Passive/Aggressive

William Basinski – Ambient-genrens rockstjerne (af)spillede sine elegier på Copenhagen Distillery

Blog October 25 2023, af Mathias Schønberg

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 ...

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Intonal Festival 2023 – Bold Choices

Blog May 17 2023, af Ivna Franic

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 ...

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Det er et orgel der har kysset mig

April 4 2023, af Alexander Julin

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.) ...

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Laila Sakini and Thomas Bush – Tangible Intimacy

Blog March 13 2023, af Ivna Franic

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.

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Nyege Nyege Tapes – Et intenst indblik i Østafrikas sprudlende musikmiljø

September 14 2021, af mikkelarre

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.

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Alter Festival – Elektrochok til den østjyske patient

September 8 2021, af mikkelarre

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 ...

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Festival of Endless Gratitude 2020 – Opening the windows of the mind (live report)

September 22 2020, af mikkelarre

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 ...

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sega bodega & CPH Power – More than a show

April 29 2019, af Macon Holt

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. ...

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Blonde Redhead – More Than a Nostalgia Convention?

September 18 2018, af mikkelarre BR

Blonde Redhead at Vega, August 29th 2018 – live report by Ivna Franić Passing on opportunities to indulge your 16-year-old self by going to see bands you were into at an earlier stage in life (and had slightly lost interest in over the years) normally isn’t a very difficult task, at least for some of us. Whether it’s out of fear of ...

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