Kaj Duncan David
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Kaj Duncan David: »All Culture Is Dissolving«
Kaj Duncan David: »All Culture Is Dissolving«. © Carl-John Hoffmann
Den første gang, jeg satte dette album på, fyldtes jeg næsten øjeblikkeligt af en nærmest barnagtig begejstring. En særegen kombination af overraskelse og genkendelsens glæde overkom mig. Jeg havde aldrig hørt albummet før, men det føltes, som om jeg alligevel havde hørt musikken før.
Kaj Duncan Davids musik drypper, bobler, trækker vejret tungt og udånder, vokser og fortaber sig. Den er fyldt med vokallyde – menneskelige, eller et stykke softwares imitationer? Et sprog de- og rekonstrueret. Synths, der til tider simulerer analoge instrumenter. Faktisk er det, som om alt ved denne musik simulerer. Hypervirkelighed a la Baudrillard i øverste potens, et simulakrum af et simulakrum.
De elektroniske flader, blip og blop samt stemmer iblandes lejlighedsvis dyrelyde. Alt fra heste, grise og hunde til frøer, katte og fugle får lov til at istemme sig koret. Især katten på titelnummeret frembringer konsekvent et smil på læben. Der er noget mystisk, mytisk, men også absurd humoristisk over det.
All Culture Is Dissolving er som en kedel i kosmisk størrelsesorden, hvori al eksistens er blevet kogt ned til en ny ursuppe – og dette er, hvordan det lyder. Det flyder over af liv, eller i hvert fald en approksimation af det. Overraskelsesaspektet er nu ved nærmere bekendtskab gået tabt, men begejstringen er ikke aftaget.
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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.