Beatriz Ferreyra – “Echos+” (Room40, 2020) – Anmeldelse af Morten Østergaard RasmussenDen argentinske elektroniske komponist Beatriz Ferreyra (f. 1937) har været aktiv på den musikalske scene gennem det meste af sit liv. Efter at have studeret klaver i Buenos Aires, rejste hun til Europa for at studere under forskellige store komponister, heriblandt franske Nadia Boulanger i Paris og ungarske György ...

John Also Bennett “Music for Save Rooms” (selvudgivet, 2020) – anmeldelse af Alexander Julin Mortensen, foto af Christina Vantzou John Also Bennett udgav sidste år albummet “Erg Herbe” via Shelter Press. Her skabte han et særegent og beroligende ånde- og lytterum gennem fløjtespil og diverse elektroniske kompositionsværktøjer. “Erg Herbe” var et af de helt store musikalske højdepunkter for mit eget vedkommende, hvorfor ...

Interview by Alexander Julin Mortensen, photo by Matthew McArthur Williams The Scottish, Copenhagen-based producer Perko debuted back in 2018 with the release “NV Auto” on likewise Scottish label Numbers (Lanark Artefax, Peder Mannerfelt, Randomer, etc.). On February 7th, Perko returned with his sophomore release, the 8 track-long “The City Rings”. While the release, according to Perko himself, may be characterised by more smooth sounds than his debut, “The City Rings” still demonstrates his skills and ...

Jenny Hval “The Practice of Love” (Sacred Bones, 2019) – anmeldelse af Alexander Julin Mortensen, foto af Lasse Marhaug Sensualitet og kærlighed er et tilbagevendende tema i norske Jenny Hvals værker, og det gælder også hendes seneste udspil, “The Practice of Love”. Rent stemningsmæssigt adskiller det nye album sig dog fra forgængerne. På pladerne “Apocalypse, Girl” (2015) og “Blood Bitch” (2016) har ...

Live report by Cameron Pagett Most of the crowd have finished their food in the lounge outside of Alice CPH on a mild and breezy spring afternoon. I nibble at a half-eaten chocolate chip cookie just after introductions to Alexandra Drewchin (Eartheater) and her harp expert travel mate, Marilu. It’s been only a couple minutes and we are already discussing the possibility of having my assistant, who also happens to be an opera singer, join her randomly ...

ASUNA & Jan Jelinek ”Signals Bulletin” (faitiche, 2019) – review by Wieland Rambke Jan Jelinek is a legend of minimal music: For more than two decades now, the German producer has used samples, field recordings and modular synthesizers to produce gently pulsating music that feels organic, yet hi-tech. On and off through the last five years, he has been collaborating with Japanese ...

Interview by Peter Jørgensen Following the output and inherent growth of composer Sean McCann has been a joyous ride for me for the past couple of years. His personal and fresh approach to composing and combining sound worlds has made for some of the past years’ most interesting releases. With the added bonus of being refreshingly ignorant of “the latest trend”. Besides his ...

Interview by Mathias Ruthner Though having existed for more than 15 years, the forthcoming album, “Low Distance”, is only Deaf Center’s third full-length release. Since the Norwegian duo released their first EP, “Neon City”, their output has been somewhat sparse due to the geographical distance between its two members and their wide range of other collaborative and solo outputs. Since ...

Article by Laura Juncker and Astrid Hald Today is International Women’s Day, which gives us a chance to reflect on the state of things in our immediate surroundings. To look at the workings of what we might be working with. At first glance, we might ask what do the obvious, hard-fact, explicit numbers and ratios tell us? For example, how ...