ALTER Festival – Folkemusikken står side om side med elektroniske eksperimenter
Lankum. Foto: Sorcha Frances Ryder Foromtale af Andreas Korsgaard Den aarhusianske festival Alter afholdes 24.-26. august for tredje gang. Festivalen har rødder i miljøet omkring det hedengangne...
View ArticleYing-Hsueh Chen – “ I still believe that true freedom comes from being rooted...
Interview by Alexander Julin Mortensen, photo by Malthe Folke Ivarsson Over the years, the Copenhagen-based Taiwaneese artist Ying-Hsueh Chen has manifested herself as somewhat of a singular artist in...
View ArticleSupport Our Scene – “Vi kunne ikke bare der sidde uden at lave noget”
Interview af Jon Albjerg Ravnholt. Foto: Peter Troest. Fredericia er Danmarks hovedstad for bølle-hardcore, og den stolte tradition holder ægteparret Gitte og Michael Birkebæk Buus i hævd med...
View ArticleFrigjort Festival – Mangfoldighed, løse hunde og et hamrende skarpt...
Reportage af Simon Lund Pedersen, billeder af Niclas Bjerre Hawkesworth Mine forventninger til Frigjort Festival var på sit højeste, inden jeg satte mine ben på Christiania på festivalens første dag....
View ArticleCroatian Amor – At skabe nye forbindelser og fortællinger (interview)
Interview af Amalia Keck Al-Habahbeh. Foto: Croatian Amor pressebillede. I maj udkom Croatian Amors nyeste album, “A Part of You in Everything” på pladeselskabet Posh Isolation. Loke Rahbek, manden...
View ArticleStruer Tracks – Environmental crises and spiritual experiences through the...
By Mikkel Schou, photos by Mateusz Szot On paper, Struer Tracks is a bit of a radical experiment. A sound art biennale with a host of experimental and international artists in a small and remote port...
View ArticleClarice Jensen på Musikefterskolen i Humble – Længere ud på Langeland
Interview og fotos af Jon Albjerg Ravnholt. Find hvert år et par håndfulde nichemusikere fra hele verden i toppen af deres felt og få dem til at spille for en sal fuld af 16-årige...
View ArticleAlter Festival – once is chance, twice is coincidence, third time is a pattern
Coverage of Alter Festival (August 24-26, 2023) by Martha Hviid, photos by Natalie Black and Martha Hviid The Aarhus-based Festival Alter has existed for four years. Well, they had to cancel their...
View ArticleN.E.GIRL – The physical effect of bass-heavy music (interview & mixtape)
Interview by Alexander Julin Mortensen, photo by NONO GIGSTA The Copenhagen-based DJ Esther Kakai – aka. N.E.GIRL – has become a renowned DJ in the city. Having played numerous shows in Copenhagen...
View ArticleSmag På Dig Selv – “Det er også bare, fordi det lyder sygt fedt”
Interview af Jon Albjerg Ravnholt. Foto: PR. Har jazzen et revolutionært potentiale i 2023? Smag På Dig Selv slynger om sig med paroler, men gør det mest, fordi det er grineren og matcher det...
View ArticleFestival of Endless Gratitude – en fejring af det anderledes, som vi kender det
Reportage og fotos af Jon Albjerg Ravnholt. Den alternative københavnske musikscene ligner sig selv, den har bare fået smilerynker og givet slip på sig selv for at danse løs. Første weekend i november...
View ArticleVelkommen til det ekspanderende Big Mess-univers
Af Anton Rothstein – interview med Tobias Bendixen, foto af Elin Tårnes Det københavnske punkband Big Mess har efterhånden et par håndfulde år på bagen, men i 2023 lyder de mere friske og energiske...
View ArticleAlexander Tillegreen – “I think there is a great possibility in listening to...
By Alexander Julin Mortensen, photo: Press photo The first time I encountered the Danish sound artist, composer, researcher and visual artist Alexander Tillegreen’s work was at the contemporary...
View ArticleKool Music – No Horsing Around
Kool Music – “Trois Horses” (Escho, 2023) – review by Ivna Franic From the name of the project to the visual aesthetic of some of the releases, artist and writer Jasper Baydala’s Kool Music has a...
View ArticleMINU: Festival for Expanded Music 2023
Current Resonance, “Á la Carte”. Photo: Bea Vanhala Minu Festival, November 15 – 19, 2023 – Review by Macon Holt Over five days in mid-November, the third iteration of “MINU: Festival for Expanded...
View ArticleÅret, der lige akkurat gik
Af Sofie Westh I et forsøg på at starte denne opsummering af tendenser jeg har lagt mærke til i musikåret anno 2023, gik jeg i arkiverne for at finde inspiration. Her faldt jeg over lyddesigner Peter...
View ArticleOrgan Sound Art Festival – adventurous organs in contemporary music
Report by Mikkel Schou, photo by Ross Adams Finding out what the yearly Organ Sound Art festival is about is actually hard. Beyond social media marketing and the year’s program, there’s not much...
View ArticleNew Borders – Crossing Borders in the North
Interview by Kristoffer Møllegaard, photo by Helene Bergjord On December 1th. the Scandinavia-based improvisational trio New Borders released their debut album North on Copenhagen label CRRNT...
View ArticleSigne Emmeluth – Ikke bare endnu et improviserende smadderband
Interview af Jon Albjerg Ravnholt. Fotos: Peter Gannushkin. Signe Emmeluth er en af jazzens mest ekspressive unge danske stemmer. Hun er det bare ikke i Danmark. Den 31-årige fynbo er en del af en...
View ArticleIn conversation with BUKHAR – on the role of cultural practitioners in...
By Amalia Al-Habahbeh, photos by BUKHAROn December 2, BUKHAR held the event “Bukhar in conversation” at Kapelvejens Medborgerhus. The event featured a panel debate moderated by Yasmina from BUKHAR and...
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