Mapster E. Bang (Matthias Bang Petersen): vocals, lyrics, guitar, theremin, accordion, keyboard
Tom Becher: trombone, synths, trumpet
Allan Asp Christensen: guitar, charango
Benny Fries Borgaa: drums, percussion
Jeppe Flyman: Bass
Kasper Bjørn Nielsen: guitar, vocals, tambourine,
Contact:
by phone: +45 40 40 29 06 (Benny Fries Borgå)
by mail: benny@wakinglife.dk
or: matthias@wakinglife.dk
Influences
The Flaming Lips, The Cure, The Shins, Belle & Sebastian, Neutral Milk Hotel, Sigur Rós, Sufjan Stevens, Beirut, Arcade Fire, The Beatles, Håkan Hellstrøm, Jens Lekman, Low and a billion other great bands.
But mostly we are inspired by our imagination.
Sounds Like
Sambathunder - We fight with the trumpet in one hand and the drumsticks in the other to find a sound balancing somewhere between the striking and the soothing. We sing about living mansions and reincarnation.
And we are in love with you.
We are currently working on finishing our debut album, which we have recorded in Silence Studios in Sweden and Lydkraft Studiet in Odense, Denmark.
We are very busy, but we are busy with music, and music is freedom and so we are free.
Please spend your time dreaming, drinking and singing to your friends.
Love
Waking Life
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We love the woods, and in November 2008 we went to a large cabin in the woods in the area around Rørvig in Denmark, where we pre-recorded a lot of the songs that we intended to put on our debut album.
These songs insisted on sounding even better, though, so therefore we traveled to the lovely woods of northern Sweden, around the village Koppom, where the legendary Silence Studios is located.
During 3 weeks we recorded 11 songs. All we had was our producer Niels Høgh, Mr. Silence Studios Daniel Zqaty, our technician Kasper Mohr, instruments and an amazing old tape machine!
No computers. No fancy pancy. Just music and being isolated in nature.
These songs are currently about to be finished.
We are now searching for the right record label to work with, so don't hesitate if your last name is ... Records. Contact us if you are interested in hearing more about our work and ideas about the future.
You can buy our EP "Utter that You Long for Silence & Celebrate with Us" and it is not expensive. Just send an email to asp@wakinglife.dk and we'll ship it to you.
Biography:
Waking Life was formed in 2003 in Aabenraa in Southern Denmark but moved to Copenagen in 2006.
In 2007 Waking Life won the Emergenza Festival in Denmark.
In 2008 Waking Life was selected to play at Oppenheimers Eftermiddag at Voxhall in Århus. Read a review here
In 2009 Waking Life played at SPOT Festival, START!-Festival and recorded their debut record, which is currently being finished.
Here is a list of some of the venues that Waking Life has performed at:
Store Vega, Kbh
Lille Vega, Kbh
Voxhall, Århus
Stengade 30, Kbh
Rust, Kbh
Debaser Medis, Stockholm
Huset i Magstræde. Kbh
Lades Kælder, Kbh
Pakhuset, Århus
Badeanstalten, Slagelse
Studenterhuset, Kbh
Nygadehuset, Aabenraa
Sønderborghus, Sønderborg
Månen, Haderslev Archaus Store Scene, Århus
luskede kompaner (; det går dejligt! vi er igang med at skrive SRP i disse 2 uger inden jul hvilket et lidt tungt, men vi holder humøret oppe med fis og ballade når dagens arbejder er overstået. selvfølgelig kommer vi på torsdag. og vi GLÆDER os! rigtig meget .. vi er så friske på at give den gas med jer. lækkert med gæsteliste (: vi er super spændt på jeres debutplade - vi glæder os . så ses vi torsdag!! mange glade hilsner og vejrmøller.
hej waking life! hvordan har i det ? vi savner jer.. jeg arbejder stærkt på at overtale cindy til at tage ind og danse og høre god musik på torsdag på rust! det ku være fedt!! mange knus og hilsner.
Hej! Vildt fedt at I dykkede op på Blågårds! Ærgeligt vi ikke nåde at snakke mere, men næste gang. Hvornår er næste gang? Er der ikke nogen koncert/fest snart? Kh Johan
Jeg nåede desværre ikke at se jer, fordi i sku så sent på scen... Øv... Det var virkeligen ærgerligt! Jeg satsede også på at få set jer på rust men det gik også i vasken! Så håber i snart spiller igen, og alle tre i bandet kan dukke op og nyde jeres musik!
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