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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»To us, music is a primal, elemental force that allows us to shed our inhibitions.«

Leizure is a Copenhagen-based quintet operating at the intersection of post-punk, no wave, and experimental rock. The band’s sound is characterized by atonal vocals, piercing saxophone, hypnotic guitar riffs, and a rhythmic foundation that oscillates between tight precision and raw intensity. 

The band’s upcoming album, The Guillotine, explores themes such as societal decay, upheaval, and the challenging of established structures – all conveyed through a direct and high-energy musical style.

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© Robin Skjoldborg

Danish musician, author, and artist Martin Hall has died at the age of 63. According to his family, he passed away from a heart attack at his home in Frederiksberg on Tuesday, 21 July.

Since the early 1980s, Hall left an indelible mark on Danish music and cultural life – first with Ballet Mécanique and Under For, and later through an extensive solo career that moved effortlessly between experimental music, electronic pop, poetry, performance, and literature. He leaves behind one of the most substantial discographies and bibliographies in Danish cultural history.

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© Kåre Viemose

Seismograf is heading off on summer break to check out the ocean's deep vibrations.  🌊🤿  See you in August. Have a great summer!

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15.07

Noise in the White Cube

Aros: »Unruly – the Body in Punk«
© Karen Knorr & Olivier Richon, Vortex 6 from the Punks series, 1976 - 1977, gelatin silver print on paper,18,7 x 28,2 cm, Tate. Courtesy of the artists.
© Karen Knorr & Olivier Richon, Vortex 6 from the Punks series, 1976 - 1977, gelatin silver print on paper,18,7 x 28,2 cm, Tate. Courtesy of the artists.

The first thing that hits you at Aros' Unruly – the Body in Punk isn't dog collars, leather jackets or fishnet stockings. It's the sound. It rumbles through the galleries. After all, what is punk doing in a museum? Punk was never made for museums. It's dirty, loud and ephemeral. It thrives on amateurism, mistakes and resistance. One might fear that the white cube would turn three-chord fury into cultural history and noise into background music. Curator Marie Arleth Skov has created an exhibition in which sound doesn't merely illustrate history – it propels it. Raw guitars, piercing saxophones, flickering Super 8 films and concert footage merge into a rush of noise, images and bodies.

Unruly is not a comprehensive history of punk but a sharply focused snapshot of a culture in which sound and the body were inseparable. Punk's godmothers appear alongside Danish bands such as Lost Kids, Pussy Punk and Sods in previously unseen footage from a legendary punk happening in Copenhagen. A leather drum kit by Käthe Kruse of Die Tödliche Doris stands as a sculpture bearing the dry title In Leder, while Cornelia Schleime's video reveals the vulnerability and poetry that also inhabited punk rebellion. The contrast with Erik Satie's stripped-back piano music is exquisite. Walking through the exhibition feels like stepping inside a three-dimensional fanzine. Everywhere, it celebrates misfits and those who never asked for permission. Leopard-print cushions, raw materials and tactile installations make you feel as if you could almost touch punk itself.

In art museums, sound is often reduced to atmosphere. Here, it becomes a material on equal footing with fabric, video and the body. Noise is treated as an artistic method rather than a soundtrack. Fifty-year-old noise still sounds astonishingly contemporary as it resonates with the exhibition's newer works. You feel it vibrating through your body. Instead of muting the world, the museum becomes an amplifier.

Can rebellion survive inside a museum? Unruly shows that punk's energy does not necessarily disappear when it enters an institution. Only two things are missing: the chance to experience the exhibition at four o'clock in the morning – and a lavish catalogue bound in latex.

English translation: Andreo Michaelo Mielczarek

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»For us, music is the companion that stays with you through life’s highs, lows, benders, and shitty times. There isn’t a single emotion for which we don’t each have an internal soundtrack. It’s a wonderful, universal thing that music triggers moods and reinforces feelings.«

Barcode played a couple of hundred shows across Europe in the 90s and 2000s – touring with acts like Madball, Agnostic Front, and Hatebreed – and released five full-length albums. The Aarhus-based band will play its first concert in 18 years as the headliner at the Support Our Scene festival in Fredericia this August.