Festival of Endless Gratitude – Reconfigured and re-enchanted
November 2 2021, af mikkelarre
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Stefan Lakatos & Bengt Tribukait
Festival of Endless Gratitude, October 22, Koncertkirken, Copenhagen – live report by Ivna Franic, photos: Keith Canisius
After years of mostly taking place at KPH Volume, the 2020 edition of Festival of Endless Gratitude was held at Nørrebro’s Koncertkirken. This year, the awesomely titled festival took on a whole new shape, spanning several separate dates and three different venues. The journey started ...
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Antechamber – Feast of performances
October 15 2021, af mikkelarre
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Announced with a description that seemed simultaneously clear and cryptic, Antechamber promised to gather “thirteen local and international artists for a collective performance and banquet within the baroque interior of Ledreborg Slot.” The arrival at Forum in Copenhagen, the designated pick-up spot for the organized afternoon ride to the castle, was no less perplexing, with only a handful of us getting on the bus amidst a huge crowd of drunken people wearing funny costumes. Læs resten
Main Phase – At finde hjem i den engelske klubkultur (interview + mixtape)
Mixtape
October 11 2021, af Alexander Julin
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Interview af Alexander Julin Mortensen
Danske Adam Emil Schierbeck har i en årrække produceret musik, men har opnået en anden grad af anerkendelse på det seneste for sit projekt Main Phase. Schierbeck udgav første gang under navnet i 2019 og har siden udgivet adskillige EP’er både alene og i samarbejde med andre – senest “FWD Thinking” og “Buss It EP” i år.
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Lack ramte muren for 13 år siden. Nu er de tilbage et øjeblik
October 8 2021, af mikkelarre
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Interview af Jon Albjerg Ravnholt – fotos fra Ilter Festival: Martin Goltermann
Loftslyset brændte sig gennem en tung dis. Kondensvandet løb ned ad væggene og ned ad de halvnøgne kroppe, der stod tilbage på gulvet og sundede sig oven på det, de lige havde været en del af. Igen. For første gang i 13 år.
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“Equal temperament is the McDonald’s of tuning” – A conversation with Khyam Allami
October 1 2021, af passive/aggressive
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Khyam Allami / photos by Malte Folke Ivarsson @ Gong Tomorrow
Digital tools for music production are often perceived as the land of opportunity. Technology is shrouded in a narrative of democratization, progress, and artistic freedom. But there are several sides to that story. This is shown by the Iraqi-British multi-instrumentalist, composer and researcher Khyam Allami with his sharply conceived project ‘Apotome’, which was ...
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LLNN – Post-metal spillet af folk, der ikke kan lide post-metal
September 27 2021, af mikkelarre
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Af Jon Albjerg Ravnholt, foto: Rasmus G. Sejersen
En dyb indånding. Ryggen ranket, skuldrene tilbage, blikket rettet frem. Et dybt suk over for uafvendeligheden. Det kræver en vis determination fortrydelsesløst at gå ind i det rum, LLNN har skabt på gruppens fjerde album, ”Unmaker”. Et på én gang uendelig stort og sort og samtidig knugende lille, hermetisk lukket rum uden særlig meget at holde fast i ...
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Jaleh Negari – “Lyd er mit stof” (interview)
September 22 2021, af passive/aggressive
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Jaleh Negari. Fotos: Alva Le Febvre
Interview af Simon Christensen
Iranskfødte Jaleh Negari er trommeslager, komponist og medstifter af kollektivet Eget Værelse. Hun er aktuel med sit andet soloalbum, “Weaver ~”, og med en udstilling af de grafiske værker, som er født ud af arbejdet med albummet, hvor hun har fortolket optagelser fra bl.a. Iran og Indonesien samt Glyptoteket og Forbrændingen i Albertslund. Ligesom hendes virke i bl.a. ...
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Ny festival: “Vi udfylder et tomrum for eksperimenterende musik i Aarhus”
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August 30 2021, af mikkelarre
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Kenyanske Duma optræder på Alter Festival lørdag d. 4. september
Af Mikkel Arre
I denne uge er der premiere på den aarhusianske festival Alter. I perioden 1.-4. september byder festivalen velkommen til en lang række prominente udenlandske navne såsom Beatrice Dillon, Wolfgang Voigt (aka Gas), Bbymutha, Nyege Nyege Tapes-kunstnerne Duma og Don Zilla samt en trio bestående af Kali Malone, Lucy Railton og Stephen O’Malley ...
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“There is trust involved in intimacy” – Vanessa Amara’s First Interview
August 16 2021, af mikkelarre
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Back in May, P/A contributing editor Macon Holt sat down to have a slow-motion chat over email with the founding member of the critically acclaimed Danish ambient and experimental band Vanessa Amara, Birk Gjerlufsen Nielsen. What started as an interview about the band’s new record, “Music for Acoustic Instruments and Feedback”, became a wide-ranging conversation about the problems with beauty, the intimacy of music and the sociality of sound. What follows is an edited version of this exchange rearranged for clarity.