received, and the album was awarded a Danish Music Award for “World Album of the Year”. The summer brought many festival gigs. Among others, G! Festival on the Faroe Islands, and Roskilde Festival, a personal ambition for the band for years. Afenginn then began work with Cross Connection Ballet Company to finish the Bellevue Sommer ballet. The performance “SOMA” was based on Piet Hein's cube by the same name and was built up around Afenginn's music. It featured both old and new material written especially for the occasion. The band performed live at all shows which ran three weeks at the Bellevue Theater and was also performed at Århus Festuge. In November, Frank London came to Denmark to work with Afenginn. They played three concerts and toured for two weeks as a quintet. The band then took its first break to pause, energize and reflect. New line up (2011) After a constructive break, Aske Jacoby decided to quit the band to focus on his own trio. Erik Olevik took over offering both a solid grip on the genre and the ability to play both electric and double bass. This gave the band a new range of options. Kim Nyberg had written new material, and during Christmas they started rehearsals of new material with the new constellation. After a number of summer festivals, they went on their first tour of Canada. In the fall, they toured Denmark for three weeks and Germany for two, playing, among other shows, two sold-out concerts 90 meters below ground. At the end of the year, they recorded a demo for their next album. 10 years lead to “Lux” (2012) Kim spent one month in India to continue work on the new album. Upon his return, Afenginn celebrated 10 years as a band with a momentous show that featured Bent Clausen and Mads Hyhne as special guests, a three-man choir and a dancer. Samal Blak acted as scenographer and director of the show which was entitled “DECENNIALE – a hyper concert show”. The venue was Husets Teater in Copenhagen and all three shows were sold out. During the summer, the new constellation rehearsed and starting recording the new album “Lux” in August with August Wanngren behind the mixer. Recordings are done in only three days (live in the studio as planned) and was finished off in September. In October and November, Afenginn toured Denmark, Austria, Switzerland