in brief
The Excess of Attention
»Crooked, meandering passages and bubbling harmonies that only just brushed against a peculiar sense of tempo.«
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All Life Has the Right to Live
»Kirstine Fogh Vindelev’s discreet soundscape for the power performance Animal provides much-needed breathing room in Alexandra Moltke Johansen’s dense text.«
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14 Meters of Wave Swells from History’s Anonymous Depths
Gently lapping, quiveringly simple, and almost self-effacingly discreet.
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Echoes from a Forgotten Time
»Phantom Orchestra« is a dazzling, slightly mad experiment, driven by a will to create harmony in chaos.
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From Pain to Paralysis: a Stabat Mater Without Wounds
»ELECTRIO aim to renew 'Stabat Mater' with guitar, electronics and baroque threads, but the result is too neat, too familiar, and far too painless.«
in brief
In the Ruins of Old Organs, Builder Finds His Own Sonic Universe
It’s a fascinating project, but what about the music? It’s a mixed experience.
in brief
70 Minutes Confined to a Creaking Construction Site
Although »From Grimsby to Milan« contains a wealth of fine detail, the journey – from Grimsby in Canada to Milan in Ohio – ultimately feels long and monotonous.
interview
See Venice and Throw Up
Marie Koldkjær Højlund uses art, disgust, and everyday ruptures as resistance to habits, crises, and our urge to understand everything.
interview
Se Venedig og kast op
Marie Koldkjær Højlund bruger kunst, væmmelse og hverdagsbrud som modstand mod vaner, kriser og vores trang til at forstå alting.
reportage
Tværs gennem Amerika – et voksent boybands jagt på en lyd
Fire skandinaviske musikere og en canadisk banjoamatør/karatelærer krydser Sydstaterne for at finde ud af, om de kan blive et band – et sted mellem Schubert, country og tvivl.
reportage
Across America – a Grown-up Boyband’s Search for a Sound
Four Scandinavian musicians and a Canadian banjo amateur/karate instructor cross the American South to find out whether they can become a band – somewhere between Schubert, country, and doubt.
interview
A Case for Simplicity
The Taiwanese-Danish percussionist Ying-Hsueh Chen explores the world’s smallest sounds – from red deer bones to roof tiles – in her pursuit of a music that is both ancient, courageous, and radically simple.