Ye Banished Privateers

Ye Banished Privateers are a pirate band from Umeå, Sweden.[2]

Ye Banished Privateers
Ye Banished Privateers in 2015
Ye Banished Privateers in 2015
Background information
OriginUmeå, Sweden[1]
Genres
Years active2008 - present
LabelsTotentanz, Napalm Records
Websitehttp://yebanishedprivateers.com/

Their songs are inspired by traditional Irish and Scandinavian folk music and their lyrics are mostly based on events that happened in the 17th and 18th century.[3][4] During their shows they portray a crew of pirates, wearing historical clothes and acting while playing, making the show itself a mix of music and theatre.[5]

Biography

The band was started in 2008 by Björn Malmros and Peter Mollwing, who gathered several other musicians with the idea of playing pirate folk music.[6]

Today, the band amounts to nearly 30 members.

Their first self-produced album, Songs and Curses, was released on 19 September 2012 for the International Talk Like a Pirate Day.

After playing several shows in their home country, they started touring Germany in 2014.

In the same year, on 12 September, they released The Legend of Libertalia[7] their second studio album, on Totentanz Records.

In 2015 and 2016 they toured mainly in Sweden, Germany and the Netherlands.

They announced their third album in 2016,[8] but the release was delayed until 30 June 2017. First Night Back in Port finally came out when they signed a deal with Napalm Records.[9][10]

In 2020 Ye Banished Privateers released their fourth album Hostis Humani Generis.[11] The name of the album, Latin for "enemy of mankind"[12] is a term that was often used to describe maritime pirates; outsiders of society and a threat to the status quo.[13] Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the band was not able to release the album as planned and live-streamed a concert instead, an online event to which 12000 fans participated.[14]

They released a Christmas special album titled A Pirate Stole My Christmas on December 3, 2021 which featured classics of the festival with a new pirate spin to them.

Discography

Albums

2012 – Songs and Curses

2014 - The Legend of Libertalia (Totentanz Records)

2017 - First Night Back in Port (Napalm Records)

2020 - Hostis Humani Generis (Napalm Records)

2021 - A Pirate Stole my Christmas (Napalm Records)

Samplers

2013 – The Swashbuckling Sound of Pirates – Der Grosse Piraten Entertainment Markt – 20 pieces of Scurvy Seasongs (Totentanz Records)

2014 - Best of MPS 2014 (Totentanz Records)

Band members
  • Anders "Nobility" Nyberg - cembalo, celesta, pump organ and miniature piano
  • Anton "Taljenblock" Teljebäck - viola pomposa, pump organ, brass trash, stone and muddy lawn
  • Björn "Bellows" Malmros – accordion, harmonica, ocean drum, dholak, djembe, pottery and tabla
  • Emil "Emilio du Monde" Nilsson-Mäki - lead vocals, duki tarang, guitar, double bass
  • Eva "Eva the Navigator" Maaherra Lövheim - fiddle, octapad
  • Frida “Freebird” Granström - fiddle, brass, trumpet and octapad
  • Hampus "Monkey Boy" Holm - German style bass drum and octapad
  • Hampus "Bojtikken" Larsson - cajón, percussion, octapad, bouzouki and guitar
  • Ina Molin - cajón and dholak
  • Linnéa Enberg - percussion and octapad
  • Jens "Wan Chou Zhong" Tzan Choong - banjo, guitalele and sitar
  • Jim "Silent Jim" Sundström - mandolino and electrobass
  • Joel "Slagter-Lars" Löfwenius - guitar and synth bass
  • Jonas "Hog Eye McGinn" Nilsson - 5-string banjo and madal
  • Kristian "Good Christian" Persson Hodén - squeeze box
  • Lisa "Bloody Liz" Carlsson - cajón and percussion
  • Louise "Happy Lou" Gillman - fiddle and dance
  • Magda "Magda Malvina Märlprim" Andersson - synthesizer and bouzouki
  • Magnus "Val du Monde" Nilsson-Mäki - techno synthesizer, guitar, double bass
  • Martin "Scurvy Ben" Gavelin - sawbone, cajón, morsing, Wah-wah pedal, crash, cripple and roll
  • Mattias "Sickboy McCoy" Johansson - washboard, tambourines and scraps of metal
  • Melker Häggbom "Father Silver" Klingberg - u-bass, double bass
  • Niklas "Meat stick Nick" Boman - double bass and bass trombone
  • Peter "Quartermaster Blackpowder Pete" Mollwing - questionable vocals
  • Richard "Old Red" Larsson - u-bass, double bass, bouzouki and 12-string guitar
  • Sara "Landmark" Lundmark - percussion and marching drum
  • Sara "Major John" Wallin - recorder, shouts and ocean drum
  • Stina Hake - recorder, dholak, whistles and cello
  • William "Shameless Will" Hallin - lead chants and shouts

References
  1. Se när piratbandet från Umeå lever rövare i studion (in Swedish). SVT Nyheter. April 6, 2019. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  2. "Ye Banished Privateers discography". RateYourMusic. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
  3. "Ye Banished Privateers: more than music". Capturing creativity. 2017-01-10. Retrieved 2017-06-29.
  4. Edstam, Fanny (October 9, 2017). "Piraterna Ye Banished Privateers intar Brännö" [The pirates Ye Banished Privateers take on Brännö]. Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  5. Hanneken, Markus (July 17, 2019). "Stilecht und rockig: Piratennacht am Freitag auf der Meile" [Stylish and Rocking: Pirate Night on Friday on the Mile]. Westfälischer Anzeiger (in German). Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  6. Tommeks-Musikwelt (2015-10-05), Interview mit Ye Banished Privateers, retrieved 2017-06-29
  7. "Ye Banished Privateers". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2017-06-29.
  8. Under The Crossbones (2016-09-27), Ye Banished Privateers on Under The Crossbones Pirate Podcast, retrieved 2017-06-30
  9. bravewords.com. "YE BANISHED PRIVATEERS Sign Worldwide Deal With Napalm Records; New Album Coming In June". bravewords.com. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
  10. "Video premiere: "I Dream Of You" by Ye Banished Privateers". Sonic Seducer. June 16, 2017. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  11. Virginia Langum, How to Train Pirates, 26.04.2020, retrieved on 02.07.2020 https://www.umeatoday.com/how-to-train-pirates-umeas-ye-banished-privateers-swashbuckle-through-pandemic-with-kung-fu/
  12. Dr Sonja Schillings talks to Tatiana Prorokova; Hostis Humani Generis- Enemy of all mankind? 25.08.2015, retrieved on 02.07.2020 http://podacademy.org/podcasts/hostis-humani-generis-enemy-of-all-mankind/
  13. Salvatore Poier, 2009. Hostis Humani Generis: History of a multi-faceted Word https://www.academia.edu/692947/Hostis_Humani_Generis_History_of_a_multi-faceted_Word
  14. Virginia Langum, How to Train Pirates, 26.04.2020, retrieved on 02.07.2020 https://www.umeatoday.com/how-to-train-pirates-umeas-ye-banished-privateers-swashbuckle-through-pandemic-with-kung-fu/
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