Perko – Incorporating Copenhagen soundscapes into introspective techno tunes (interview)
February 21 2020
Interview by Alexander Julin Mortensen, photo by Matthew McArthur Williams
The Scottish, Copenhagen-based producer Perko debuted back in 2018 with the release “NV Auto” on likewise Scottish label Numbers (Lanark Artefax, Peder Mannerfelt, Randomer, etc.). On February 7th, Perko returned with his sophomore release, the 8 track-long “The City Rings”. While the release, according to Perko himself, may be characterised by more smooth sounds than his debut, “The City Rings” still demonstrates his skills and taste for ...
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Jenny Hval – At synge kærlighedens gerninger frem
Kritik September 16 2019
Jenny Hval “The Practice of Love” (Sacred Bones, 2019) – anmeldelse af Alexander Julin Mortensen, foto af Lasse Marhaug
Sensualitet og kærlighed er et tilbagevendende tema i norske Jenny Hvals værker, og det gælder også hendes seneste udspil, “The Practice of Love”. Rent stemningsmæssigt adskiller det nye album sig dog fra forgængerne. På pladerne “Apocalypse, Girl” (2015) og “Blood Bitch” (2016) har Hval dyrket en underspillet ...
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Eartheater – Live in Copenhagen
May 20 2019
Live report by Cameron Pagett
Most of the crowd have finished their food in the lounge outside of Alice CPH on a mild and breezy spring afternoon. I nibble at a half-eaten chocolate chip cookie just after introductions to Alexandra Drewchin (Eartheater) and her harp expert travel mate, Marilu. It’s been only a couple minutes and we are already discussing the possibility of having my assistant, who also happens to be an opera singer, join her randomly for ...
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ASUNA & Jan Jelinek – Grainy micro-structures shrouded in infinite sustain
Kritik April 10 2019
ASUNA & Jan Jelinek ”Signals Bulletin” (faitiche, 2019) – review by Wieland Rambke
Jan Jelinek is a legend of minimal music: For more than two decades now, the German producer has used samples, field recordings and modular synthesizers to produce gently pulsating music that feels organic, yet hi-tech. On and off through the last five years, he has been collaborating with Japanese sound artist ASUNA, and ...
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Sean McCann – “My pieces could be performed and interpreted by anyone interested. There is no exclusivity” (interview)
Most read April 3 2019
Interview by Peter Jørgensen
Following the output and inherent growth of composer Sean McCann has been a joyous ride for me for the past couple of years. His personal and fresh approach to composing and combining sound worlds has made for some of the past years’ most interesting releases. With the added bonus of being refreshingly ignorant of “the latest trend”.
Besides his output as a composer, ...
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Deaf Center – Towards a more spacious melancholy
March 19 2019
Interview by Mathias Ruthner
Though having existed for more than 15 years, the forthcoming album, “Low Distance”, is only Deaf Center’s third full-length release. Since the Norwegian duo released their first EP, “Neon City”, their output has been somewhat sparse due to the geographical distance between its two members and their wide range of other collaborative and solo outputs. Since the start of their ...
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International Women’s Day – paying homage to brilliance
Blog March 8 2019
Article by Laura Juncker and Astrid Hald
Today is International Women’s Day, which gives us a chance to reflect on the state of things in our immediate surroundings. To look at the workings of what we might be working with. At first glance, we might ask what do the obvious, hard-fact, explicit numbers and ratios tell us? For example, how many female names have ...
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Maria W Horn – A haunted soundtrack for the dismantling of the misogynist traditions
Kritik October 18 2018
Maria W Horn “Kontrapoetik” (co-released by XKatedral and Portal Editions, 2018) – review by Sandra S. Borch
What caused the Swedish composer Maria W Horn’s sounds of burning turmoil is a combination of the sound itself and the intense narrative which she has based her album upon. Maria W Horn explores the past of her home region, Ångermanland, in the north ...
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Ipek Gorgun – En sammensmeltning af skabelse og destruktion
Kritik October 3 2018
Ipek Gorgun “Ecce Homo” (Touch, 2018) – anmeldelse af Ida Selvejer Faaborg
Den tyrkiske komponist og lydkunstner Ipek Gorgun har netop udgivet sit andet soloalbum, “Ecce Homo”, på det engelske label Touch Music, som omfavner både elektronisk eksperimenterende musik og lydkunst. Og netop lydkunst er centrum for den ph.d.-afhandling, Gorgun er i gang med at lave på Centre for Advanced Studies in Music ved det tekniske ...
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