in brief29.09.2025
Welcome to the Afterlife
»A devouring sound. Just like the entire exhibition, it elegantly addresses both the eyes and techno-loving ears.«
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in brief29.09.2025
The Art of Decay
His playing is both minimalist and grandiose, but it’s the breaks in the composition that truly captivate me.
in brief29.09.2025
The Perfect Storm
Over time, the album grows into a brilliant piece of contemporary art, only suffering from slightly too perfect production and somewhat grandiose gestures.
in brief29.09.2025
If John Malkovich Could Sing, It Would be Devilish Singing
If Malkovich suddenly announced that he now wanted to sing opera, we would also buy a ticket. But how would this story of misogyny sound with the baroque music of 2024?
in brief29.09.2025
Drums of Dissent
»Marches Rewound and Rewritten« is a seminal and important album which shines darkly in these difficult times and reminds us that everything is political – especially music.
in brief29.09.2025
A Seedy Hotel Room Becomes the Stage For Lives, Traumas, and Music
Emma O’Halloran transforms Mark O’Halloran’s words into intimate, musical narratives, where theatre and vocal artistry merge.
in brief29.09.2025
From Chaos, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten Weaves Musical Patterns
This is not easy listening – we are still in free jazz territory – but there is a strangely compelling balance between chaos and restraint.
in brief29.09.2025
When Two Worlds Meet: Bro and Takada In Perfect Listening
Bro and Takada listen to each other with rare intimacy, and together they have created something truly unique.
in brief29.09.2025
When Synthesizers Sprout: Filip Leyman’s Organic Debut
»Soft Light' has developed over many years, it sounds remarkably cohesive – like one long breath.«
in brief29.09.2025
Goosebumps In the Courtroom: When Music Turns Into a Power Play
»Den Stærkes Ret« is one of the most intense musical experiences I have had in years.
in brief29.09.2025
In a Warm Bed of Darkness
At Alice, Gintė Preisaitė and Drew McDowall showed how electronic music can be both unsettling and enveloping.
in brief29.09.2025
Injured Swan In a Flooded World
»The dancers in 'We Continue…' move between seaweed, drones and subtle beats, exploring how humanity goes on – even when nature revolts.«
in brief29.09.2025
Songs That Would Rather Be Lieder
Imagine if the texts had been carried by actual verses, hooks, and choruses – elements that might have turned them into true earworms.
in brief29.09.2025
Treen In Free Fall – And In Common Flow
On their second release »Kaikō«, Treen show how free improvisation can balance between independence and shared direction – carried by trust, gravity, and an organic flow.
in brief28.09.2025
Steel Forks and Silken Script
»George Benjamin’s modern classic unfolds on the Old Stage as both a brutal love story and a musical paradox, where violent noise meets transparent silence.«
18.09.2025
Sounding migrations
Deep listening and the acoustic phenology of whale song
review18.09.2025
When Mysticism Loses Its Magic
This year’s Rued Langgaard Festival set out to open the gate to Danish mysticism, but at times disappeared itself into a haze of filler and gimmickry – though a few concerts stood strong.
playlist10.09.2025
My name is Mads Emil Dreyer – would you like to see my playlist?
»Music to me is – having spent a lot of time listening, composing, and thinking about it – still, essentially, a mystery.«
reportage08.09.2025
Sound Bath At the Edge Of the Headland
Lost Farm Festival transformed an abandoned farm into a global gathering point for grief, anger and creativity – where concerts, rituals and installations turned Sjællands Odde into a new center of the world.
review07.09.2025
No Dying Diva in Paris – but Glitter, Dog Life and Office Humor
Copenhagen Opera Festival 2025 turned away from opera’s classical themes of fate and instead gave space to intimate music-dramatic experiments on queer identity, domestic violence, climate crisis, and mental illness.
playlist07.09.2025
My name is Jan Janczy – would you like to see my playlist?
Music for me is a universal tool for opening myself for feelings.
playlist30.08.2025
My name is Simon Cummings – would you like to see my playlist?
Music is inseparable from listening: a close, attentive act. It’s not about beauty, truth or even intelligibility, but connection.
review27.08.2025
The Myth Of the Sound City By the Limfjord
Struer Tracks showed that even municipal branding can open new worlds when sound art gets involved – from glitching rat voices in the basement of the music school to subwoofers that shook the harbor.
review22.08.2025
Opera’s Darkness Finds a Home in Savonlinna
Savonlinna’s castle festival lets Finnish national opera resonate between stone, lake, and summer night – and shows how dark dramas can mirror the soul of a people.
in brief16.08.2025
The Symphonic Statement of the Year
The music is brutal, relentless. But could it have been more: more in colour, beyond the duel?