Akelei

New gig and video

Posted at 13. June 2012 by mishanuis in Music ⋅ Uncategorized

We played a new song at our gig in Dordrecht last month. Our good friend Wouter caught everything on camera (dankjewel!) and together we edited a video for the as of yet untitled new track. We had a great time…

To Dordrecht

Posted at 16. April 2012 by mishanuis in Music ⋅ Uncategorized

Our first gig for 2012 is at Dordrecht Doom Day II on May 12. We will play a new song so be there! The time schedule is as follows: 15:00 – 15:45 Akelei 16:15 – 17:00 Seal of Beleth 17:30…

Holiday greetings, end-of-year lists, plans

Posted at 24. December 2011 by mishanuis in Music ⋅ Uncategorized

This year’s last blogpost will serve no other purpose than to tell you what (at least in our humble opinions) are 2011’s finest album releases. I asked everyone in the band to submit their own top-3 and the result of…

Video and images from Brainstorm

Posted at 9. November 2011 by mishanuis in Music ⋅ Uncategorized

We have two videos from last week’s gig for you. Thumbs up go out to Erhan and Ramona for filming and sharing their footage.

Debut album’s 1st year anniversary, Brainstorm fest

Posted at 6. November 2011 by mishanuis in Music ⋅ Uncategorized

So today it is exactly one year ago that we released ‘De zwaarte van het doorstane‘ at the Dutch Doom Days IX festival. The album has gotten only positive reviews and has sold a nice amount of copies. We would…

New gig and Omit and stuff

Posted at 6. October 2011 by mishanuis in Music ⋅ Uncategorized

Hey there! Finally back with some news. We’re doing a gig again. We will play at the Brainstorm festival in Apeldoorn on Saturday the 5th of November. That’s one day short of the first anniversary of our debut album. And…

What we are listening to

Posted at 18. July 2011 by mishanuis in Music ⋅ Uncategorized

Although there isn’t much group activity to report on during the summer months, what with band members away on holiday and the rehearsal space closing for a month, we want to keep the blog updated anyway so here’s an idea…

iTunes, strings and words

Posted at 2. July 2011 by mishanuis in Music ⋅ Uncategorized

Good news: our debut album is finally available on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/de-zwaarte-van-het-doorstane/id445699104 Last Friday we had another rehearsal session in Tilburg, our last before the summer holiday. Ward brought along his friend Merel, who plays viola. We jammed a bit and…

Line up news

Posted at 26. June 2011 by mishanuis in Music ⋅ Uncategorized

Last Friday we had the first rehearsal with our new bass player Harm. Our line up is complete again, at last! Harm’s the youngest member of Akelei – he’s 20 – but he has been playing bass for some years…

Akelei zoekt bassist (m/v)

Posted at 7. February 2011 by mishanuis in Music ⋅ Uncategorized

We zoeken een bassist(e). Josha krijgt het te druk met Carceri en een nieuwe Delftse band dus wij zoeken iemand die bij ons wil komen bassen. Repetities vinden doorgaans plaats in Tilburg op vrijdagavonden. We hebben wat voorkeuren: Leeftijd: 20-35…