in brief
08.12.2020

Modsat arkitektonisk

Soft Items: »H«
Soft Items: »H«. © Sensorisk Verden
Soft Items: »H«. © Sensorisk Verden

Claus Haxholms seneste album under navnet Soft Items minder mig mere om en drøm – eller måske en meget svag erindring – om et musikalsk værk end om et musikalsk værk i sig selv. Albummet er en forunderlig kollage af lyde, der næsten ikke er der, lyde, jeg først bliver opmærksom på, det øjeblik de helt abrupt forsvinder.

Første gang jeg lyttede til albummet, forekom det mig paradoksalt, at et album, der skulle være inspireret af arkitektur, kan fremstå så tilsyneladende blottet for form og struktur: arkitekturens for mig at se mest grundlæggende bestanddele.

Efter at have lyttet til det flere gange begynder mønstre dog at komme til syne: De rungende klaverakkorder og de mystiske vokalsamples bliver gennemgående elementer, der giver det ellers ret så fragmenterede album en tiltrængt følelse af kontinuitet.

H er en på én gang fascinerende og frustrerende oplevelse. Sommetider mere frustrerende end fascinerende, men ikke desto mindre alligevel fascinerende.

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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.