Simon Steen-Andersen
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Uventet transit mellem verdner
Simon Steen-Andersen: »Drownwords«
Simon Steen-Andersen. © Lars Svankjær
Jeg ville egentlig have forsvoret, at det var muligt. Men her er altså et album med kompositionsmusik for guitar, som rent faktisk er fremragende.
Instrumentet får ASMR-lignende kvaliteter i den nære optagelse, og især In-side-out-side-in folder guitarens dynamiske muligheder ud. Efter en indledning med insisterende gentagelser forvandler strengene sig fra noget endimensionelt til en sammensat personlighed med ydmyge åbninger i form af mikrotonale udsving og bløde glidninger.
På titelværket ledsages italienske Francesco Palmieris guitar af en vokal, der grynter, hvisker, fløjter og klaprer med tænderne. Sammen skaber de et hakkende, nedbrudt og intimt sprog, sådan som det må lyde, når man er i transit mellem forskellige verdner. Sælsomt.
De syv værker på albummet ender med at tegne et overraskende dækkende portræt af Steen-Andersen, lige fra hans optagethed af vokabularier til interessen for teknologi og musikhistorie. Mig: forbløffet.
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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.