{"id":684,"date":"2010-01-22T18:24:31","date_gmt":"2010-01-22T16:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=684"},"modified":"2017-03-15T09:50:46","modified_gmt":"2017-03-15T07:50:46","slug":"afenginn-bastard-punk-ethno-new-album-bastard-etno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=684","title":{"rendered":"Afenginn “Bastard-Punk-Ethno” – New Album “Bastard Etno”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today I found a press release about the latest album Bastard Etno<\/strong> of the Danish-Finish band Afenginn which is released today. This made me curious and I listened to the tracks available on Afenginns myspace page.<\/p>\n

Finnish mandolinist Kim Nyberg composes almost all of their music.<\/p>\n

Afenginn is the winner of the Danish Folk Price in 2009.<\/p>\n

Let’s start with some quotes form Afenginns homepage and myspace site:<\/p>\n

Afenginn means intoxication and strength in Old Norse! Their homebrewed and unique style is categorized as Bastard-Punk-Ethno, with a sigh of Nordic melancholy and a twist of cheerful madness.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bastard Etno – the fourth album from the unconventional Danish orchestra – is getting great reviews in national media!<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Danish newspaper Jyllands Posten (perhaps mostly known for being the one with the Muhammed pictures) gives 5 stars out of 6 to the new Afenginn album. They write:
\nThere is nothing normal with this album, nothing what so ever.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I recommend to start with the music on myspace first – this is a bit more refined and not so wild as the music in the following life videos from youtube. You can find several tracks from the previous albums, I hope that some tracks of the new album will be added soon.<\/p>\n

Video from a Festival in Germany, Bad Wildungen, with one of the slow tunes:<\/p>\n