Here, Music Is Allowed to Go Wrong
Festival of Endless Gratitude is less a parade of finished works than a living laboratory where musicians are given the freedom to experiment – and to fail.
Festival of Endless Gratitude is less a parade of finished works than a living laboratory where musicians are given the freedom to experiment – and to fail.
Festival of Endless Gratitude er mindre en parade af færdige værker end et levende laboratorium, hvor musikere får lov til at eksperimentere – og fejle.
Sonica Glasgow turned sound into massage, sweets into instruments and Serbian folk song into a psychedelic journey. The festival was most convincing when it dared to go all the way to the edge.
Sonica Glasgow forvandlede lyd til massage, slik til instrumenter og serbisk folkesang til en psykedelisk rejse. Festivalen overbeviste mest, når den turde gå helt ud på kanten.
The Oslo-based contemporary music festival Ultima taught me that in a world where everything makes noise, silence can be the most radical expression of all. Perhaps we should send Ed Sheeran to Norway for a study trip?
Den Oslo-baserede samtidsmusikfestival Ultima lærte mig, at i en verden, hvor alting larmer, kan stilhed være det mest radikale udtryk. Måske skal vi sende Ed Sheeran på studietur til Norge?
In Žibuoklė Martinaitytė’s first opera, the Arctic becomes a landscape for music that moves slowly but contains immense power.
I Žibuoklė Martinaitytės første opera bliver Arktis et landskab for en musik, der bevæger sig langsomt, men rummer kolossal kraft.
Et album, der er langt mere sparsommeligt i sin dramaturgi end tidligere udgivelser. Men ikke desto mindre smukt og inspirerende
An album that is far more restrained in its dramaturgy than previous releases. No less beautiful or inspiring for it
Three days at a conference on ambient music prompted me to reconsider the genre’s old heroes, its relationship with AI, and its strange journey from niche to ubiquitous background music.
Tre dage på en konference om ambientmusik gav anledning til at genoverveje genrens gamle helte, dens forhold til AI og dens mærkelige bevægelse fra niche til allestedsnærværende baggrundsmusik.