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 Music” was held in Copenhagen. The programme features a huge range of performances including more conventional contemporary classical concerts, music theatre, installation works, experiments with cake, workshops and conference ...

William Basinski, Copenhagen Distillery d. 19. oktober – koncertanmeldelse af Mathias Schønberg. Billeder af Rene Passet. Der var stor tilfredshed at spore blandt det stort fremmødte publikum på Distillery, da Alice arrangerede koncert med William Basinski og opvarmningskoncert af Franciska. Basinskis melankolske forsvindingsmotiver resonnerer stadig rent med det nordiske sind, men afslørede kunstnerens påfaldende utilsvarende rockstjerneattitude en sprække i motivet? Alice formår virkelig ...

Intonal Festival, 26th–30th of April, Malmö. Review by Ivna Franic, Photos by Camilla Rehnstrand Malmö’s Intonal Festival has made it a part of its image to present lineups that don’t necessarily fit the usual European festival mold. At first glance, the festival’s 2023 program gave the impression that the curators were either extremely daring or knew their audience very well. Or, who ...

Kali Malone, Malmö Konstmuseum d. 4. marts – reportage af Laura Anna Fauth Hartling, billede af Victoria Loeb Det er en kold dag som ligner forår og føles som vinter. Min ven og jeg mødes på Malmö Central for at cykle mod Malmö Konstmuseum. Koncerten med den amerikanske komponist og organist m.m. Kali Malone og Stephen O’Malley (Sun O))) m.f.) begynder kl. 11 om ...

After a quiet winter period that offered very few exciting gigs, March has seen the new concert season kick off in full swing. FELT – the Copenhagen-based record label/promoter entity run by Perko – provided a real treat last Thursday in the form of a double bill featuring Laila Sakini and Thomas Bush.

Don Zilla Don Zilla, DJ Pö, Scotch Rolex, Duma og MC Yallah, 9. september på Volume, København – reportage af Alexander Julin Mortensen, foto: Rene Passet/Gong Tomorrow Den otte dage lange (og netop afsluttede) festival Gong Tomorrow profilerer sig som en festival om social lytning. Festivalen har med sit program forsøgt at skabe lytteoplevelser, der kan rykke på publikums selvforståelse og åbne forståelseshorisonter.

Astrid Sonne & band Alter Festival, Aarhus, 4. september 2021 – koncertanmeldelse af Jon Albjerg Ravnholt “Fortrinsvist pårørende”. Det er os, jo. Søjlen midt i rummet mellem baren og scenen bærer stadig præg af rummets nære fortid som sygehuskantine, og præcis sådan en påskrift er man nødt til at lade blive stående og lade alle forholde sig til. For nok er kantinen i Aarhus’ gamle ...

Manuel Göttsching & Cirklen – photo: Christian Møller Blæhr Festival of Endless Gratitude, Koncertkirken, Copenhagen, September 10-13 – live report by Wieland Rambke For the 13th year now, Festival Of Endless Gratitude opened its doors for an adventurous audience. What today is a festival celebrating experimental music from around the globe has gone through a long history of changes now: Originally a festival with a focus ...

Reportage and photographs by Cameron Pagett The room of Pumpehuset’s main stage is empty. Empty but for two zany lighting technicians playing DJ to a pair of blinking strobes. On the main stage, there is a metal bar holding a tapestry of thin, vertical, clear plastic panels, which hold a keyboard in a tiny enclosure surrounded by LED lamps quaintly behind them. Directly to the right ...