Den danske musiker/komponist Mads Emil Nielsen og hans pladeselskab arbitrary præsenterer den tredje af en række arrangementer i KoncertKirken, hvor elektroniske koncerter kombineres med kollektive lyttesessions.

Elektronisk musik egner sig ikke altid til koncertformatets præmis om en live-situation, hvor man ser nogen spille, mens man ser på og lytter. Elektroniske koncerter er ganske enkelt ikke altid så spændende at se på. Hvor mange koncerter kan man ikke komme i tanke om, hvor den visuelle del af seancen nærmest trækker fra den samlede oplevelse, fordi der ganske enkelt ikke er noget nævneværdigt at se på – måske blot en stillesiddende skikkelse med en maskine foran sig. Man får fantastisk musik at høre, og man får den sågar i en koncertsal med flot forstærkning og de helt rigtige akustiske forhold, men man er egentlig ikke så interesseret i det faktum, at afsenderen af musikken er til stede i rummet. Det er lytteoplevelsen, der er det interessante og givende.

Lige netop det forhold imødekommer arrangementsrækken Live + Listening Room, der parrer en kollektiv lytning af et stykke elektronisk musik med en visuelt spændende elektronisk koncert, således at de to situationer understreger dét, de hver især kan, supplerer hinanden og imødekommer førnævnte præmis; den lydligt rige elektroniske musik præsenteres under de bedste lytteforhold uden koncertsituationens konventioner og forventninger tilstede til potentielt at undergrave den.

Til det tredje arrangement i rækken kan man opleve tyske Andrew Pekler, der arbejder med digital sampling og analog syntese, når han hiver fundne lyde og arkivmateriale ind i nye sammenhænge. Indholdet af den kollektive lyttesession er stadig en hemmelighed.

Hvad? arbitrary Live + Listening Room #3 w/ Andrew Pekler (DE)
Hvor? KoncertKirken, Blågårds Plads 6A, København N
Hvornår? Torsdag den 14. december kl. 19:30

Læs i øvrigt Seismografs interview med Mads Emil Nielsen fra 2016.

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»Music is my life. It has accompanied me all the way and given me experiences, friendships and opportunities that I could never have imagined.«

Pablo Fernández is a Spanish musician and the new Head of Classical Music at the Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus/Aalborg. For many years, he was principal tuba player with the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra and has taught at higher music education institutions in Spain and Denmark. He is also active as a conductor, soloist, guest lecturer and jury member at international competitions. Fernández has extensive experience in the management and development of music projects, festivals and international collaborations. He has lived in Aarhus since 2014 and has been affiliated with the Royal Academy of Music since 2021.

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»Music is, to us, a kind of closed club of nepotism, networking and Copenhagen cowboy energy. But in reality, it’s got nothing to do with expensive guitars or technical skill. For us, music is something you can feel in your chest, or something that gives you goosebumps. The best concerts are when someone screams so earnestly that the rest of us don’t have to. The best music expresses emotions in a way that would get you picked up by an ambulance if you did it out on the street. For us, music should fuck with the people who have it too comfortable, and give those who have it fucked a feeling that they’re not alone. Boom. And what the fuck is a chord and a key anyway? Kisses from Nightmaries.«

Nightmaries blend saws, guitars and voices into a dark-country, no-wave, cowboy-doom nightmare. They create the kind of soundtrack that feels like a fever dream you somehow don’t want to wake up from. As the world gets stranger and darker, Nightmaries lean into the madness, serving up slow-burning songs that creep under your skin like a poison that takes its sweet time. Put on your favourite steel-toe boots, dip your smoky eyes in an ashtray, and prepare yourself for sloppy doom with punk energy.

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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.