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Only at the End Did the Music Break Free
It was refreshing to encounter a new work by Nick Martin – an invitation to remember at All Saints’ Day
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An Organ in the Dark Forest of Doubt
An album that is far more restrained in its dramaturgy than previous releases. No less beautiful or inspiring for it
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The Trombone Finds Its Quiet Side
In »Tapias« Francisco Coll conjures up moments of huge harmonic strain and conscious orchestral magnificence
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A Strange Instrument, a Familiar Sound
Mike Sheridan’s fascination with the Cristal Baschet is evident on »Touch«. Less evident is the instrument’s significance for the music that emerges from it
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A World of Silk and Sugar – Without Splinters
Marie Dahl's first independent production transforms silk, sugar and sand into refined vocal theatre, but ultimately remains a little too tightly controlled
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Noise in the White Cube
Aros' exhibition on punk takes sound seriously. Here, noise is not a backdrop but an artistic medium.
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Two Singular Voices in Close Orbit
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.
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Pak Choi and Percussion at Table 12
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.
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When the Machine Starts Singing
On »Poetics of a New Estate«, Soli City dissolves the boundary between the acoustic and the digital
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Deadly Serious Play at Louisiana
Simon Steen-Andersen’s portrait concert at Louisiana was an overwhelming encounter between grotesque humour, video art, and brutal reality.
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Gintė Preisaitė Turns Doubt into Music
Yet another fascinating piece in the puzzle of Preisaitė’s singular oeuvre
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A Violinist with Fire in His Bow
Leaving the listener uplifted by this new Northern Irish music performed by the Ulster Orchestra and the fascinating Darragh Morgan, whose deep personal dedication gives so much to the music