Passive/Aggressive

Epic Vinyls from Brazil – PAB-1 (mixtape)

Blog Mixtape August 15 2015

Mix_PA_EVFB_Pics6 Mixtape and liner notes by Rasmus Schack / Epic Vinyls from Brazil. When you live in Brazil as a foreigner, you come to a certain point where you have to ask yourself; what happened to the native population? And where are they? And as a DJ/researcher you wonder if there exists an influence on the Brazilian music. My first meeting with native Brazilians was in ...

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Selvhenter – Heavy weather and the devil in the detail (The London Interview)

Feature June 29 2015

selvhenter_2 Interview by Mette Slot Johnsen from the London-branch of Passive/Aggressive It starts raining round about the time when Selvhenter have finally crossed London Bridge. Big, heavy, audible drops. In a city dazed by impending downpours, a sonic weather system is descending on Dalston and Cafe Oto. Most people wouldn’t know it, but those who do, are in for a treat that evening. I’ll admit it: ...

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Cheval Sombre – “Imagining some sort of graceful, gentle force” (interview)

Feature May 10 2015

cheval sombre liverpool Tekst og foto: Andreas Melchior I efteråret 2012 udgav Cheval Sombre, hvis eneste faste medlem er den New York-baserede sangskriver Christopher Porpora, det formidable album “Mad Love”, som også blev omtalt her på bloggen. Porporas tyste og bevægende sange er bygget op omkring en akustisk grundstamme med spor fra åndrig folk, blues og gospel, som kamufleres af en synæstetisk wall of ...

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Sun Araw “Trawling with big nets” (interview) – the improvisational undercurrent of the audiovisual, the non-linear and the infinite dub

Feature April 26 2015

8_12_20_11_The FADER__Sunaraw and The Congos_1086_v2 Af Simon Christensen – foto: Alex Welsh / The Fader Hvis man kan sige, at vi befinder os i en internettets brydningstid (gør vi ikke altid det?), hvor der udspiller sig en definitionskamp over ejerskab, så repræsenterer Sun Araw den fløj, hvor information bevæger sig allermest frit. Credoet er, at information både er det primære input og output inden for kunsten, så derfor ...

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Manuel Göttsching – Rebuilding culture, re-envisioning the guitar (interview)

April 12 2015

F1000013[1] Picture: Copyright: MG.Art. By Jacob Pertou Manuel Göttsching played the guitar in the groundbreaking krautrock groups Ash Ra Tempel and Ashra, and created the electronic milestone “E2-E4”. In March, he guested Copenhagen’s Jazzhouse as part of a series of events arranged by the internet radio The Lake. Passive/Aggressive met with him, just before he was about to enter stage, to talk about inspirations and making ...

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Robert Turman – Beyond worldly values (interview)

Feature March 6 2015

Turman1 By Simon Christensen. A rare interview with noise pioneer and former NON-member, Robert Turman, who a few years ago resumed his career and ventures in music from the 70’s and 80’s. That happened with help from a.o. Aaron Dilloway (Hanson Records) and Danish label Cejero, who released Turman’s latest record “Three Parts”, set up his European tour, and reminded us of the reserved musician’s extraordinary and ...

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Drone Not Drones – 28 timers droner for fred (interview med Luke Heiken)

January 28 2015

10428683_308971412642626_3249387634427610454_n Af Andreas Melchior. Logo af Sonny Kay. Til en koncert i 2013 spillede det legendariske Duluth-band Low en 27 minutter lang udgave af “Do You Know How to Waltz?”, hvorefter sanger Alan Sparhawk erklærede: “Drone, not drones”. Sloganet havde han fra sin ven Luke Heiken, som havde fået trykt frasen på et klistermærke. Fra at have været et enkeltstående statement udviklede det ...

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The ongoing struggle of freeform arts and financial death – an interview about WFMU documentary “Sex & Broadcasting”

Feature December 7 2014

ken wfmu Af Simon Christensen et al. The long-awaited documentary “Sex & Broadcasting” about the great freeform radio station WFMU (esta. 1958) finally had its world premiere a few weeks ago. It has been some years underway and was originally crowdfunded under the title “Freeform or Death”, which succinctly indicates the way the New Jersey-radio station works, as well as its continual five decade long ...

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