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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 adding a cocktail drum kit to their setup, and they are currently (winter 2010) 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 adding a cocktail drum kit to their setup, and they are currently (winter 2010) recording new songs.
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| FULL TRACK Amanda Panda | 3:21 | Free MP3 |
| FULL TRACK The Beauty of Mistakes | 1:56 | Free MP3 |
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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!
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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,
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15 Feb 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/ampelrecords -
15 Feb 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/ampelrecords
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Recent Activity
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Lekkim added Ampel to the lineup of Don't stop the Pop Weasel at Metronomen. last month
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Josef73 tagged Ampel with ‘under 2000 listeners’. November 2011
- Ampel posted a news item ‘We are on this compilation’. May 2011
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mi_ton added Ampel to mi_ton’s library. April 2011
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TaggingMachine tagged Ampel with ‘under 2000 listeners’. November 2010
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die_jule added Ampel to the lineup of Indie Pop Days at Wasserturm Kreuzberg. September 2010
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BEATSinME and TimothyxCrowe added Ampel to their libraries. September 2010
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Kafuffle tagged Ampel with denmark, danish and indie pop. June 2010
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perryvers added Ampel to the lineup of START! Festivalen at Kvægtorvet, Den Brune Kødby. April 2010
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