in brief
23.04.2021

Lydfar, se denne film!

CPH:DOX: »Sisters with Transistors«
Maryanne Amacher i »Sisters with Transistors«. © Anna Lena Films
Maryanne Amacher i »Sisters with Transistors«. © Anna Lena Films

Mellem støjen og musikken er musikerens hånd, citerer Jean-Michel Jarre Pierre Schaeffer i Lisa Rovners dokumentarfilm. Og den hånd har sjældent været kvinders. Wrong! Via sjældne fotografier og optagelser – bundet sammen af Laurie Andersons speak – fortælles en fascinerende historie om kvinder, der hørte radikale lyde i deres hoveder, indfangede lyden af en elektrificeret verden og så teknologien som en befrier.

Disse kvindelige komponister mærkede the sweet mystery of noise, lyden af fremtiden og ville skabe dialoger med elektroniske lyde. Kærlighed til Tolana-båndoptagere og en ARP 2500-synth kender ikke til køn. Kig bare på thereminmesteren Clara Rockmore og Maryanne Amacher, som ville spille med lytterens fysikalitet og fik sit ramponerede hus, stoppet med maskiner fra et fysiklab, til at vibrere. Eller Laurie Spiegel, der med sit projekt »Music Mouse« omdannede den menneskevenlige Macintosh fra 1984 til et rungende, pulserende musikinstrument. Og alle de andre elektroniske søstre, som ikke ville trækkes rundt af døde, hvide mænds næser, men aktivere nye indsigter og tænke uden for kompositioner, som vi kender dem. Bum. 

Samtidige kunstnere som Holly Herndon og Ramona Gonzalez (Nite Jewel) kommenterer bedrifterne. I dag siger én af de elektroniske pionerer, at de ikke revolutionerede, men blot ønskede at sætte musikken i kontakt med sig selv. Ja, men de så moderne magi i computerne – der i starten tilhørte bankerne, militæret, forsikringsselskaberne – og var med til at gøre magien til en kunstform. Og selvfølgelig har Pauline Oliveros ret: Hvordan du lytter, har betydning for, hvordan du udvikler en kultur. Look and learn – og lyt, lyt igen, Lydfar.

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»Music is my life. It has accompanied me all the way and given me experiences, friendships and opportunities that I could never have imagined.«

Pablo Fernández is a Spanish musician and the new Head of Classical Music at the Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus/Aalborg. For many years, he was principal tuba player with the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra and has taught at higher music education institutions in Spain and Denmark. He is also active as a conductor, soloist, guest lecturer and jury member at international competitions. Fernández has extensive experience in the management and development of music projects, festivals and international collaborations. He has lived in Aarhus since 2014 and has been affiliated with the Royal Academy of Music since 2021.

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»Music is, to us, a kind of closed club of nepotism, networking and Copenhagen cowboy energy. But in reality, it’s got nothing to do with expensive guitars or technical skill. For us, music is something you can feel in your chest, or something that gives you goosebumps. The best concerts are when someone screams so earnestly that the rest of us don’t have to. The best music expresses emotions in a way that would get you picked up by an ambulance if you did it out on the street. For us, music should fuck with the people who have it too comfortable, and give those who have it fucked a feeling that they’re not alone. Boom. And what the fuck is a chord and a key anyway? Kisses from Nightmaries.«

Nightmaries blend saws, guitars and voices into a dark-country, no-wave, cowboy-doom nightmare. They create the kind of soundtrack that feels like a fever dream you somehow don’t want to wake up from. As the world gets stranger and darker, Nightmaries lean into the madness, serving up slow-burning songs that creep under your skin like a poison that takes its sweet time. Put on your favourite steel-toe boots, dip your smoky eyes in an ashtray, and prepare yourself for sloppy doom with punk energy.

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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.