in brief
01.02.2021

Knirkende morgenpastorale

Sofie Birch: »Behind Her Name Chestnuts Fall Forever«
Sofie Birch. © Rune Svenningsen
Sofie Birch. © Rune Svenningsen

På klaveret spiller et simpelt stykke, der med lange pauser giver tonerne plads til at ringe fuldstændigt ud, før de genoptages. Jeg kan høre en knirken. Er det et gammelt, næsten udtjent klaver, eller er det stolen, som pianisten sidder på? Det er, som om jeg er til stede i lokalet. Sofie Birch ved instrumentet, terrassedøren åben, morgenpastorale.

Selv når musikken ændrer karakter og tilføjer synths, droner, percussive vokaler og naturoptagelser, så mister den aldrig sit nærvær. Blandingsforholdene og stemningerne forandrer sig, men billederne står altid klart for det indre øje. Der sker altid nok til, at min interesse fastholdes, men aldrig så meget, at jeg ikke selv kan drømme med. Og heri ligger Birchs efter min mening største styrke. Som få andre formår hun at bruge lyd til at vække scenarier og følelser til live.

Albummet lakker mod enden, og den tidligere morgenstemning har nu ændret sig til noget mere natligt. Klaveret og den intime knirken er vendt tilbage for at ringe ud.

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»To me, music is love. I love how music allows you to skip the small talk and connect directly with people’s innermost selves. It is an extraordinary and moving way to meet one another.«

Fenja wrote her first song at the age of twelve – about a polar bear dying due to climate change – and themes of existentialism, nature, and her own sensitive nature came to define the lyrics and sound she has since developed. She released her debut album, Flugtdyr, in 2021, and in February 2026, she released the album Menneskedyr.

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Danish composer Sofus Forsberg has died at the age of 56. With his distinctive blend of melodic sensibility, electronic processing and rhythmic precision, he created a musical world that moved effortlessly between IDM, pop and the avant-garde.

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»Music for me is my hobby, my job, my outlet, my mood, an endless source of discovering new music and new, old music, some of the best and can be some of the worst. And I love it!« 

Track72 aka Tue Track aka Anders Lundby Brixen. Producer, DJ, rapper and more. Known for his role in the trio Malk De Koijn, which since the mid-1990s has created a personal universe in Danish hip-hop. Has performed in Ponyblod, Xtra Naan, Track Abdullah Rock, Booty Cologne and others.

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On Wednesday, 5 August 2026, it happened again: a chord in John Cage’s Organ2/ASLSP (As Slow as Possible) changed after two and a half years. Classic FM reports.

The work was written by the American avant-garde composer John Cage in the mid-1980s. The score consists of eight pages of music, and, as the title suggests, the instruction is to play it »as slow as possible.«

»What music is to me? Where have the great feelings gone?«.

Gellért Szabó is a composer, conductor and performer based in Leipzig, Germany. His work combines contemporary composition with influences from free improvisation, noise and the expressive richness of the late nineteenth century. He is the founder and artistic director of the 23-piece Ideal Orchestra, an ensemble dedicated to large-scale experimental music of sweeping emotional intensity. Alongside this work, Szabó performs internationally with his solo project Radical Radio Show, exploring symphonic textures and immersive sound worlds through a single electric guitar and live electronics. His music is driven by a search for intensity, vulnerability and uncompromising emotional expression.