in brief14.03.2025
Caught Between Too Much and Too Little
On half of the tracks Hammerstrøm demonstrates that he is capable of creating truly beautiful music.
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reportage11.03.2025
How Does Hope Sound in Minus 30 Degrees?
They have a bivouac, a couple of churches and a cultural festival – in northern Norway's Kirkenes, people are prepared if the worst happens.
playlist08.03.2025
My name is Jennifer Gersten – would you like to see my playlist?
How comforting, after so much menial self-investigation, to finally be told exactly what it is that you need.
in brief07.03.2025
A Daring Vision of Flute and Voice
This is an album as happy to shout as it is to slither.
in brief03.03.2025
Cosmic Resonance
»The small crackling beep-sounds from the satellites’ resonance also became music.«
in brief28.02.2025
A Clammy Kawaii Crescendo
There is something charmingly awkward about Shibuya’s pop-infused, overdramatic compositions and the android voice’s sticky kawaii factor.
in brief24.02.2025
Dido and Doom
Although the many contrasts made for a rather epic concert, they also left me feeling somewhat conflicted.
in brief13.02.2025
Jeppe's Soundtrack
If I woke up in a golden bed with a crowd of strangers around me, I would love to listen to the same soundtrack as Jeppe.
playlist13.02.2025
My name is Laura Cocks – would you like to see my playlist?
Music is to me the subcutaneous holy matter. Finding each other in ourselves and ourselves in each other.
in brief07.02.2025
The Shadow of a Soundtrack
How much of the original purpose can – and should – be removed from the equation for a release in album format to make sense?
in brief07.02.2025
The Sinister Mastery of Shame
»A necessary album for anyone unafraid of the dark.«
in brief04.02.2025
The Deep Breath
»With a few simple means, Blaume’s debut emerges as a welcome harbinger of spring.«
playlist29.01.2025
My name is Ryong – would you like to see my playlist?
Music for me is: inevitable.
in brief08.01.2025
Love and Poetry under Black Streetlights
»'Dråberne 5, 7, 8, and 11' is a seductive, inspiring, and downright sumptuous experiment in which the love between the two artists can be felt in every tone.«
reportage06.01.2025
A Modern Festival with a Memory
At Warsaw Autumn, they are not only focused on sounds. The Polish festival aims to influence reality with new names and ideas.
in brief16.12.2024
A Riddle I Am Not the Right One to Solve
»Nigma Enigma« will speak to those who can relate to the spiritual and philosophical questions Miniawy raises.
in brief14.12.2024
The Dust Would Not Settle on the Organs
The somewhat mixed experience of the evening’s program does not change the fact that Organ Sound Art Festival is an atmospheric, ambitious festival that dares to take risks.
in brief08.12.2024
The Perfect Conception of Perfect Love
»Liebe« is one of those performances one feels grateful to have experienced.
essay29.11.2024
2024: An Earful of Chaos
Chaotic times call for chaotic music. But also soft techno, flutists and yoga balls. Jennifer Gersten and Andreo Michaelo Mielczarek wrap up the musical year in a conversation between New York and Aarhus.
playlist28.11.2024
My name is Katarina Gryvul – would you like to see my playlist?
»For me music is meditative chaos.«
reportage15.11.2024
»For Many Years I Have Thought About What the Nordics Really Are«
Was it just for fun that the world's oldest festival for Nordic contemporary music traveled to Scotland? No, it was an educational journey.
reportage15.11.2024
»For many years I have thought about what the Nordics really are«
Was it just for fun that the world's oldest festival for Nordic contemporary music traveled to Scotland? No, it was an educational journey.
PEER audio paper09.11.2024
When generic sounds become data
A questioning of the very idea of ‘generic sound’ in the face of the ever growing datafication of the mundane.
PEER audio paper09.11.2024
Locked grooves
Informed by DJ practice and practice-led research, this audio paper shares historical examples of locked grooves alongside loop-based compositions and a new installation work.
PEER audio paper09.11.2024
Noisy interference in the becoming-generic of sonic alerts
This audio paper considers how human activity as a possible vehicle of interference serves as a resistance agent against the speculated becoming-generic of alert sounds in public and private spaces.