Det danske sommervejr minder os – på godt og ondt – om, at det er tid til at holde fri og koble af. Ferien er oplagt til at få læst og lyttet til nogle af de ting, der måske ikke er tid til i en travl hverdag, og her bidrager Seismograf med en god stak indhold til lidt digital sommerfordybelse. Vi holder lukket i juli, men går ikke på ferie uden at sikre os, at der er masser af lytte- og læsestof på både dansk og engelsk til at holde hele sommeren.
Komponister på scenen
Du kan starte med at fordybe dig i vores seneste engelsksprogede fokus, der under overskriften Composer/Performer gennem syv artikler beskæftiger sig med komponister, der går på scenen og tilfører musikken nye performative aspekter såvel som en indbygget udforskning og genovervejelse af komponistens rolle. Fokusset udspringer af et forskningsprojekt anført af Sanne Krogh Groth, der også har redigeret fokusset, og de grunlæggende idéer opridses og diskuteres i hendes egen artikel. Norske Trond Reinholdtsen reflekterer over det 20. århundredes komponister, idet han præsenterer sit énmandsprojekt The Norwegian Opera. Juliana Hodkinson genbesøger en personlig krise i sin tekst, mens Niels Rønsholdt identificerer sig med lytteren, når han positionerer sig som fremmed i forhold til sin egen musik. Den femte artikel er en transkriberet paneldebat mellem Louise Alenius, Kristian Hverring og Simon Steen-Andersen fra Nordic Music Days i Reykjavik. Alenius er tilmed omdrejningspunktet for en artikel af Torben Sangild, som har oplevet en én-til-én-koncert med komponisten i sit soveværelse, der midlertidigt blev omdannet til koncertsal. Musiker, komponist og forsker Henrik Frisk afslutter med at undersøge mulighederne i det amatøristiske aspekt ved komponister, der går på scenen og påtager sig musikalske opgaver, de ikke er skolede til.
Lyt Dybt
Vores podcast Lyt Dybt har netop afsluttet sin første sæson, og der er sammenlagt 15 afsnit om alt fra undervandsoptagelser og hverdagslyd til voksvalser, midi-violiner og lyttemeditation, som du kan give dig hen til, hvis du ikke allerede har gjort det. De seneste afsnit er en del af den serie, vi kalder Lyden af planeten Jorden, som helliger sig fænomenet The Voyager Golden Records – to guld-LP'er indeholdende musik og lyde fra vores klode, som blev sendt ud i det interstellare rum i 1977.
I serien møder vi lektor og kunstner Jenny Gräf, mediearkæolog Jussi Parikka, forfattersaxofonist TS Høeg samt kurator og NASA-buff Jacob Lillemose, der alle forholder sig til dét at sende jordlyde ud i rummet.
Søg på Lyt Dybt i din podcast-app eller lyt med her på siden.
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»Music, to me, is … the silence that gropes – like yourself – across a black canvas.
In moments, a hissing emerges.
Nuts are cracked.«
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»For me, music is a non-figurative process that cannot be definitively categorised.«
Kristoffer Raasted graduated as a visual artist from the Media School at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 2018 and is currently completing a PhD in practice-based and artistic research. Raasted has been an artist in residence at the Danish Institute in Rome and a visiting researcher at UdK Sound Studies in Berlin as part of his PhD.
»When I search for new music, I search for sound that evokes images in my mind. It is fuel, a gateway to emotion, and my most important writing companion. When inspiration lapses, music is the tool that always jumpstarts it.«
Iain Forbes is a Scottish/Norwegian film director based in Oslo. He has studied film directing at Nordland College of Art and Film and the Norwegian Film School. His graduation film Revisited won a Student Academy Award in 2023. He has previously directed short films such as Snowman (2015) and Semper Fi (2017). His latest short After Dark won Best International Short Film at the Oscar-qualifying Foyle Film Festival in 2024
»Music, to me, is a companion through life, a premise, an excuse, a mystery, an explanation, a point of departure. It is old ideas, overlooked treasure chests, new angles, long concerts, doubt and conviction. It is words, tones, cracked voices, different points of departure, bass in the diaphragm, falsetto in the hair, challenges, rewards, and love.«
Nikolaj Nørlund made his solo debut with Navnløs (1996), an interpretation of poems by Michael Strunge, and released Nye Optagelser (1997) the following year, his first Danish-language singer-songwriter album. He has since worked broadly across music and poetry and is behind around 20 releases, both solo and in various band constellations. Nørlund’s projects range from collaborations with Copenhagen Phil on two orchestral albums, created together with author Naja Marie Aidt. His most recent release is the single »Englenes Park (nu ikke saa dark)«, the forerunner to the album Himlen skiftet ud, due for release at the end of November. In addition to his own work, Nørlund has, through the record label Auditorium, produced and released a number of Danish artists, including Niels Skousen, Ulige Numre, Jens Unmack, I Got You On Tape, and Martin Ryum. He was previously a member of Trains And Boats And Planes and periodically works with the English-language project Rhonda Harris. Nørlund has received a Danish Music Award (2003) and a Steppeulv (2006), both as Producer of the Year, as well as the Niels Mathiassen Cultural Award (2012).
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Sophia Sagaradze is a sound artist, composer, and performer from Georgia, based in Denmark. She experiments with space, multichannel electronics and audio-visual installations. Sagaradze is interested in creating works that explore the boundary between external and internal experiences of space. She holds a bachelor’s degree in classical composition from Tbilisi State Conservatory and a master’s degree in electronic composition from DIEM Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus/Aalborg. In 2022, she received the Carl Nielsen and Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen Foundation’s Talent Award in Composition. Sagaradze has performed in several countries, received commissioned works for ensembles, performed live and created audio-visual installations. She is a founder and artistic director of Aarhus Sound Association (Aarhus Lydforening), Project leader at ROSA and a lecturer at the Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus/Aalborg.