Posts by: 11 Acorn Lane

Two songs from our new release “Swing Thing” are on the brand new Japanese Electro Swing compilation “A Happy Electro Swing Jazz Year” by Rambling Records. The two 11 Acorn Lane songs that appear on this hard swinging collection are “Swing Thing” and “Le [...]

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Ever wondered what effect 11 Acorn Lane’s Holiday music has on students who are supposed to study for finals?

Here’s a slightly non-scientific field study involving certain rather brillant UT Austin students.

Watch the video below or on YouTube.

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11 Acorn Lane combine dozens of vintage and modern instruments creating a new take on holiday classics

The music of 11 Acorn Lane isn’t easy to make. On their new album, ‘Happy Holy Days,’ the NY-based duo used dozens of instruments over a three-year period to meld jazz, Latin, exotica and funk music with current [...]

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Happy Holidays from 11 Acorn Lane! Celebrate with 11 Acorn Lane and get 5 free downloads at the bottom of this post!

We are very excited that our version of “Deck The alls” was selected by Amazon to be part of their “25 Days of Free” promotion. [...]

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November 2011 – ‘Swing Thing’ is getting airplay. Thank you to all the DJs and radios who play and support the music!

• Tom Schnabel plays “Le Sexe Au Telephone (Do Me Do Mix)” in his show on KCRW.

• “Swing Thing” is added to rotation on Sirius FM.

• ‘Swing Thing’ is on many [...]

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November 14, 2011 – ‘Swing Thing’ by 11 Acorn Lane is out now.

‘Swing Thing’ is a tremendously fun collection of high-energy songs by 11 Acorn Lane featuring their signature quirky style that mixes electronic beats with jazz, pop, world, lounge and exotica.

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October 10, 2011 – The 11 Acorn Lane song “Happy As Can Be” is featured in a scene in the season premier of HBO’s Bored To Death. The song plays as Ray is taking his infant son for a walk and is trying to enter a restaurant with the stroller.

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October 7, 2011 – The song “Swing Thing” by 11 Acorn Lane appears on the European compilation “The Electro Swing Revolution Vol. 2″

The compilation is produced by Lola’s World Records and compiled by DJs Gülbahar Kültür and DJ Globalution.

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December 2010 – ‘Happy Holy Days,’ 11 Acorn Lane’s quirky new Esquivel-inspired album, is a potent holiday cocktail with traces of funk, exotica, electronica, traditional European music  and sounds like no Christmas record you’ve ever heard—and critics agree that’s a good thing:

“Delightful” – American Songwriter

“Accomplished musical whimsy” – Los Angeles Times

“Effervescent…wild, inventive [...]

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October 2010 – Our song “Yes” is in the TV spot “Balao” by TIM Mobile Brazil featuring the Blue Man Group.

Watch the YouTube clip below.

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