Music

Releases from 2008-2010 Hi! Quick update: Akelei’s demo (2008), single Dwaaluur and debut album (both 2010) are currently unavailable on Spotify. They will be back on the streaming service but via a different distributor. This goes for other streaming platforms…

Organising a gig at HAL015   Earlier this year, I started thinking how it would work out if I put together a band night in Delft. The last time I did that is over ten years ago and it seems…

Akelei live I’m not sure if we’ve ever done two shows in a month before. We haven’t played that many shows at all, really. Our next one is a bit special. This Saturday, we’re playing the Koornbeurs in Delft. This…

Moed means courage If you navigated here through the site’s front page, you probably didn’t miss that we have a new single out, Moed! I made a mention of it in the previous post but lacked the time until now…

Reflections and loss Happy new year! May 2023 give you good health, peace and prosperity. Let’s make this Gregorian cycle a progressive one. Boy, do we have some catching up to do. I started new blog drafts in August and…

Show cancelled due to Covid-19 This is the one we’ve all been looking forward to since we were invited by Patronaat back in February. But really it’s been two and a half years since our last show at Baroeg. So…

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…