Feature/Interview by Macon Holt “Danish politics are the mother of this record”, Peter Voss-Knude told me in a small cafe around the corner from the Museum of Contemporary Art in Roskilde, where his new exhibition, “The Anti-Terror Album”, manifest both as an exhibition and a record, has just opened. He is of course referring both to recent policies that have seen threats of refugees having whatever ...

Randi Pontoppidan & Christian Rønn “Head¨Space” (Chant Records, 2020) – review by Giuseppe Pisano This record came as an unexpected surprise to me. Two very prolific Danish artists, Randi Pontoppidan and Christian Rønn, bring us a collaborative album that feels like a natural musical experience, maieutically emerging from some sort of metaphysical connection and then shared to the audience, rather than a planned out, structured album ...

Af Viktor Retoft, redaktør på Balthazar – tidsskrift for filmkritik. Da jeg oprindeligt så Mati Diops “Atlantics” var noget af det første, der slog mig, filmens soundtrack. Filmen begynder realistisk, næsten dokumentarisk, med en afbildning af senegalesiske konstruktionsarbejdere, der klager over manglende lønudbetaling. Da soundtracket første gang optræder, skabes der et auditivt kontrapunkt til denne – ved første øjekast – realistiske, visuelle fremstilling af ...

Alexander Holm “GiVa1G” (Sensorisk Verden, 2019) – Review by Macon Holt Known for his work with Vid Edda, Group 4K, Young Bragi amongst others, the prolific Danish sound artist, Alexander Holm, released “GiVa1G” last year, the first album under his own name. “GiVa1G” is a high concept suite of pieces that draw much of their material from field recordings made on an expedition to ...

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 taste for ...

Kogekunst: Rafael Zajac Af Peter Svendsen – fotos: Rafael Zajac, Balazs Popal & Moment Photo I sin ottende inkarnation virker det til, at den aalborgensiske festival Northern Winter Beat har fundet sin retning, med fokus på mørke og kulde, hvilket fremstår nærliggende og oplagt efter 3 kolde, vindblæste og regnvåde dage i Aalborg. I ceremoniel stil åbnedes festivalen i Aalborgs domkirke, Budolfi Kirke, ved en solokoncert ...

Foto: Rasmus Søndergård Madsen Teksti-TV 666, Plan B, Malmö, 1. februar 2020 – koncertanmeldelse af Rasmus Søndergård Madsen Det var min første gang på Plan B i Malmö, og hvilken debut! En lang, mørk gang fra en baggård, næsten i Rosengård, indbød ikke ligefrem til fest og ballade. Jo, ballade, men så heller ikke mere end dét. Alligevel var der noget helt særligt over lokalerne, der senere ...

By Mikkel Arre Ben Stidworthy and Mikkel Holm Silkjær met when their regular bands, Ought and Yung, toured together in 2016. They started a duo called Brooch and released their first 7” a year later. Tomorrow the duo will release a six-track EP on Silkjær’s Shordwood Records. We have asked them three questions about the EP – read the answers and listen to the entire record below.

Solhorn ”Kredsbevægelsen” (År & Dag, 2019) – review by Wieland Rambke The dominance of algorithms has come into being at breath-taking speed, particularly in the last 20 years. Coding as a creative tool is spreading fast among musicians, artists and designers, sitting in an odd position between strict science and artistic expression, between the subjective and the objective. Yet the nature of code is elusive: We ...