New Live Under Byen - "Plantage"
As if BTW Under Byen weren't cinematic, symphonic, or possessed of enough members on their own, in April of '07 the great Danes went out and got themselves a 42-person orchestra. It was just a one night affair, in Copenhagen for the benefit of 1500 people and with the Danish Radio Sinfonietta, which specializes in "recreating the 18th-century world of Mozart and operas." As an octet, Under Byen already brought a full sound to their live shows; judging by the arrangements on this track, recorded on Sinfonietta night, they knew this. Instead of letting the lush sweep be subsumed by orchestral pomp, the arrangers (Under Byen pianist Thorbjørn Krogshede and composer Carsten Fundal) pick their moments, with pizzicato here and momentary flourishes there.
Under Byen - "Plantage" (Live) (MP3)
The entire show was set to tape, culled to a five-track EP entitled Siamesisk, out 3/27 on Paper Bag. The rest of the tracklist as well as a few pics from the night after the jump.
[Photo from Under Byen @ Mercury Lounge, NYC 10/4/06]
TRACKLIST
01 Plantage
02 Af Samme Stof Som Stof
03 Siamesisk
04 Den Her Sang Handler Om At Få Det Bedste Ud Af Det
05 Tindrer
Posted at 4:14 PM in MP3
Tags: Under Byen
Not lame, this is actually quite impressive...
Look it's a band that can actually play their instruments and there is zero irony here to boot.
Very pretty.
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