JJ & the A’s – Eksil-californisk nostalgi-punk
Interview af Jon Albjerg Ravnholt. Fotos: Olle Bergholz (s/h) og Jens Raadal. Som band er de indbegrebet af den københavnske drøm om at være en kosmopol: En dansker og to amerikanere, den ene med base...
View ArticleDrift Radio – on housing diversities and facilitating communities
Interview by Sofie Westh Out of admiration to DIY and the community radio media, I spoke to the Icelandic DJ and promoter Anton Sandholt (he/they) – aka. Fruit DJ – about what drove them to initiate...
View ArticleMEUF – ikke-mændene stikker ild til scenen
Interview af Jon Albjerg Ravnholt. Foto: Andreas Bang Kirkegaard m.fl. På compilationspladerne “MEUF” samler Maria Dybbroe nordiske musikere indenfor jazz og kunstmusik med det til fælles, at de ikke...
View ArticleSpace Afrika – “Experience is at the root of everything that we produce”...
By Ivna Franic, photos by Glauco Canalis The concert season in Copenhagen is gearing up to be the most exciting it’s been in ages, and Space Afrika makes for one of its high points. Their upcoming...
View ArticlePassive Aggressive Conversations #1: Dalin Waldo
Maite Cintron, with Ivna Franic and Macon Holt Passive Aggressive Conversations is our new podcast series hosted by two Passive/Aggressive journalists, Macon Holt and Ivna Franic, where we dive deep...
View ArticleAnders Vestergaard – Der er intet tilbage til mig selv
Interview af Jon Albjerg Ravnholt. PR-foto. Den københavnske jazztrommeslager Anders Vestergaard arbejdede sig ud af en personlig krise ved at sidde om aftenen i et øvelokale og spille de samme...
View ArticlePassive Aggressive Conversations #2: Alto Aria
Maite Cintron, with Ivna Franic and Macon Holt Passive Aggressive Conversations is our new podcast series hosted by two Passive/Aggressive journalists, Macon Holt and Ivna Franic, where we dive deep...
View ArticleIn Situ Festival – Taking the audience on a journey (interview)
By Ivna Franic In Situ Festival is back, scheduled for this coming Friday and Saturday. While the festival’s first edition, which took place in late 2022, explored the possibilities of different...
View ArticleCherry Music Festival: Modular syntese og forårsdrømme om Japan
Cherry Music Festival, 19. april 2024 på Støberiet. Reportage og fotos af Kristine Haffgaard Det er Sakura. Foråret brager af sted med lyse dage. De delikate blomstrende kirsebærtræer står i fuldt...
View ArticlePassive Aggressive Conversations #3: Spellcaster
Maite Cintron, with Ivna Franic and Macon Holt Passive Aggressive Conversations is our new podcast series hosted by two Passive/Aggressive journalists, Macon Holt and Ivna Franic, where we dive deep...
View ArticleSmalltown Supersound – “Musikbranchens demokrati er et knæk for kvaliteten”...
Interview af Maria Dybbroe. Foto: Smalltown Supersound. Joakim Haugland er ikke musiker, men er en af de få som har viet sit liv til at udgive musik, og det er en kunst i sig selv. I samarbejde med...
View ArticleNy Lille Klub – Is there room for diverse venues in Copenhagen?
By Maite Cintron. Photos by Ny Lille Klub. Earlier this year, the two independent venues Ny Lille Klub and Motopol closed down after apromixtaly a year. This led to many critical reflections about the...
View ArticleIn Situ festival i Ørestad – genklang af en konstrueret by
Reportage og fotos: Mathias Schønberg. Hvordan befolker man en festival i en konstrueret by som Ørestad? Og hvordan resonerer musikken med de store tomme rum derude? Inden In Situ festival løb af...
View ArticleMusic is a form of care – perspectives on vibrations, community, and the...
Foto: Red Bull Music Academy By Juliette Thouin Today, music seems more and more diluted into the backdrop of our daily routines. This essay explores some ways in which music, more than a product to...
View ArticleFine – Mellem MTV og bluegrass
Interview af Sofie Westh. Foto: PR. Den danske komponist og producer Fine Glindvads første soloplade “Rocky Top Ballads” udkommer i dag, den 7. juni, på pladeselskabet Escho. Fra første gennemlytning...
View ArticleHalvcirkel – strygere i åben dialog
Af Alexander Julin Mortensen. Foto: PR. Selvom ensemblet Halvcirkel ikke er mere end godt og vel 7 år gammelt, var mit møde med deres musik en af de helt store øjenåbnere for mig, hvad angår...
View ArticleElektronisk musik for de få og dedikerede – eller for de mange?
Foto: Kristine Haffgaard Essay af Kristine Haffgaard Musikfestivaler er særlige mikrokosmos, næsten rituelle frirum, hvor publikum møder musikken med alle sanser vidtåbne. Festivalernes autentiske...
View ArticleØvelser i fonologisk opmærksomhed – “Kan man godt sige dét der i en kirke?”
Øvelser i fonologisk opmærksomhed (Eliaskirken d.19. januar) – Reportage af Kristine Haffgaard, foto af Hans Henrik Siig Med få lyseffekter changerende over loftets hvælvinger i det ellers mørklagte...
View ArticleRoskilde Festival 2024 – An escape for anyone
Valentina Magaletti. Photo: Manuel Berger By Macon Holt As a committed non-camper, I arrived at Roskilde 2024, my first time at the festival, on Thursday afternoon. It had been a long time since I had...
View ArticleAmbient connections – Danish soundscapes and Waking Life reflections
Article and pictures by Juliette Thouin In Ocean of Sound (1995), sound artist and music theorist David Toop gives an alternative history of ambient music that weaves together an immensely disparate...
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