Passive/Aggressive

Laila Sakini and Thomas Bush – Tangible Intimacy

Blog March 13 2023, af Ivna Franic

After a quiet winter period that offered very few exciting gigs, March has seen the new concert season kick off in full swing. FELT – the Copenhagen-based record label/promoter entity run by Perko – provided a real treat last Thursday in the form of a double bill featuring Laila Sakini and Thomas Bush.

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CTM Festival: Puce Mary åbner portal til kroppens indre på Berghain

February 7 2023, af Mathias Schønberg

Reportage af Mathias Schønberg, foto af Michael Schmelling Passive Aggressive tog til Berlin for at dække CTM Festival (Club Trans-Mediale) – festival & platform for adventurous music & art. Festivalen startede i 1999 som en måde at samle klubmiljøet og udforske det kunstneriske og politiske potentiale. CTM foregår over 10 dage med musik, visuel kunst, installation, performance, foredrag, talks og workshops ...

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Quatuor Bozzini – The gentle ecstasy of extracting musical grammar

January 24 2023, af Macon Holt

Quatuor Bozzini performing “Long Gradus” and “Colliding Bubbles (Surface tension and release)”, 22th of January at Brorson’s Church – Review by Macon Holt, photo by Michael Slobodian Last Sunday evening, at Brorsons Kirke, Alice hosted the first-ever performance in Denmark by the internationally renowned, Montreal-based string quartet, Quatuor Bozzini (Clemens Merkel, Alissa Cheung, Stéphanie Bozzini, Isabelle Bozzini). The ensemble specialises in performing ...

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Festival of Endless Gratitude – Reconfigured and re-enchanted

November 2 2021, af mikkelarre

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 ...

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Antechamber – Feast of performances

October 15 2021, af mikkelarre

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

Simian – En aften i kontrasternes tegn

May 31 2021, af Alexander Julin

Reportage af Alexander Julin Mortensen, foto af Brian Kure Kontorbygningen Neroport slår mig som et pragteksemplar på nymoderne og fremmedgørende arkitektur. Ligesom Fields på den anden side af gaden ligner bygningen mest af alt et hjem for ting eller transaktioner snarere end et sted, hvor mennesker hører til. Derfor overrasker det mig også, at det netop er her, jeg ender, da jeg ...

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Festival of Endless Gratitude 2020 – Opening the windows of the mind (live report)

September 22 2020, af mikkelarre

Manuel Göttsching & Cirklen – photo: Christian Møller Blæhr Festival of Endless Gratitude, Koncertkirken, Copenhagen, September 10-13 – live report by Wieland Rambke For the 13th year now, Festival Of Endless Gratitude opened its doors for an adventurous audience. What today is a festival celebrating experimental music from around the globe has gone through a long history of changes now: Originally a ...

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Northern Winter Beat 2020 – En ode til mørket (reportage)

February 6 2020, af passive/aggressive

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 ...

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Teksti-TV 666 – Vi skal motorvejsrocke og bolle

February 5 2020, af mikkelarre

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 ...

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