Ampel
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3,426 plays (411 listeners)
Copenhagen, Denmark (1999 – present)
Ampel is a Danish twee pop ensemble founded in Copenhagen in 1999 by high school friends Kasper Clemmensen (songwriting/vocals/guitar), Morten Hougaard (bass) and Mikkel Felland (percussion/keyboard/vocals/various) after a pubcrawl following a concert with Tocotronic initially calling themselves ‘Traurig und langweilig’ (German for ‘Sad and boring’).
After years as a trio, Ampel added Ditte Duus as a violinist/percussionist/vocalist to their lineup in 2003 and produced the EP Drink Your Milk with help from The Good Good’s David Penn.
Adding a violin and using a snare drum and brushes for almost every new song, Ampel’s music became the cheerful, bright twee pop wrapped up in wry guitar lines overlapping each other and with a lot of jumpy bass melodies that gave them their twee pop label. Kasper and Ditte shares singing duties, often with lyrics about the drollness of life without ever over analysing it.
In 2005 the lineup was further perfected with the addition of Peter Laursen (guitar/accordion/recorder/ukulele/melodica), and the band self-released two more mini-EPs, 2005’s Roger Human Toad (an anagram of their bass player’s name) and 2006’s Powdered Milk.
Since then Ampel has been perfecting their sound using more than one drum; adding a floor tom to their setup, and they are currently (winter 2008) recording new songs.
After years as a trio, Ampel added Ditte Duus as a violinist/percussionist/vocalist to their lineup in 2003 and produced the EP Drink Your Milk with help from The Good Good’s David Penn.
Adding a violin and using a snare drum and brushes for almost every new song, Ampel’s music became the cheerful, bright twee pop wrapped up in wry guitar lines overlapping each other and with a lot of jumpy bass melodies that gave them their twee pop label. Kasper and Ditte shares singing duties, often with lyrics about the drollness of life without ever over analysing it.
In 2005 the lineup was further perfected with the addition of Peter Laursen (guitar/accordion/recorder/ukulele/melodica), and the band self-released two more mini-EPs, 2005’s Roger Human Toad (an anagram of their bass player’s name) and 2006’s Powdered Milk.
Since then Ampel has been perfecting their sound using more than one drum; adding a floor tom to their setup, and they are currently (winter 2008) recording new songs.
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Shoutbox
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jupptenhagen wrote:
Hey Lekkim, which one on the picture are you???
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galskab wrote:
Hope you had a great concert last night! Copenhagen is always so far away...
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Montanus wrote:
The new ampel songs are fabulous! C ya the fourth of November.
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Lekkim wrote:
The new songs are here, if you need the help: http://www.last.fm/music/Ampel/Powdered Milk
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Lekkim wrote:
Hey. Three newly recorded songs for everyone's enjoyment. Feel free to download and abuse in which way it suits you.
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Montanus wrote:
Gad vide hvor jeg blev af på listen over fans???
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Montanus wrote:
Listening to your music makes me happy-slappy!
Featured Tracks
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Free MP3 Amanda Panda | 3:21 |
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Free MP3 The Beauty of Mistakes | 1:56 |
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Free MP3 Stop the Bleeding Girl | 5:00 |
News
We are on this compilation
15 Feb 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/ampelrecords
..Hi everybody. Ampel tunes are now in stock again in limited numbers, as we're on this great compilation of pop pop beats and lol-fi sounds in the form(s) of twee-lectro, baroque crooner-core, northe. …
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We are on this compilation
15 Feb 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/ampelrecords
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MikkelAH
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Recent Activity
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Lekkim added Ampel to the lineup of Klub Tone på Kulturnatten at Studenterhuset. last month
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Lekkim added Ampel to the lineup of Ampel at Café-Retro. August 2009
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Lekkim added Ampel to the lineup of The Give It Ups at Studenterhuset. June 2009
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kogith shared Ampel with kogith. April 2009
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Monsunchen, pigfrench and liajfuentes added Ampel to their libraries. March 2009
- Ampel posted a news item ‘We are on this compilation’. March 2009
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MusicStamp added Ampel to MusicStamp’s library. February 2009
Related Journals
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Ampel puts up five old and new demo recordings
by Lekkim |
1 Jan 2009 | Add comment
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Going to see... Saturday Looks Good to Me, The Black Atlantic & Ampel
by impressmeworld |
28 May 2008 | 1 comment
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The bird flu pt. 2
by Nicam |
14 Aug 2006 | Add comment
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