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30.12.2021

Genreselvmord på klubben

Sega Bodega: »Romeo«
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Puha. Allerede efter første nummer på Romeo må jeg trykke pause, hente et glas vand og tage en dyb indånding. Der er smæk på den irske producer Sega Bodegas svære 2’er. Et lemlæstet vokalsample starter pladen og bliver hurtig ledsaget af filtreret beatboxing og den mest ildevarslende strubelyd, jeg længe har hørt. En dommedagsintro, der forbereder en adrenalinhøj gabber-puls i trommer og bas og det slagkraftige spørgsmål: »You don’t own my effiminacy, do you?«

Det hæsblæsende åbningsnummer »Effiminacy«, der også rummer et barmhjertigt og dødlækkert omkvæd i half-time, sætter tårnhøje forventninger til resten af pladen. I den grad overmodigt. Men også befriende, fordi vi slipper for albumformatets tyndslidte berettermodel og går direkte til point of no return. 

Selvfølgelig vil Bodega for meget på én gang. EDM-troper, vrangvendte popformer med fremmedgjorte omkvæd, underkuet dancehall, 2021-trends som hyperpop og UK garage og så naturligvis vokaler i alle regnbuens manipulationer. Arca kigger også forbi på nummeret »Cicada« og dekonstruerer alting i sin vanlige blodrus. På »Naturopathe« bliver vi beriget med Charlotte Gainsbourgs hviskevokal i en herligt simrende mosekonebryg af et listende lounge-track. 

Det er en tidstypisk genrekamikaze, Bodega bedriver. Stilren forvirring. Men der er noget særegent i den rastløse måde, han blander de forskellige klubgenrer på. Ikke hovedløst, tværtimod. Sangskrivningen er det primære, og det er en fryd at høre, hvordan de iltre indfald bliver til nysgerrige sangstrukturer og mageligt beherskede produktioner. 

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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.