in brief
10.02.2021

Jubilæumsfest for avantgarderne

Marcela Lucatelli: »Skrrt, Skrrt«
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Jeg tror ikke, man har talt så meget om sporene af den historiske avantgarde, der titter frem i Lucatellis værker. Det her er en god anledning! De gamle elektronmusikstudier spøger i sinusbølgerne og den elektroakustiske knitren i Skrrt, Skrrt. Og velkendte traditioner går igen i form af talt tekst, støjsamples, volapykvokal og en slags nøgternt afmålt slagtøj.

Glimtvis minder det måske ligefrem om en jubilæumsfest for tidligere tiders fremtidsklang. Hvilket egentlig er uventet, for jeg er vant til, at Lucatelli griber mig i kraven og tvinger mig ind i morgendagen. Det her er en mere noir oplevelse, der i lange stræk nærmer sig en abstrakt meditation.

Her slipper hun den stramme styring med formen og lader det timelange værk udvikle sig til et mere eller mindre improviseret støjdigt sammen med K!art-ensemblet. Ud fra den heftige programtekst havde jeg ventet noget skørrt, skørrt eller skrattende, skrattende. Jeg kan simpelthen ikke finde ud af, hvad jeg skal synes, synes!

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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.