in brief
04.07.2022

Pragtfuld Pimpon

Szymon Pimpon: »Pozdrawiam«
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Allerede intronummeret »i’ve made it to another station« slår fast, at den polsk-danske trommeslager og komponist Szymon Pimpons kassette-udgivelse agter at udsætte lytteren for et væld af forskelligartede indtryk. Således indledes der med flere lag af field recordings, der hurtigt tilsluttes af blød synth og ekstremt autotunet vokal. En stemningsfuld og interesseskabende introduktion. 

Mindre mærkelig – men ikke desto mindre interessant – er nummeret »lalala«, der får mig til at nikke hovedet begejstret med på det fremadkørende motorikbeat og de farverige 80’er-synthmelodier. Eller »wsh«, der med dikotomien mellem de vemodige synthakkorder og den travle, multiinstrumentale perkussion, skaber en underligt fortravlet stemning. Skaberglæden emmer af disse numre, og den smitter. Anderledes forholder det sig med andre af albummets skæringer, som for eksempel »megaJoy~«, »maF8« og »balans«, der bare ikke vækker samme entusiasme. Som om Pimpon holder lidt igen med netop den fandenivoldske kreativitet, som jeg ellers lovpriste et nummer tidligere.

Pozdrawiam slutter, som det startede – mærkeligt på den gode måde. Med det fantastiske afslutningsnummer (en ofte undervurderet disciplin) rest, der med en messende autotune beretter om den hvile, vi har fortjent, men ikke får. En passende åben afslutning på en udgivelse, der netop brillerer med sin åbenhed, og kun mister sin glans i de øjeblikke, hvor denne åbenhed føles stækket. 

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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.