in brief
17.03.2023

Virkelighedens elektricitet

Grand River: »All Above«
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Der er lagt blod, sved og tårer i Grand Rivers nyeste album All Above. Det kan man høre i detaljerigdommen i de elektroniske cut-ups, som gang på gang svæver ind og ud af lytterens opmærksomhed i de små 40 minutter, som pladen varer. Berlin-baserede Aimée Portioli nedbryder grænserne for elektronik og akustik på denne samling af kompositioner, der ligger et sted mellem lydinstallation og klassisk elektronik. Der synes langt fra de intime klaverforløb på den indledende »Quasicristallo« til den stakåndende »In the Present As the Future«, som vokser fra en kold blanding af oscillationer, sinusbølger og stemme-samples til et afsluttende rytmisk forløb, der ligger tættere på dansegulvet end kunstinstallationen.

Portioli formår at føje en magisk realisme til den ellers udtrådte blanding af ambient og klangkunst, for selvom man oftest genkender en lydkilde som analog eller akustisk, går der ikke længe, før lyden warpes, forvrænges og smadres, hvorefter den muterer og skifter karakter, som eksempelvis blæseorglet på den smukke »Seventy One Percent« eller de skærende violiner på den eminente »Kura«.

På All Above holder Grand River et sonisk spejl op foran lytteren og sætter spørgsmålstegn ved, hvornår noget i virkeligheden er virkeligt. Er det snart umuligt at vide, hvor lyden reelt kommer fra? Er alt musik ikke elektronisk her i det 21. århundrede?

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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.