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Elephant Sessions (SCO) – Festival Showcase Scotland #3

Elephant Sessions

Lørdag 7/5  21:00
Elephant Sessions (SCO) – Festival Showcase Scotland #3
Mix af traditionel folk, funk, electronica. Potent neo-folk-cocktail

Det eksploderende og syv-mile-skridt fremadstormende indie-folk band bryder grænser og ryster de traditionelle opfattelser af skotsk folk.

Med tre storsælgende albums i bagagen optræder de på nogle af verdens mest bemærkelsesværdige spillesteder og betydningsfulde festivaler.

Elephant Sessions er blevet kaldt alt lige fra “indie-folk-fusions pionerer” til “Absolutely superb” og “a sensational live band” til “Bandet som mixer traditionel folk, funk, electronica og meget andet til en potent neo-folk-cocktail”.

Entré: 230,-
Ung under 25 år: 115,-

Ståpladser / unummererede stole ved caféborde.
Der vil være siddepladser til alle med købte billetter.

Varighed: ca. 3 timer inkl. pause.
Dørene til salen åbnes kl. 20:30.
Caféen er åben hele dagen fra kl. 14:00.

Koncerten med Elephant Sessions er første del af dobbeltkoncerten. Anden del udfyldes af Niteworks.

Køb evt. Festivalbillet – der gælder for alle 3 dobbeltkoncerter d. 6 & 7/5:
500,-
Ung under 25 år: 250,-
Køb fuld festivalbillet her: https://baltoppen.billetten.dk/index/eventdetails/eventno/97119

Showcase Scotland @ Baltoppen LIVE 2022
Festival of leading Scottish & Gaelic contemporary folk & root bands – foot stomping jigs & reels, techno & bag pipes, flutes & fiddles and EDM
Skotland sprudler af boblende musik, hvor rødderne til den keltiske og gæliske kultur stikker dybt. Festivalen viser den aktuelle vitalitet med i alt seks eftertragtede bands, der optræder med et overflødighedshorn af synkoperede rytmer, vidunderlige numre samt underholdende sceneshows.

Festivalen er et samarbejde mellem Baltoppen LIVE og Showcase Scotland EXPO / Active Events støttet af bl.a. Creative Scotland samt Statens Kunstfond.

Får du lyst til at spise omkring koncerterne henviser vi til et udvalg af Ballerups restauranter:

Torvets Brasserie
https://torvets-brasserie.dk/ 
(fredag kl. 10–23, lørdag kl. 10–23)
Kirketorvet i Ballerup (Centrumgaden 2B), 2750 Ballerup
Brasseriet laver en speciel 3-retters menu til anledningen, som består af:
Forret: jordskokke suppe med trøffelcreme
Hovedret: oksemørbrad m. Vilde svampe og portvinssovs.
Dessert: chokolade fondant m. Vanilje is og friske bær
Normal pris 470 / Festivalpris 350

The Burger Concept
www.theburgerconcept.com/lokationer/ballerup/
(fredag kl. 11-20, lørdag kl. 11-20)
Ballerup Centret (etage 0 v. indgangen til Føtex), Baltorpvej 2, 2750 Ballerup
Tilbyder en valgfri burger & fries til 39 kr. som en festival menu.
Menuen vil gælde på flg.: Single Iconic, Chicken BBQ og Veggiestyle burger.

Café LaQuart
https://ballerup.cafelaquart.dk/ (vælg ”Ballerup”)
(fredag kl. 10–23, lørdag kl. 10–23)
Centrumgaden 11, 2750 Ballerup

La Rustica – Ballerup
https://www.la-rustica.dk/
(fredag kl. 10–23, lørdag kl. 10–23)
Ballerup Centeret (etage 0 v. indgangen til Centrumgaden), Baltorpvej 2, 2750 Ballerup

Mere om Elephant Sessions

WINNERS 2017 BBC SCOTS TRAD AWARDS ALBUM OF THE YEAR

WINNERS 2018 BBC SCOTS TRAD LIVE ACT OF THE YEAR

FINALISTS 2018 BBC RADIO 2 FOLK AWARDS – BEST BAND

SAY AWARDS 2020 – LONGLIST FINALISTS

‘The versatility of Elephant Sessions is its strength. Passionate about their culture and their origins, these Scots are using their instruments like weapons to destroy clichés…We love them’
Rolling Stone Magazine

‘Absolutely superb…’
Chris Hawkins (BBC Radio 6)

Elephant Sessions transcend boundaries and shake the very foundations of expectation.

Exploding onto the indie folk scene to unparalleled effect with their last album “All We Have Is Now”, the band have since appeared at some of the world’s most notable venues and festivals with audiences crowd surfing their way through the summer and marquee floors breaking under the weight of bouncing fans.

The Mercury nominated Alt-J, along with BBC Radio 6, found themselves converted to the band’s unique brand of indie folk. Reviews from Rolling Stone Magazine sat alongside folk magazine coverage. Radio features accompanied documentaries and highlights shows on television stations.

Charting in the French download charts and selling bucket loads across Europe, ‘All We Have Is Now’ firmly established this band as completely unique. 2018 saw awards in abundance. Opening the year as winners of Album of the Year at the BBC Scotland Trad Awards, they went on to be finalists as Best Group at the BBC Radio 2 awards. In May, Belhaven Brewery got together with the band to award the first ever Belhaven Bursary for innovation in music. The bursary amount matches the Mercury Music prize and was awarded in recognition of their unique and outstanding sound. It was accompanied by the bands own beer ‘Elephant Sessions Ale’, which was launched in May 2018.They closed the year by picking up the coveted BBC Scots Trad Award as Live Band of the Year.

May 2019 saw the release of third album ‘What Makes You’, once again to great acclaim. A UK tour was followed by a summer of festivals across Europe, including Glastonbury, Boomtown Fair, Tønder Festival, Wickham Festival, Belladrum, Towersey, Skye Live and the opening ceremony of the Solheim Cup. Closing the year with sold out shows in both their home towns of Glasgow and Inverness, the band have notched up over 1.5 million spotify streams and charted in digital charts across Europe and Australia. The band spent Hogmanay/ New Year’s Eve by magically managing a simultaneous appearance in both Scotland and Australia! An appearance on BBC Scotland’s Hogmanay show kept fans at home happy, whilst a live concert at The Woodford Festival in Australia officially opened year- long activities for the Year of Scotland in Australia 2020.

Returning from a tour of Australia in January and a quick appearance at Folk Alliance international in New Orleans, the band planned to again head out on the road to perform a few dates across the UK. Then came lockdown. It takes more than a worldwide pandemic to stop this band though! As soon as they were able to get together, in a Covid safe, socially distanced way of course, they started making plans to film a unique live performance in their home of the Scottish Highlands. As well as providing exclusive performance footage for fans, the stream ensured that their regular touring crew and wider teams, as well as their favourite local venue would all benefit from the stream.

With help from Creative Scotland, Elephant Sessions filmed their Lockdown Special in late 2020 in Ironworks in Inverness. This went on to be one of the most viewed events of the Celtic Connections 2021 online festival.

With all their UK shows now scheduled for December 2021, the band are adding in more dates, heading to Australia again in March 2022 and have begun working on their next album due for release in Spring 2022.

Watch out for this band – they have transformed traditional music!