in brief
01.07.2022

Solbeskinnet oprør

Star Feminine Band – Roskilde Festival
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»We live in the same house, we go to the same school,« lød det fra Pavilion-scenen. De syv piger fra Star Feminine Band, der er mellem 10 og 17 år, var langt fra deres hjem i Benin. De var kommet for at smitte os med det nære venskab, der stråler fra deres solbeskinnede musik: Intuitiv og hjemmestrikket highlife – ofte lidt vakkelvorn – men til gengæld imødekommende, legende og energisk. 

De tre piger i front, som spillede forskelligt håndholdt perkussion, vekslede mellem at synge og danse. Der sprællede en ivrig begejstring i de synkrone bevægelser. Et særligt moment opstod, da resten af bandet sluttede sig til danserne på midten af scenen for at opføre et traditionelt ritual. Autenticiteten nåede helt ud til teltpløkkerne. 

Men Star Feminine Band var bestemt ikke kun kommet for underholde. Koncerten var båret af en punket understrøm, der hele tiden kradsede imod den dansevenlige overflade. Udråbstegnene i teksterne – efter sigende om tvangsægteskaber og omskæring – var ikke til at tage fejl af, selvom de blev leveret storsmilende på et sprog, der nok var fremmed for de fleste i publikum. 

Alle pigerne var udstyret med en mikrofon, og skiftedes til at lede de ultrasimple call-response-sekvenser. Ungdomsoprøret blussede i de indtrængende stemmer, og det voksede til en ilter modstandskraft, når alle pigerne sang sammen. Vidunderligt!

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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.