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Komponist Line Tjørnhøj bygger sin musik op ud fra tanken om, at den menneskelige stemme er et af de mest basale elementer i vores lydunivers – den har en umiddelbar adgang til ører og følelser. Når hun skaber musikalske fortællinger, fokuserer hun på at udforske de beroligende kvaliteter og jamrende skønheder ved instrumenter, stemmer, industrielle betonlyde samt de intime lyde, der er relateret til vores daglige menneskelige aktivitet. Tjørnhøj er kendt for at beskæftige sig med universelle temaer og tidløse problemer gennem nutidige scenerier – og især for sit mod til at tage fat på menneskelig grusomhed og magtmisbrug.

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23.01.2022

Finnish Space Travel

Tomutonttu: »Hoshi«
© Tomutonttu: »Hoshi«
© Tomutonttu: »Hoshi«

The Finnish multimedia artist Jan Anderzén has, with the album Hoshi, released under the solo moniker Tomutonttu, created a true little star. Not only because »hoshi« literally means »star« in Japanese, but above all due to the music itself. There is something cosmic, yet infinitely minute, about the sonic worlds Anderzén conjures—like a galaxy reflected in a puddle, or a space journey in a rocket carved from a hollow tree trunk. Synths emit busy, warm blips and bloops, while ultra-short vocal and instrumental samples create a recognizable blur. At once artificial and organic – soft, rounded, jagged, crackling.

Anderzén approaches sound with a playfulness I simply adore. His music is strange in an incredibly comforting way. It places me in a kind of colorful, trance-like state, only interrupted when, several times over the course of the album, I find myself smiling in delight at a particularly great sound. The synths on »Katse osuu sähköön!« The choral samples on »Kesä oli äkkiä ohi!« Milo Linnovaara’s flute on »Malta lausua ‘AH’!« And many more. Hoshi is an album packed with microscopic moments that together form a frayed, exploding, radiant, idiosyncratic whole—a stellar moment of just under 38 minutes.