Kool Music – “Trois Horses” (Escho, 2023) – review by Ivna Franic From the name of the project to the visual aesthetic of some of the releases, artist and writer Jasper Baydala’s Kool Music has a slightly tongue-in-cheek feel to it. When it comes to the actual music he makes, however, there is little evidence of unseriousness and trickery. Kool Music’s new cassette ...

By Alexander Julin Mortensen, photo: Press photo The first time I encountered the Danish sound artist, composer, researcher and visual artist Alexander Tillegreen’s work was at the contemporary gallery O-Overgaden in Copenhagen. His exhibition, entitled “Shift”, showed him working in the intersection of scientifically-inspired sound and visual art, centered around a psychoacoustic phenomenon called phantom word illusion – an auditory and language-based illusion whereby ...

Af Anton Rothstein – interview med Tobias Bendixen, foto af Elin Tårnes Det københavnske punkband Big Mess har efterhånden et par håndfulde år på bagen, men i 2023 lyder de mere friske og energiske end nogensinde før.  Fra den spæde start i 2014 var det intentionen at skrive punkrock, der var mere ”sang-agtigt”, end hvad guitarist Tobias Bendixen og sanger Michael Bojesen tidligere ...

Reportage og fotos af Jon Albjerg Ravnholt. Den alternative københavnske musikscene ligner sig selv, den har bare fået smilerynker og givet slip på sig selv for at danse løs. Første weekend i november samlede Festival of Endless Gratitude for 15. gang den udvidede venneflok til et eklektisk mix af lydkunst, støjrock, oldgammel folkemusik og acid house fra hele verden.

Interview af Jon Albjerg Ravnholt. Foto: PR. Har jazzen et revolutionært potentiale i 2023? Smag På Dig Selv slynger om sig med paroler, men gør det mest, fordi det er grineren og matcher det konfrontatoriske i musikken. Som de i øvrigt slet ikke er sikre på er jazz.

Interview og fotos af Jon Albjerg Ravnholt. Find hvert år et par håndfulde nichemusikere fra hele verden i toppen af deres felt og få dem til at spille for en sal fuld af 16-årige musikefterskoleelever et sted, der er komplet afsondret fra resten af verden. Og se så, hvad det gør ved eleverne, ved musikerne og ved lokalsamfundet.

By Mikkel Schou, photos by Mateusz Szot On paper, Struer Tracks is a bit of a radical experiment. A sound art biennale with a host of experimental and international artists in a small and remote port town in West Jutland seems unlikely to be a smash hit. Traveling to Struer, I wondered how big of a crowd previous iterations of Struer Tracks ...

Interview by Alexander Julin Mortensen, photo by NONO GIGSTA The Copenhagen-based DJ Esther Kakai – aka. N.E.GIRL – has become a renowned DJ in the city. Having played numerous shows in Copenhagen since 2018, she’s been an important figure in what feels like a new blossoming of bass-heavy styles in the city’s club scene. This seems like no coincidence, since soundsystem culture ...

Coverage of Alter Festival (August 24-26, 2023) by Martha Hviid, photos by Natalie Black and Martha Hviid The Aarhus-based Festival Alter has existed for four years. Well, they had to cancel their first year due to that thing which we all remember, but that don’t have to mentioned here. Nevertheless, advertisements prior to this 2020-cancellation had already caught my eye. I’m awfully ...