01.02.2016

DigtJukeBox gennem 20 år

I år er det tyve år siden, at kunstnergruppen Dansk Hörfilm skabte installationen DigtJukeBox i lyrikboghandel og udstillingsstedet Afsnit P i Nansensgade. Der var tale om en gammeldags bodega-jukebox indeholdende musikalske fortolkninger af lyriske tekster.

Dansk Hörfilm talte bl.a. komponist og lydkunstner Hans Sydow samt sanger og skuespiller Ulle Bjørn Bengtsson. De to har siden i fællesskab skabt mere end 100 musikalske genfortællinger af lyrik til jukeboxen.

“En god historie skal fortælles for at blive til og den skal genfortælles for at blive holdt i live. Mange digte ville være gået i glemmebogen, hvis ikke der var sat musik til dem. Musikken giver et rum til oplevelsen af teksten, og i kraft af musikken husker vi ordene. Pludselig er der to steder at lægge informationerne på lager, og så husker vi bedre”, lyder det fra Hans Sydow.

Udover Sydows og Bengtssons aftryk vil man i DigtJukeBox genkende lyden af stemmer tilhørende så forskellige kunstnere som Rune T. Kidde, Povl Dissing, Bodil Udsen og Per Vers i alt fra visesang over rap til abstrakte tekst/lyd-kompositioner.

“Sange, tekst, lydbilleder, kompositioner og rene oplæsninger veksler mellem hinanden – tidløs lyrik, sms'er og folkesagn i nutidige, overraskende og vedkommende fortolkninger, der består af lige dele historisk indsigt og nutidig flabethed, som gør fortællingen levende og nærværende”, forklarer Hans Sydow.

Når jukeboxen ikke lige er udstillet, som den er nu i Teatermuseet i Hofteatret i København frem til sommer, kan flere af værkerne opleves online, ligesom at arbejdet har resulteret i flere cd-udgivelser – blandt dem “Glimtvis” med tekster af Tom Kristensen, “Rimedjævelen” med tekster af H. C. Andersen, og senest “Holberg til Tiden”, der udkom i 2014.

I forbindelse med udstillingen “Halfdan – til tiden“ giver Sydow og Bengtsson koncert på Teatermuseet i Hofteatret torsdag 17. marts kl. 20, inden de til efteråret tager materiale fra jukeboxen med rundt på turné i Danmark.

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07.02.2024

My name is Phil Battiekh – would you like to see my playlist?

Phil Battiekh (Basel, Switzerland) has been a Mahraganat DJ and producer for over a decade. He is one of the first to dedicate himself to Mahraganat outside of Egypt. In addition to his most popular Mahraganat mixes on Soundcloud (over 450K streams worldwide), he released the acclaimed Cairo Concepts compilation in 2019. Featuring DJ Plead, DJ Haram, Alaa Fifty, Nustaliga and others, Cairo Concepts contextualises the impact and developments of the Mahraganat scene and examines the way certain artists have appropriated Mahraganat for club scenarios.

Mahraganat (Egyptian Arabic: مهرجانات( , which literally means »festivals«, is a mix of Egyptian Shaabi, electronic dance music, rap and trap. It is characterized by percussion-heavy rhythms, massive bass and loads of autotune. Phil Battiekh is curating the SWANA night – a joint event by pantropical, turkis, and Volume Village, which takes place at the latter in Aarhus. Next to his own set, Phil will also have a role as Wezza Montaser's DJ.

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01.01.2024

My name is Bill Frisell – would you like to see my playlist?

Bill Frisell. © Carole D'Inverno

»I like when it's impossible to tell at first if something is black or white, or country or blues, or whatever.«

Bill Frisell’s career as a guitarist and composer has spanned more than 40 years and many celebrated recordings. From Aaron Copeland and Charles Ives to Bob Dylan and Madonna. Born in Baltimore, Bill Frisell played clarinet throughout his childhood in Denver, Colorado. His interest in guitar began with his exposure to pop music on the radio.

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11.09.2023

My name is John Grant – would you like to see my playlist?

»Music has been a healing balm for me.«

John William Grant is an American singer, musician, and songwriter holding both American and Icelandic citizenship. He first came to prominence as a co-founder, lead vocalist, pianist, and primary songwriter of the alternative rock band The Czars. After releasing six albums between 1994 and 2006, the band disbanded, and Grant withdrew from music for four years before embarking on a solo career.

He returned in April 2010 with a critically acclaimed debut album recorded in collaboration with Midlake. Queen of Denmark was named Album of the Year 2010 by Mojo magazine and was also selected as one of the ten best albums of 2010 by The Guardian’s music critics and writers.

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23.01.2022

Finnish Space Travel

Tomutonttu: »Hoshi«

Vauva, 02.12

Kristoffer Møllegaard

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.