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15.10.2022

Lunken tur i tårnet

Brønshøj Vandtårn: »Upserving 22 – Celebrating Water«
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På vej ind i Brønshøj Vandtårns brutalistiske rum af cementsokler og bjælker blev jeg indhyllet af et vedkommende og levende udtryk. Projektorer kastede farvet lys og vandteksturer ud på loftshængte skulpturer, der skabte animerede skygger rundt i vandtårnets cylinderform. Sådan er rammerne for Upserving 22 – Celebrating Water, en udstilling med en række workshops, koncerter – og så denne koncert med inoxfon, ensemble og digteren Liv Ea.

Inoxfonen er et instrument, der med sine 400 upcyclede fade og skåle i rustfrit stål tænder en lysende interesse i en. Den er bygget af Ian Brodersen, der også spillede på inoxfonen, som løftede sig til at være mere end et instrument; snarere en skulptur, legetøj eller anti-affald.

Der var en synergi mellem rummet, lyset og instrumentet, og jeg slap hverdagens banale forståelse af det rindende vand i min lejlighed og var klar til at hylde vandet som magisk, uundværligt og livgivende. Men min begejstring ville desværre en ende tage, for da Liv Ea tog mikrofonen og musikerne slog an, blev dette ellers skarpe udtryk sløret. Musikerne kunne ikke etablere en medrivende kontakt med hverken hinanden, musikken eller publikummet og var af nød afhængige af cues og improvisation.

Det ellers stærkt etablerede tema om vand slap op. Koncerten var en time uden særlige overraskelser, hvor man som publikum famlede efter en forståelse af, hvorfor man var der. Til sidst sad jeg bare og frøs.

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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.