in brief
11.10.2021

Dråber fra en ukendt måne

Janet Beat: »Pioneering Knob Twiddler«
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Janet Beat. © PR

Hvorfor give en 83-årig dames debutalbum med musik, der er ældre end de flestes fædre, et lyt? Bag goddag-mand-økseskaft-titlen Pioneering Knob Twiddler er skotske Janet Beat, som skabte elektronisk musik i 50’erne, og som samtiden ikke har anerkendt på samme niveau som de ligesindede, kvindelige pionerer Delia Derbyshire og Daphne Oram. Så nu det Beats tur til den retroaktive hyldests spotlight.  



»Dancing On Moonbeams« lyder som sin titel – kaskader af oscillerende sinusbølger, der daler ned over lytteren som dråber fra en ukendt måne. Lige så interessant er »Echoes of Bali«, der minder om en opdagelsesrejsende, der genskaber den lokale, balinesiske gamelanmusik, ud fra et fjernt minde. Selv på den 12 minutter lange »A Willow Swept By Train« mærkes historiens vingesus i den efterbehandlede guitar og den stigende sinustone, der peger frem mod noget fra Kraftwerks helt tidlige præ-Autobahn plader. Kraut før kraut.

Beats debut er måske ikke den stærkeste opsamling af klangkunst derude, men spor af alt fra Aphex Twin til Pink Floyd i hendes abstrakte lydsider er nok til, at denne historiske samling fortjener et lyt af alle med en sund interesse for elektronisk musik. 

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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.