in brief
01.06.2021

Konstrueret krop komponeret

Klang Festival: Jeppe Ernsts »Sakramente (Natsange)«
»Sakramente (Natsange)« blev opført af Erica Giacoletto, Kalle Hakosalo, Matias Seibæk og Tomek Szczepaniak. © Alexander Banck-Petersen
»Sakramente (Natsange)« blev opført af Erica Giacoletto, Kalle Hakosalo, Matias Seibæk og Tomek Szczepaniak. © Alexander Banck-Petersen

»Kroppen er ikke i rummet, den bebor rummet,« skriver fænomenologen Maurice Merleau-Ponty, og jeg mærker det som et nervesus, da det pludselige udsyn af kroppene foran mig absorberer kirkerummet: en nærved nøgen kvindekrop som centrum i trekantsformation af tre mandlige kroppe klædt i sort.

Sakramente (Natsange) af kropskomponisten Jeppe Ernst simrer af posthumanisme: kroppe, der bevæger sig, som var de forprogrammeret i en metronomstram synkronicitet, prædetermineret til at danne imitationer, spejlinger og kontrapunkter. Skinbarlige kroppe, der blinker og ryster, men på samme tid fremstår lige så artificielle og konstruerede som det partitur, der har sat dem sammen.

Værket består af tre satser, hvor den sidste er et ekko af den første. De mandlige kroppe træder frem mod kvindekroppen – først den ene, siden de to andre – og spiller en typisk Ernst-koreografi af armbevægelser. Bløde løft, en pludselig sitren i hånden, kontante fremadskydninger: Alt sammen udført med et imponerende fokus.

I andensatsen træder værket i karakter. Kvindekroppen bliver lagt ned i en positur, der både minder om da Vincis Den Vitruvianske Mand og Kristus på korset. Mandekroppene sætter sig på hug rundtom og iværksætter et voldsomt ritual, hvor dumpe slag og kvælertag blander sig med nænsomt strygende kærtegn.

Bevægelserne, der før virkede abstrakte, bliver nu til symbolske berøringer, som udtrykker en besidderisk ambivalens. De vil dominere, men er allerede domineret, sat sammen i rytmiske mønstre. Det er en form for afmagt, der udsulter humanismens naturaliserede kropsbegreb og på fornemste vis afslører mande- og kvindekroppen som dybt konstruerede størrelser.

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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.