Slaraffenland

Slaraffenland
OriginCopenhagen, Denmark
GenresFolk, jazz fusion, post-rock, pop, chamber pop [1]
Years active2001–present
LabelsHometapes, Rumraket
MembersMike Taagehøj
Christian Taagehøj
Niklas Antonson
Bjørn Heebøll
Jeppe Skjold
Websitehttp://www.slaraffenland.net

Slaraffenland is an experimental pop music band from Copenhagen, Denmark. Their sound is a mixture of many different styles, including post-rock, experimental rock, noise pop, and freeform jazz. They self-released an album and an EP under their own label, "Honningmand Records".[1] Their second album Private Cinema was released in 2007. The band's third studio album, entitled We're on Your Side was released on September 15, 2009.[2]

By the band's own account their name means "The Land of Milk and Honey" in Danish,[1] though the "Land of Cockaigne" is a technically more accurate translation.[3]

  1. ^ a b HomeTapes: Q&A
  2. ^ Rumraket press release: New Single and Album from Slaraffenland
  3. ^ E.g. Cay Dollerup, Tales and Translation: The Grimm Tales from Pan-Germanic Narratives to Shared International Fairy-Tales, Benjamins Translation Library, 30 (Amsterdam: Benjamins, 1999), p. 367.