll even be ready to tour all summer next year.
Tanks again for stopping by. ☺
Grøn Tour er vel overstået, og vi er både glade og stolte. Vi følte os hjemme og velkomne og lynhurtigt fik vi oplevelsen af, at alle på Grøn er én stor familie. Vi hyggede os med de andre bands, teknikere, alle de frivillige og selvfølgelig med de enormt mange mennesker, som dukkede op til koncerterne – ind imellem på trods af temmelig heftig regn.
Det er jo ikke længere nogen hemmelighed, at jeg (Lina) er gravid, og derfor blev det ikke til fadøl til mig. Til gengæld fik resten af holdet festet igennem næsten hver eneste aften – endda så meget, at Paw næsten mistede stemmen. Det betød, at efter koncerten i Århus, måtte han droppe den ellers stort anlagte midtvejsfest. Ak ak ak. Stakkels Paw. Til gengæld er jeg sikker på, publikummet i Aalborg dagen efter satte pris på, at Hr. Lagermann kunne andet end hviske til dem under showet…
For os er sommerens koncerter stadig i fuld sving – vi fortsætter med at spille helt frem til d. 18. september i Tivoli. Tjek kalenderen for datoer og steder.
Mange har spurgt til Telmores arrangement i KB Hallen d. 5. september, hvor vi skal spille. Det er ikke en åben koncert, som man kan købe billetter til. Kun via Telmore kan du være heldig at vinde billetter, men som sådan er det et lukket arrangement, som Telmore alene råder over billetterne til.
Klik HER hvis du vil vinde billetter til KB-Hallen!
Hvis du synes, det er smadderstrengt, så husk lige, at vi som nævnt spiller i Tivoli d. 18. september – og dén koncert er åben for alle. :-)
Til gengæld kan vi med det samme afsløre, at vi ikke tager på en efterårsturné i år. Vi vil bruge resten af året på at være i studiet for at skrive nye sange og producere nye numre. Vi sigter efter en udgivelse i 2010 og vi LOVER, at vi kommer til at spille en ordentlig røvfuld koncerter hen over sommeren 2010.
Husk også, at du kan vinde billetter til optagelsen af Infernal Vs Magtens Korridorer i DR2s program Backstage.
Det bliver optaget d. 24 august kl.18:30 i DR-Byen, Kbh.
Det eneste du skal gøre er at sende en SMS til 1919 hvor du skriver: backstage mellemrum dit navn
Så er du med i konkurrencen om en eksklusiv billet til Backstage!
Det koster 10 kr. + alm. takst pr. sms. - Der kan kun sendes én SMS om dagen.
Vinderne får personligt besked pr. sms fredag d. 21. august.
Ved deltagelse fraskrives 14 dages fortrydelsesret.
Konkurrencen udbydes af: inf:rec ApS
Når udtrækningen er sket forventes det af vinderne, at der sendes en bekræftende sms retur til 1919
inkluderende fuldt navn og e-mai adresse, som skal bruges til fremsendelse af e-mail billet til arrangementet.
Dette koster alm. sms. takst.
Vi ses!! :-)
Paw & Lina
