Passive/Aggressive

Greg Fox – Free form drummer ventures forth with Gradual Progression (interview)

Feature September 8 2017

RVNGNL38_PRESS_PHOTO_003 Interview by Simon Christensen. The recent solo efforts mark “the end of the beginning” for musician and improvisor Greg Fox. Although still partly recognized as a metal drummer from the hard-hitting band Liturgy, he is influenced even more so by free jazz, computers and sound itself. Greg Fox has been involved in an exciting series of projects ranging from electronic music with Hieroglyphic Being ...

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Wolf Eyes – The demonic joy of decay (live report)

August 20 2017

wooooooooolf-eyes Wolf Eyes + GOHV + Vanity Productions, Mayhem, August 14 – A live report by Wieland Rambke For a long time the label of noise rock hasn’t really applied anymore to Wolf Eyes. They are drawing on noise, rock, free jazz, metal, experimental electronics, new composition… The list could go on forever – in other words, trying genres to pinpoint the group is pointless. Call ...

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By The Lake Festival – An oasis of music of all ethnicities (live report)

Feature August 19 2017

image2 Reportage from By the Lake Festival, Berlin, August 13 2017 – Photo and text by Javier Orozco For the third summer in a row the swimming lake known as Weißensee, located just at the outskirts of the Prenzlauer Berg district, shapeshifted into an international one-day festival curated by Efterklang and the Danish radio station The Lake. Sunday appeared a notch shy, as it denied ...

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Olivier Alary – Creating intimacy from purely digital sound

Blog August 18 2017

OA By Wieland Rambke With Olivier Alary’s “Pieces for Sine Wave Oscillators”, California-based label LINE Imprint continues its flow of conceptual and minimalist releases that refuse to draw a line between sound art and music. At the heart of the compositions assembled here lies a strictly formalized idea: By only resorting to using sine wave oscillators as sound sources, Alary is creating sound that is only ...

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Yousuke Nakano – Subtly funking you up

June 24 2017

1007208585 By Sandra S. Borch Never judge a cassette by its cover. This time is no exception. The cover of Japanese Yousuke Nakano’s “Joint Statement” is pretty cool. Showing a skeleton with a lit cigarette and a red headline sending a strong bad ass signal with a hint of punk or a hint of noise. However, the inside of the cassette is far from both punk and ...

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Angeles & Internazionale – Desolate electronics and echoes of abandoned spaces

Kritik April 4 2017

A-I_ Angeles & Internazionale ”Vigilance” (Janushoved, 2017) – Review by Ivna Franić Copenhagen tape label Janushoved kicked the year off with several new cassette releases of recordings by Liberty Uganda, Mercury Ribbon, Tevere, and one intriguing duo. Angeles & Internazionale is a collaboration between Soho Rezanejad – whom you might have heard on Croatian Amor’s latest record, if nowhere else, and Mikkel Valentin Dunkerley ...

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食品まつり a.k.a. Foodman – Discovering a world for your own originality (interview)

March 25 2017

20161006_231108 Interview by Simon Christensen. Translation by Anna Vicario. Originally printed in ZINE 6 in 2016. Japanese artist Takahide Higuchi is known under the alias Foodman as an adventurous traveler in electronic music. His art plays on other musical styles of the world, but is based in the Japanese juke movement, the eclectic gaming world and culture of his native Yokohama. Originally inspired by bass-heavy dance ...

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Princess Nokia – “Don’t you fuck with my energy” (live review)

February 12 2017

PN Princess Nokia, LSDXOXO @ Sigurdsgade, 7.2.2017 – review by Ivna Franić / photo: Lea Anić “I step in this bitch and I do what I want I don’t give a damn and I don’t give a fuck” As hoped for, Princess Nokia stays true to her words – giving neither a damn nor a fuck as she tears down Sigurdsgade. She doesn’t waste any time either, ...

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Opaque – Dedicated listening at a proper club night? (live review)

February 6 2017

peder_mannerfelt 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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