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July 09, 2010: Summer is here! Kloster will be playing with a full band at Fanø Free Folk Festival on the 23rd to the 25th of July. Only few tickets left for sale. For more information, go here! The master of the coming Kloster album has arrived. Now we're working on finishing up the cover artwork. We're still not sure, who's going to release the album. It might be Washington Inc Records, but it might also be some overseas label. We'll keep you informed. Enjoy the sun.
May 27, 2010: Happy spring! Today we are digitally re-releasing a 30 years old cassette tape - "Sus & Carsten - Sange fra vrimmelen". It's a free download release. No charge at all. Go get it here! The next Kloster album is being mastered these days. A few corrections had to be made, so please be patient.
March 23, 2010: The mixing process for the next Kloster album took a little longer than expected. Also, some last minute additions by Emil Nikolaisen from Serena Maneesh were made to a few of the songs. However, we are now ready to send the whole album off to mastering. 25½ gigabytes of recorded material have turned in to 14 songs clocking in at precisely 60 minutes. The title of the album will be "The Waves and Winds Still Know His Voice". Katrine Johansen, who made the music video for Kloster's "My Heart = Your House", is busy working on artwork for the album. It should all turn out nicely. We will inform you when we have more detailed information about a release date. Enjoy spring!
February 21, 2010: Exhibition07 is now available at The Gallery.
December 16, 2009: Kloster's album "Do Not Be Afraid" is now available on itunes. Thank you for any support. Merry Christmas!
December 01, 2009: December is here! And so is Kloster's new Christmas single. Go get it for free here. If you want more Christmas songs, go to Exhibition05 in The Gallery and get Mechanical Bird's Christmas EP, also free of charge. Kloster's coming full length album is being mixed these weeks. It contains 14 songs and will be titled "The Waves and Winds Still Know His Voice". We're hoping that it will see the light of day early next year.
October 23, 2009: Kloster has finished recording 14 songs for a new album. The following weeks (or months) will be spent on mixing the album. We're aiming for an early 2010 release.
October 02, 2009: Kloster will play a show at Underwood Ink (a small combined bar and book store) on Wednesday the 7th of October. Underwood Ink is located at Ryesgade 30 A, 2200 Copenhagen. The show begins at 8 PM, and the entrance fee is 50 kroner. The evening will also feature acts by Drowning Woods and Aymeric Hainaux. Welcome!
July 19, 2009: We have a few copies of "Mount Eerie - Live in Copenhagen(3xLP)" back in stock. Let us know if you're interested.
July 12, 2009: "Kloster - NORGE PÅ LANGS EP" has now been released as a FREE downloadable release. For more info, go here. Enjoy!
July 10, 2009: Several new people have been added to the Kloster roster. Check them out here. Also, a new and FREE! Kloster downloadable ep will soon see the light of day.
June 09, 2009: Happy summer! Kloster will soon go on a small tour in Norway. On Thursday the 18th of June, Mikael will leave for Tromsø with still no scheduled shows. Maybe a house show or something will come up. On June 24 Mikael will play a solo show at Sound of Mu in Oslo and on the 27th he will team up with Solrun Stig to play a show at the Ågseth Festival. Welcome! The recording process for the fourth Kloster album is still going well. Lots of songs have been recorded. We're still excited.
May 09, 2009: Danish music magazine Geiger has just reviewed our two releases "Stillat min själ" and ""Live in Kristiansand". It's in Danish and you can read it here.
April 21, 2009: Kloster will open for Mirah on the 7th of May at Lades Kælder. Doors open at 9 pm. 50 kroner. Welcome!
April 09, 2009: Kloster will play a concert at Betlehemskyrkan in Malmö, Sweden on the 25th of April. This will be Mikael alone with his guitar. Contemplative and intense. Some new songs from the coming Kloster album will be presented. The address is Södervärnsgatan 7, doors open at 8 pm, and the entrance fee is 40 Swedish kroner. Welcome.
April 06, 2009: Happy spring! Kloster is now in progress of recording songs for a new album. So far we like what we hear. This time Mikael R Andreasen has mostly been focusing on writing music to the words of old psalm writers, poets, mystics and friends. Julian of Norwich, Emily Dickinson, King David, Jeanette Munksbøl and Bo Axelsen are among the lyricists. If all goes well, this could end up becoming the best Kloster album to date. We'll keep you notified. Also, if you wish to join our mailing list, please let us know at contactkloster[@]gmail.com. We will not spam you with a lot of emails, but when we have important news we will kindly let you know.
February 22, 2009: Exhibition06 is now available. Phil Elverum (Mount Eerie) is presenting his paintings for the "Mount Eerie - Live in Copenhagen" release. Enjoy.
February 12, 2009: The editor, Bjørn Hammershaug, of Norwegian music magazine Groove puts Kloster's "Do Not Be Afraid" on his top 10 list of best 2008 albums and also recommends Kloster's "Stillat min själ" and "Live in Kristiansand". Thank you, Bjørn! You can read more here (in Norwegian).
February 05, 2009: "Do Not Be Afraid" will soon be released on vinyl by the Danish label L'art Pour L'art. There will be a small release party on the 18th of February @ Apparatet, Nørrebrogade 184, Copenhagen, 8:00 PM. The first 100 beers will be free, Kloster will play a small concert and you can buy the new vinyl at a special price. Free entrance. Welcome.
December 31, 2008: Happy New Year (and happy birthday to Jan Erik Stig)!
December 24, 2008: Merry Christmas!
December 11, 2008: "Kloster - Live in Kristiansand" is now available for purchase. Only 166 copies have been made. Once they're gone, they're gone! For more info, go here.
December 08, 2008: A Christmas Fable by Mechanical Bird is now presented at The Gallery. Check out Exhibition05.
November 29, 2008: Kloster will soon be releasing a live cd. 13 songs recorded live in concert in beautiful Norway. This will be a very limited release.
November 15, 2008: Exhibition04 is now available for you to enjoy. Lomo pictures taken by our long time friend and sometimes tour manager for Serena Maneesh, Ben Sand.
November 01, 2008: Happy November. The small Danish label "L'art Pour L'art" will be putting out Kloster's "Do Not Be Afraid" album on vinyl early next year. The master was handed in for pressing yesterday. Even though it is not our release, we are still very excited about this. We'll keep you updated.
October 24, 2008: Kloster will be performing a small acoustic show in an appartment in Odense, Denmark, on Monday the 27th of October. The address is Guldbergsvej 16, 3. tv. The entrance fee is 30 kroner and doors open at 7 pm. They serve beer and chai. Welcome!
October 23, 2008: Our webpage is now available for the world. Welcome! We hope you like it here. Check out The Gallery for some nice exhibitions.
