Passive/Aggressive

Mija Milovic – det stille liv, Stilleben, ”Still Life” – Still (a)live

Blog May 24 2023

Cornelis Nobertus Gijsbrechts – Vanitas still life with skull (ca. 1667-1668) Af Simin Stine Ramezanali Mija Milovic og jeg sidder i mit hjem i Tingbjerg. Vi kigger ud ad vinduet – og på min vindueskarm, hvor jeg har stillet små ting op i en ret flot, men meget tilfældigt komposition. Vi har lige fået taget pressebilleder til sommerens koncerter med vores band ...

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Intonal Festival 2023 – Bold Choices

Blog May 17 2023

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 ...

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Don’t Look Back – et pladeselskab, der ser fremad

Blog April 14 2023

Af Kristoffer Møllegaard Tidligt i år begyndte et nyt, spændende, dansk pladeselskab at røre på sig. Under navnet Don’t Look Back skriver de tre grundlæggere Fei Nie, Lorenzo Colombo og Xavier Bonfill sig ind i en udvikling, hvor flere og flere musikere uden forhåbninger om hitlisteplaceringer går udenom de større labels og i stedet skaber deres eget. Disse små pladeselskaber er oftest ...

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Jura – “What do you rely on to let yourself think you have witnessed this beauty?” (interview)

Blog April 5 2023

By Macon Holt When I talked to Jura, she was in London. Why? Well, as it became clear, her main reason for being in the city was simply to be and feel elsewhere. Jura’s debut album, “Formality Jerne-Site”, was released by Anyines in 2022, during P/A’s fallow period, which means that this challenging, elegant, ambivalent and tender record hasn’t had the critical attention it deserves. And ...

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Maria Dybbroe – Pladsen i åndedraget (interview)

Blog March 23 2023

Af Claus Haxholm, foto af Cisser Mæhl Maria Dybbroe har base i Oslo efter en del år mellem Århus og København og er en unik stemme i dansk jazz og har en særlig lyrisk tone, der ligger og ulmer mellem det sårbare, undrende og sælsomme. Hun er en aktiv figur på den danske, såvel som norske jazzscene, både den mere frie del ...

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Laila Sakini and Thomas Bush – Tangible Intimacy

Blog March 13 2023

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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Rhizome – Spreading the roots

Feature March 3 2023

Feature by Ivna Franic, photo: Rhizome label logo Over the past couple of years, the Copenhagen-based label Rhizome has put out a string of eclectic releases that cover different fields of experimental music. Their 2021 compilation bag/belly/box, conceptually based around the essay ‘The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction’, provides perhaps the best glimpse into the Rhizome universe. In the essay, Ursula K. ...

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