Passive/Aggressive

Passive Aggressive Conversations #1: Dalin Waldo

Podcast March 12 2024, af Alexander Julin

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 ...

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MEUF – ikke-mændene stikker ild til scenen

Feature March 8 2024, af Jon Albjerg Ravnholt

Interview af Jon Albjerg Ravnholt. Foto: Andreas Bang Kirkegaard m.fl. På compilationspladerne “MEUF” samler Maria Dybbroe nordiske musikere indenfor jazz og kunstmusik med det til fælles, at de ikke er mænd. Formålet er at vise både publikum og kunstnerne selv, hvor mange og alsidige de er – og at se, hvad der kan komme ud af at skabe nye ...

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Drift Radio – on housing diversities and facilitating communities

Blog February 22 2024, af Sofie Westh

Interview by Sofie Westh Out of admiration to DIY and the community radio media, I spoke to the Icelandic DJ and promoter Anton Sandholt (he/they) – aka. Fruit DJ – about what drove them to initiate Drift Radio, the soon-to-be-one-year-old Copenhagen-based radio station and bar. Hosting a broad variety of radio shows every Thursday at Øen, Nørrebro, Drift Radio have ...

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Øvelser i fonologisk opmærksomhed – “Kan man godt sige dét der i en kirke?”

February 20 2024, af Kristine Haffgaard

Øvelser i fonologisk opmærksomhed (Eliaskirken d.19. januar) – Reportage af Kristine Haffgaard, foto af Hans Henrik Siig Med få lyseffekter changerende over loftets hvælvinger i det ellers mørklagte kirkerum, tændte stearinlys og en playliste med Björk i det allermest ambiente hjørne, var scenen sat i Eliaskirken, mens publikum bænkede sig til en aften med musik og lyrik. Trods ...

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JJ & the A’s – Eksil-californisk nostalgi-punk

Feature February 14 2024, af Jon Albjerg Ravnholt

Interview af Jon Albjerg Ravnholt. Fotos: Olle Bergholz (s/h) og Jens Raadal. Som band er de indbegrebet af den københavnske drøm om at være en kosmopol: En dansker og to amerikanere, den ene med base i København, den anden fløjet ind fra sit selvvalgte eksil i Barcelona, udgør JJ & the A’s. Men deres punkrock er forankret ...

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In conversation with BUKHAR – on the role of cultural practitioners in solidarity with global struggles

Blog Feature January 23 2024, af Amalia Keck

By Amalia Al-Habahbeh, photos by BUKHAROn December 2, BUKHAR held the event “Bukhar in conversation” at Kapelvejens Medborgerhus. The event featured a panel discussion on how cultural institutions can show solidarity with global struggles. The panel discussion was moderated by Yasmina from BUKHAR and included local DJ Nah Care, Nairobi-based Izzo and myself in the panel, followed by a ...

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New Borders – Crossing Borders in the North

Blog January 12 2024, af Kristoffer Møllegaard

Interview by Kristoffer Møllegaard, photo by Helene Bergjord On December 1th. the Scandinavia-based improvisational trio New Borders released their debut album North on Copenhagen label CRRNT Collective. The group was formed in Gothenburg in 2021 and consists of British trumpeter Ben Rodney, Swedish saxophonist Adrian Åsling Sellius and Finnish Antti Lähdesmäki, who in the context of this release ...

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Organ Sound Art Festival – adventurous organs in contemporary music

Blog January 10 2024

Report by Mikkel Schou, photo by Ross Adams Finding out what the yearly Organ Sound Art festival is about is actually hard. Beyond social media marketing and the year’s program, there’s not much information online. A casual glance at the program reveals that the scope of the festival is ambitious. Premiers of newly commissioned works every day are presented together ...

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