Review of Opaque electronic journey w/ Peder Mannerfelt, Yen Towers etc. at Ideal Bar, February 3 2017 – by Ivna Franić / photo: Lea Anić Friday saw the first installment of Opaque electronic journey, a new series of events in Copenhagen dedicated to techno, ambient and noise, aiming to “create a space for the dedicated listener”. The idea of bringing together experimental/noise electronic acts ...
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Af Simon Christensen At følge Georgia er et følge en kontinuerlig strøm af seismisk aktivitet: Musik og animationer bobler ud igennem et studie i det store æbles Chinatown i et spekter af platforme bestående af film, soundcloud-tracks, radioprogrammer, designvirksomhed og de indtil videre 3 fuldlængde LP’er, som er udkommet med hjælp fra bl.a. Afrikan Sciences, Rashad Becker, Matt Werth fra RVNG Intl. og Caroline ...
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Interview af Alexander Julin Engelske Steven Warwick er bedst kendt under sit alias Heatsick. Siden 2006 har Warwick udgivet intelligent – man fristes til at sige: tenderende til det nørdede – elektronisk musik via alt fra hedengangne Beyond Repair (drevet af Jonas Frederiksen og Simon Formann) over Not Not Fun til PAN, hvoraf sidstnævnte bl.a. har udgivet LP’erne “Intersex” og “Re-Engeneering”. Nogle udgivelser har kendetegn ...
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The fifth edition of the gathering / symposion Jyderup Accordeon Træf became a lesson in collectivity under the influence of improvisers Roscoe Mitchell, Charles Burnham, Mats Gustafsson, Kenny Millions a.o. Essay by Judit Csobod – photos Anders Børup.
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Jaleh Negari “Arch Waves” review by Javier Orozco The musical cartography of Jaleh Negari can be traced to her current role as drummer of the bands Selvhenter and Pinkunoizu, yet a distinct territory is trailed by the sounds advanced in her first solo album “Arch Waves” and published by Eget Værelse (a label and Copenhagen-based music collective she cofounded). “Arch Waves” shares some attributes ...
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メディアからマテリアルへ “データマテリアリズム” – Essay by Yousuke Fuyama. Originally printed in ZINE #6 “Locating Electronic Music”. Please find English version below. データはそれを取り巻くテクノロジーの効率化と高速化の果てに、メディアとしての伝達のための形態と機能と同等かそれ以上に、マテリアルとして、それそのものとしてのリアリティを持つことになった。それによってデータ化されたコンテンツがストリーム上で識別・処理・交換されるための様々な入れ物としてのメタデータ、データ形式、ハードウェアといったメディア特性そのものの存在がコンテンツそれ自体を決定し得る強力な影響力を持ち始めることになった。コンテンツを主体としてそれに適した形式を選ぶのではなく、形式そのものが逆説的にコンテンツを規定し、変容させる。”意味の乗り物(vehicle)”であったデータが”自律的なフライングオブジェクト”へと変貌したのである。ナムジュンパイクとブラウン管、ジョンケージとラジオ、ピエールシェフェールと磁気テープの関係性に見られるメディアと創造性におけるテクノロジカルなパラダイムシフトと同様の現象を見て取ることができる。
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By Javier Orozco The aptly titled arrangement Fireside Music takes place within the context of Kulturnatten, the Culture Night in Copenhagen. It is organized by Astrid Noacks Atelier’s curator and performance artist in her own right Jenny Gräf (who we interviewed earlier this year). The event will offer the opportunity to experience Tom Carter, Ka Baird who has been associated with the act Spires ...
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F.E. Denning “Under the Linden Tree” (The Tide of the End, 2016) – Review by Andrew Hannah On some ambient or drone records, there’s a feeling of stasis. As passages of music unfold – or don’t – as a listener you can feel moved without moving, your heart beats faster or slower, your synapses flicker to life … but physically things stay the ...
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By Mette Slot Johnsen – foto: Albert Grøndahl A couple of weeks ago I went to see CTM play a show in London, starting off a night of Nordic music, on a Thursday night. The venue was small and Caecilie Trier and Malthe Rostrup sidled on to the stage on the back of a particularly hyper electro track. The room fell quiet, and without ...
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