Reportage og fotos: Mathias Schønberg. Hvordan befolker man en festival i en konstrueret by som Ørestad? Og hvordan resonerer musikken med de store tomme rum derude? Inden In Situ festival løb af stablen første weekend i maj i kælderen under Ørestad station, talte vi i Passive/Aggressive med arrangørerne Markus van Platen fra Simian og Lukas Danys fra Rewild. De ...

By Maite Cintron. Photos by Marie-Christin Henkelmann. Earlier this year, the two independent venues Ny Lille Klub and Motopol closed down after apromixtaly a year. This led to many critical reflections about the conditions for smaller and non-commercial venues in Copenhagen and in which ways it might be possible to coorporate more fruitfully with the municipality about securing ...

Interview af Maria Dybbroe. Foto: Smalltown Supersound. Joakim Haugland er ikke musiker, men er en af de få som har viet sit liv til at udgive musik, og det er en kunst i sig selv. I samarbejde med hundrede vis af musikere har han udgivet mere end 420 albums på det norske label Smalltown Supersound, og han er stadig fuldt investeret ...

Maite Cintron, with Ivna Franic and Macon Holt Passive Aggressive Conversations is our new podcast series hosted by two Passive/Aggressive journalists, Macon Holt and Ivna Franic, where we dive deep into some of the emerging sounds within the Danish music scene and their unique forms of expression. In each episode, we sit down with an exciting new independent artist, and ...

Cherry Music Festival, 19. april 2024 på Støberiet. Reportage og fotos af Kristine Haffgaard Det er Sakura. Foråret brager af sted med lyse dage. De delikate blomstrende kirsebærtræer står i fuldt flor og dækker byens gader og parker som et sart lyserødt skydække. I den japanske Sakura-tradition fejres foråret under de blomstrende kirsebærtræer, og med globaliseringen har Sakura ...

By Ivna Franic In Situ Festival is back, scheduled for this coming Friday and Saturday. While the festival’s first edition, which took place in late 2022, explored the possibilities of different venues in Ørestad, this time In Situ will take place exclusively at Simian. This year’s festival features exciting international names such as Jana Rush, Moritz von Oswald ...

Maite Cintron, with Ivna Franic and Macon Holt Passive Aggressive Conversations is our new podcast series hosted by two Passive/Aggressive journalists, Macon Holt and Ivna Franic, where we dive deep into some of the emerging sounds within the Danish music scene and their unique forms of expression. In each episode, we sit down with an exciting new independent artist, and ...

Interview af Jon Albjerg Ravnholt. PR-foto. Den københavnske jazztrommeslager Anders Vestergaard arbejdede sig ud af en personlig krise ved at sidde om aftenen i et øvelokale og spille de samme rytmemønstre om og om igen, indtil trancen indfandt sig. Med sin tredje soloplade, “Propeller”, lukker han os andre ind i det rum – og i den proces lukker han sig ...

By Ivna Franic, photos by Glauco Canalis The concert season in Copenhagen is gearing up to be the most exciting it’s been in ages, and Space Afrika makes for one of its high points. Their upcoming show was as good an excuse as any to catch up with the duo made up of two Joshuas – Reid and ...