2010.01.03
Happy new year, everyone! We hope you all made it into the new decade in one piece. We also hope to bring you new exciting SOPA releases and shows this year. First up we have a little treat for you:
In November 2009 - at the 5th SOPA Night - the Aarhus-based cultural calendar called Cast Guide asked SOPA to do an interview with Marzipan Marzipan for their next calendar. Sadly there was not sufficient public funding for the guide to continue, but we nevertheless made the interview.
You can read it all here! |
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2009.12.17
Future Music Magazine has reviewed a track of Agata & Me's which is featured on their MySpace. It's called "Everchanging" and oh, what a review! The first part refers to a picture from a few years ago (the one on the right here). but here we go:
"Are those fret board finger drags for real? They're louder than the notes you're picking! We like that they're there, sure - but that loud?
The vocal and piano however are faultless. The subtle dome-like reverb that creeps in, the harmonies, track-doubling and tense, fragile atmosphere all combine to create a recording where you fear the intrusive clanging clatter of a pin drop.
A beautiful tune and expertly crafted, recording that sound gorgeously alive and organic. Proof that sometimes real musical magic is simply a matter of putting a mic in front of something. Beautiful." |
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2009.12.10
Girls Love Rallie is playing a solo acoustic show at Earth Hour Event at Musikcaféen in Huset i Magstræde, Copenhagen, on Wednesday December 16th. He will be on at about 21.00. Also performing that night is Esther Maria & The Song Horse (featured on the SOPA CURIOSA-compilation) as well as Soffie Viemose, Piip (doing poetry reading), Mundhug (reading bedtime stories) and VJ and a DJ.
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2009.11.28
Two new items in the shop! SOPA hasn't had a new release for about a year, but we figured we would do something special for SOPA Night 5 and 6 in Aarhus and Aalborg this November. So we made this little compilation with 8 exclusive tracks - never released before! - by the four artists taking part in the first of the two SOPA Nights: Marzipan Marzipan, A.K. Hansn, Agata & Me and Sister Chain & Brother John. Only 50 copies have been made. The price is 40 DKK (5.50 euro). Read more here.
To coincide with the shows we also made a small batch of t-shirts. Just to try it out. This is the very first SOPA merchandise ever. The design is by Zelda Panda (Marzipan Marzipan) and the words on it read "way too real for wide appeal". The price is 120 dkk (16 euro). Read more here.
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2009.10.20
We've got two SOPA Nights in Denmark in November! Marzipan Marzipan is coming up from Berlin along with Sister Chain & Brother John (who kicked off the "SOPA CURIOSA" compilation with their song "Black Room"). They will play alongside SOPA artists from Aarhus: A.K. Hansn and Agata & Me. The dates, venues are line-ups are:
Friday, November 20: Marzipan Marzipan + Sister Chain & Brother John + A.K. Hansn & The Five Orange Pips + Agata & Me + DJs Zelda Panda & Capt. Daydream.
@ Aarhus Art Academy (Århus Kunstakademi), Aarhus.
Saturday, November 21: Marzipan Marzipan + Sister Chain & Brother John + DJs Zelda Panda & Capt. Daydream.
@ Transformator, Aalborg
For further details see the Live Shows page.
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2009.10.04
Agata & Me are on tour in Ireland right now: Belfast, Dublin and Cork. On October 10 they play in Luxembourg. So if you're in the vicinity be sure to check them out. For details see the Live Shows page. |
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2009.10.03
A new item in the shop! The brand new EP from Esther Maria & The Song Horse called "My Black Heart". Remember her haunting acoustic song "Never Can It Be" on the SOPA CURIOSA-compilation? The reviewer at Undertoner already noticed her back then.
Well, here's more of that folk- and country-tinged songwriting of hers. The price for the cd is 50 DKK / 7 euro. More info on the cd here (where there also are a few quotes from the reviews written so far).
You can listen to the songs at her MySpace page and drop by www.esthermaria.com for more info. |
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2009.08.07
We have added a SOPA blog here on the site. It's actually located at Blogspot, but it's also embedded in the site. Just choose Blog in the menu. If you want to leave comments (please do!) click the headline of the post you want to comment and you will be transported to Blogspot where you can type to your heart's content.
The blog is the playground for all the SOPA artists. He we will write about anything. It doesn't have to be about our releases or concerts (but it probably also will - like photos, videos and various writings). We might also share our enthusiasm about other music, films, books that we find inspirational, or just plain writing about "life in general" and things we find interesting, worrying or feel strongly about in one way or the other. We might also outline future projects (releases, events etc.) and invite you to inspire us, if you like.
We welcome any input you may have. Sharing enthusiasm and being an inspiration to one another is a great feeling. Join the fun!
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2009.07.09
Marzipan Marzipan recently was invited to share some of her "hidden treasures" on the Berlin-based radio show Urban Peas. Go visit the Brumtone site for this entertaining radio session full of interesting and funny oldies songs with host Manuela Krause and also get a taste of Marzipan Marzipan playing live in Manuela's kitchen. The direct link for the show is here. |
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