John Cage

Amerikansk komponist, filosof, digter, musikteoretiker og svampeekspert. Pionér inden for tilfældighedsmusik, elektronisk musik og alternativ brug af musikinstrumenter. Cage var en af de ledende skikkelser i efterkrigs-avantgarden. Anmeldere har udråbt ham som en af de mest indflydelsesrige amerikanske komponister i det 20. århundrede. (fra wikipedia.org)

About John Cage

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22.09

What Is Ambient When Everyone Is Making It?

Three days at a conference on ambient music prompted me to reconsider the genre’s old heroes, its relationship with AI, and its strange journey from niche to ubiquitous background music.

By Kristoffer Møllegaard
review
26.01

Sacred, Profane, and Unsettlingly Alive

Sacrum Profanum in Kraków offered intense sonic experiences and musical battles – but also performances where the idea outweighed the music.

By Andreo Michaelo Mielczarek
essay
04.08.2025

Shoes For People Who Don’t Like Music

An anti-anthem for those who fall asleep at concerts and wake up with Cage talking nonsense.

By Douglas Kahn
review
24.06.2025

»Oops, We Walked Past the Artwork« – the Hidden Presences of Sound Art in Moss

The MOMENTUM biennial in Moss, Norway lets sound art speak, guiding the audience into the borderlands of the senses – where even a toilet resonates like an echo chamber.

By Therese Wiwe Vilmar
review
26.03.2025

Who said that simplicity should be simple?

Three albums with music for string quartet – and the likes – by Jürg Frey, Simon Christensen, and Anders Lauge Meldgaard each approach musical simplicity in their own way. But they aim for entirely different things with it.

By Sune Anderberg
reportage
06.01.2025

A Modern Festival with a Memory

At Warsaw Autumn, they are not only focused on sounds. The Polish festival aims to influence reality with new names and ideas.

By Andreo Michaelo Mielczarek