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Five Things I Learned About Love in Bergen

The Bergen International Festival promised »endless love«. I listened closely – and found it everywhere from medieval madrigals to pop ballads spanning the centuries.

By Andreo Michaelo Mielczarek

PulseMix

Aros' exhibition on punk takes sound seriously. Here, noise is not a backdrop but an artistic medium — Andreo Michaelo Mielczarek 15.07

© Karen Knorr & Olivier Richon, Vortex 6 from the Punks series, 1976 - 1977, gelatin silver print on paper,18,7 x 28,2 cm, Tate. Courtesy of the artists.

See you in August. Have a great summer! 15.07

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Out of Utopias and Down to Earth

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From Old Testament wisdom and hippie dreams of community to erotic nightclub atmospheres and dark, rumbling techno. Roskilde Festival 2026 is a wild ride through eras, genres and mental geographies – and a good place to practise carrying dreams carefully through the extreme conditions of our time.

By Rasmus Steffensen

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Dreijer’s music believes in ecstasy as a gentle experience. It is music meant for dancing, yet somehow shy at the very thought of celebration — Nikola Nedeljkovic Gøttsche 25.05

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At CC Taste, Søren Kjærgaard, Kresten Osgood and Christian Lillinger turned the restaurant into a stage for free improvisation, everyday noise and anti-furniture music — Kristoffer Møllegaard 08.07

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Lotte Anker and Fred Frith met in a performance where stoic calm and frenetic guitar work fused into free improvisation of both weight and beauty — Kristoffer Møllegaard 09.07

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Oh, to Lose Yourself in Moers

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The German Moers Festival is no longer primarily a jazz festival, but a curated laboratory for free improvisation, sound art, compositional music, and political absurdism. At times it feels forced. Most of the time, it is liberating.

By Andreo Michaelo Mielczarek

PulsePlaylists

Music for me remembers — Håkon Guttormsen 09.06

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Music for me is medicine, comfort and a kick in the ass. Community, joy, a vent. Poetic political compass — Marie Arleth Skov 01.07

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It’s a wonderful, universal thing that music triggers moods and reinforces feelings — Barcode 14.07

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When Music Stopped Explaining Itself

© Alexander Banck-Petersen & Klang Festival

Klang Festival was at its strongest when the works spoke directly to the body rather than to the programme notes. Not everything succeeded, but this year's festival was willing to take risks.

By Agnete Seerup

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Sound of democracy

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Towards the democratisation of standards for soundscapes

By Sandra Kopljar, Phil Dodds, Mark Grimshaw-Aagaard, Sanne Krogh Groth, Clara Gustavsson, Marie Koldkjær Højlund, Kristoffer Mattisson, Dalia Mukhtar-Landgren & Enrico Ronchi

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While Europe's Jazz Searches for New Languages

At Jazzkaar, international stars are no longer the main attraction. Instead, the festival offers a glimpse of an Estonian scene in the process of shaping its own musical identity.

By Andreo Michaelo Mielczarek

Writer profile Sébastien Doubinsky

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Sébastien Doubinsky er lektor i Fransk sprog, litteratur og kultur på Aarhus Universitet.

Han er også anerkendt tosproget forfatter og digter. Hans dystopiske roman Missing Signal (Meerkat Press) vandt Bronze Foreword Reviews Award i kategorien Best Science-Fiction Novel i 2018.