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The Symphonic Statement of the Year
The music is brutal, relentless. But could it have been more: more in colour, beyond the duel?
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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.«
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The Electronic Altar
Three artists shattered the table’s constraints and gave technology a body.
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Emergent Music
»A poetic and precise sonic laboratory, where music emerges in hesitation and grows like a living creature.«
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»Is He Going to Play Three Pianos?«
When there are two grand pianos for a concert, one of them is usually prepared. Rosenbaum had three (!) without using a single screw, coin, or ping-pong ball.
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Bumblebees Come With Punk
Smag På Dig Selv convincingly illustrates the age-old punk dictum that you can be angry and still have fun at the same time.
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Feel Yourself Becoming Nature Again
»I love being part of the ritual that heals our forgotten connection to nature, which is the very foundation of our lives.«
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Beneath the Restless Canopies
»When the gloom returned with renewed force, it was Kjærgaard who, with a roaring guitar, sprawled across the emotional abyss. It was beautiful and brutal.«
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Explosive Jazz Builds Up and Burns Down
As a listener, there is nothing to do but surrender to Amalie Dahl and the group’s convincing display of strength.