Pallbearer + Akelei: 11 August 2022 Patronaat, Haarlem Good news: Akelei is definitely coming back to the stage in 2022! So far we have just one confirmed date, and it’s in August, but what a bill… Patronaat in Haarlem has…
Horrible weather today: heavy winds and rain… I’m looking forward to my Sunday afternoon walk and enjoying the sensations shortly, but first let me get this post out of the way. I’ve been wanting to compile the media attention Een…
The Een van ons studio sessions in photos: ‘Leaps of Progress’ (2019 – 2021) Now that the EP is out, I’ve been reading some blog posts from the past 2,5 years and revisiting photos and videos we made during visits…
Vocal sessions, mixing, artwork and what have you Time for another update. It’s been a few months since the last one and there’s much to report. The record is actually finished now, so there’s that! We recorded vocals at Studio…
The drums and guitars recording sessions Wait a minute, hold up… Didn’t we already record drums and guitars back in 2017 and 2019 respectively? Why yes, we did. But for unknown reasons we never got hold of those files. (And…
The bass recording session The last time Harm and I were on the phone must have been late 2017. Drums for the Akelei EP had been recorded a few months before and I wanted to keep the project going. That…
The Metal Battle report This first month of 2020 was an interesting one for Akelei. Competing in the Metal Battle meant a South Holland lineup had to be formed and rehearsals needed to be planned. It was a short notice…
Metal Battle voorronde Zuid-Holland (preliminary round for South Holland) Today is the first day of 2020 – a new decade, so best wishes are in place. May good health and prosperity be with you all the way! And great music,…
The viola recording session For those of you who have been following this blog for the last couple of months, you know that finding a viola player for this recording took a long time. I sent out emails to producers…
The violin recording session It was another fruitful and pleasant afternoon at Studio Moskou today. One more important step in completing the recording for this EP which has been so long in the making: the recording of the violin parts!…
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