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 Drift Radio, the soon-to-be-one-year-old Copenhagen-based radio station and bar. Hosting a broad variety of radio shows every Thursday at Øen, Nørrebro, Drift Radio have quickly turned ...
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 kirkerum, tændte stearinlys og en playliste med Björk i det allermest ambiente hjørne, var scenen sat i Eliaskirken, mens publikum bænkede sig til en aften med musik og lyrik. Trods snefygning, DMI varsel om ...
Passive Aggressive and The Lake Radio are thrilled to announce the launch of a brand new podcast, Passive/Aggressive Conversations.
The monthly podcast is a cosy conversation program in which contemporary musical artists from the Danish music scenes sit down with Passive/Aggressive writers, Ivna Franic and Macon Holt, to talk about their artistic practices and the experimental music scenes in Denmark. The first episode, which featues ...
Bjarke Rasmussen – ”Fake Ambient” (selvudgivet, 2023) – anmeldelse af Kristoffer Møllegaard
Komponist og musiker Bjarke Rasmussens (tidl. Grøn) multimedieudgivelse ”Fake Ambient” en en lille pakke, der virkelig taler til min kærlighed til små, gennemførte koncepter. I sin fysiske form består udgivelsen af en CD med dertilhørende booklet fyldt med stemningsbilleder, som kan kigges på, mens der lyttes til musikken. Begge dele kan ...
Sortlegeme – “They Are Many” (Barkhausen Recordings, 2023) – anmeldelse af Simin Stine Ramezanali
Efter at have sat et betydeligt præg på den danske undergrundsscene med udgivelser på labels som Moral Defeat, Katharsis og Perfect Aesthetics, lover Jeppe Dalsgaard Andersens seneste album som Sortlegeme, “They Are Many” at være et eftertænksomt dyk ned i svampede soniske territorier. Andersens inspiration fra ...
Zoumer – “Green World” (The Big Oil Recording Company, 2024) – anmeldelse af Martin Funder, foto af Alva Le Febvre
Zoumers debutalbum Green World er et marcherende kampkald, en genetisk resonans, der med slimede, baggy beats og uregerlige synthflader former en verden, hvor håbet er det vigtigste våben mod uretfærdigheder. Det er et album, der sætter forbundetheden i førersædet og ...
Astrid Sonne – “Great Doubt” (Escho, 2023) – anmeldelse af Mathias Schønberg, foto af Conrad Pack
Astrid Sonne udkommer i dag med sin tredje fuldlængde LP og inviterer nye lyttere ind i sit univers. Det er en ny og anderledes poppet Astrid Sonne, der med Great Doubt ligesom de foregående album udkommer på Escho – nu med hendes egen vokal som dominerende ...
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 Collective. The group was formed in Gothenburg in 2021 and consists of British trumpeter Ben Rodney, Swedish saxophonist Adrian Åsling Sellius and Finnish Antti Lähdesmäki, who in the context of this release plays organ and piano.
These ...
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 information online. A casual glance at the program reveals that the scope of the festival is ambitious. Premiers of newly commissioned works every day are presented together with a host of ...