review15.08.2025
Walking Blind
At its best, the ambitious sound art walk »Witness Stand« at Refshaleøen pierces right into Copenhagen’s gentrification of the old industrial area. But does it realise that it is itself part of the problem?
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comment13.08.2025
I Most Certainly Will Not Stay Away From Your Theatre
A few days before this year’s Copenhagen Opera Festival begins, I, as a critic, have been asked to keep away from one of the festival’s most experimental performances at the theatre Sort/Hvid. This is a complete misunderstanding of the role of criticism.
in brief11.08.2025
Voices From a Bygone Era
»Sofie Birch and Antonina Nowacka create a sensuous acoustic space where the dream of another time is allowed to emerge.«
essay04.08.2025
Shoes For People Who Don’t Like Music
An anti-anthem for those who fall asleep at concerts and wake up with Cage talking nonsense.
review29.07.2025
A Festival For Experiments – But Only When It Dares
Borealis in Bergen promises experimental music but falls short when it comes to traditional concert formats. Instead, magic emerges when the audience is invited out into the forest or into floating sound saunas.
playlist29.07.2025
My name is Seb Doubinsky – would you like to see my playlist?
Music is the infinite sound of humanity, in all of its manifestations.
playlist11.07.2025
My name is Jacob Eriksen – would you like to see my playlist?
»For me, music is a particular engine for diversity, identity, individuality, and community.«
in brief11.07.2025
Fata Morgana Between Two Continents
The idea is strong, simple, and well executed. Like the sonic version of a cartoon mirage shimmering falsely in the sharp Californian sunlight.
review10.07.2025
Between Skin and Noise in Berlin
From digital melancholy and ritual noise assaults to pure silence – MaerzMusik explored the tactile forces of sound and the boundaries of the body.
comment07.07.2025
Roskilde as a Battleground of Sound
Roskilde Festival insists on ecstasy and togetherness, but the most beautiful moments arise in the dark, where the curious still dare to listen.
playlist05.07.2025
My name is Mark Solborg – would you like to see my playlist?
»Music is the other language – the one that can be spoken when all words and conversations have been worn to pieces.«
in brief04.07.2025
When Machines Dream: The Electronic Poetry of Oh No Noh
Like a warped, crumpled tape, melodies bubble to the surface, and the offbeat rhythms repeat with the halting tempo of a scratched LP.
playlist03.07.2025
My name is Halym Kim – would you like to see my playlist?
»Music for me is like a sourdough. If you don't feed it right it is going to die.«
playlist03.07.2025
My name is Nana Pi – would you like to see my playlist?
Music for me is a tool of infinite expression.
review30.06.2025
Dreams, Noise and Apple Crunch in Stavanger
The Only Connect festival in Stavanger transformed the city into a landscape of noise, poetry and bodily vibrations.
review29.06.2025
Disappearing Acts: The Resurrection of Tsujimura
Katsuko Tsujimura sought to dissolve the body in postwar Japan. Now, new voices are gently piecing it back together.
review24.06.2025
»Oops, We Walked Past the Artwork« – the Hidden Presences of Sound Art in Moss
The MOMENTUM biennial in Moss, Norway lets sound art speak, guiding the audience into the borderlands of the senses – where even a toilet resonates like an echo chamber.
playlist20.06.2025
My name is Samyula – would you like to see my playlist?
For me, music is an emotional refuge. When I sit at the piano I feel safe, it's where I can release everything I carry inside.
review18.06.2025
Klang has Come of Age – and Dares to Be Solemn
This year’s edition of Copenhagen’s festival for new music embraced sonic rituals, cultural encounters, and performances with loops, bodies, and cassette tapes – and featured French musicians playing as if sound itself could change the world.
review15.06.2025
The World is Leaking – and Art Picks Up the Drops
At the Bergen International Festival, William Kentridge and Ryoji Ikeda let art capture what can no longer be said – only felt.
playlist11.06.2025
My name is Tomasz Dąbrowski – would you like to see my playlist?
»Music is the ultimate gateway to presence, a true expression of the moment.«
review07.06.2025
When the Past Begins to Make Noise Again
At Geneva’s Archipel Festival, lost instruments and occult soundscapes are brought to life in a journey through speculative rituals and experimental music.
review04.06.2025
The Hunt for Sound Installations in Nuremberg
From seductive echoes in an abandoned yeast factory to allergy-inducing angel wings in a baroque church – Musik Installationen Nürnberg put the body in motion, but left the question of what a music installation truly is unanswered.
playlist03.06.2025
My name is Anna Roemer – would you like to see my playlist?
Music is where my heart is. The place where I feel the most freedom and possibility to express myself.
in brief02.06.2025
Not the Royal Rock Star We Might Have Wished For
In the end, it sounds like a march that has forgotten who it was written for.