26.11.2009

Vuggevisens uudtalte uhygge

Der er koncert med akkordeonmusik af Jexper Holmen i Kristkirken på Enghave Plads 4. og 5. december.

Jexper skriver om musikken:

"LULLABIES er musik, der fordyber sig i vuggevisens uudtalte uhygge. Vuggeviser er ment som et middel til at berolige børn, men virker ofte diskret foruroligende, måske fordi det alligevel ikke helt kan lade sig gøre at fortrænge voksenverdenens gru. Udover en lille skov af spilledåser benytter musikken både gamle, defekte harmonikaer, moderne akkordeon og avanceret elektronik.

ERIS er opkaldt efter en fjern dværgplanet, der igen er opkaldt efter den oldgræske gudinde for strid. Musikken er mørk, tung og voldsom. Stykket er skrevet til Frode Haltli, der her opfører det for første gang i Danmark.

OORT CLOUD er en kugle af lyd opkaldt efter Oortskyen, den kugleformede sky af isklumper, som man mener, omkredser vores solsystem i et lysårs afstand. Når en fremmed stjerne passerer forbi, kan dens tyngdekraft sende disse sten ind mod det indre solsystem som kometer med risiko for at ramme jorden - fra menneskeligt perspektiv en katastrofe, men i kosmisk målestok en betydningsløs begivenhed. Stykket varer 40 minutter, musikken er rolig og langsom og skrider frem med samme ubønhørlighed som en kosmisk katastrofe."

På programmet: LULLABIES for tre harmonikaer, spilledåser og elektronik
ERIS for akkordeon og elektronik
OORT CLOUD for sopransaxofon, to akkordeoner og en stor mængde højttalere.

Medvirkende: Torben Snekkestad: sopransaxofon
Frode Haltli: akkordeon
Frode Andersen: akkordeon, harmonika og spilledåser
Jexper Holmen: harmonika og spilledåser
Ejnar Kanding: lydprojicering

Koncerten begynder klokken 20.00 begge dage. Der er gratis adgang.

Koncerten er en gentagelse af en koncert, der spilles den 27. november på den store engelske musikfestival Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival.

I forbindelse med koncerten bliver Oort Cloud indspillet til udgivelse i surround sound på DaCapo records.

Hør uddrag af Oort Cloud på youtube.

Læs interview i The Guardian om koncerten.

Koncerten er støttet af DKFs produktionspulje

FRA SNYK

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The Escape From a Hotel That May Not Exist

RÖM: »Whispering Dub«

Traverse, 30.04

Simon Heggum

Ladies and gentlemen, we’re deep underground – indeed, all the way to France. This EP is the latest conceptual release from French electronic producer Romain Martin, who works under the name RÖM in the borderland between ambient and techno. Whispering Dub unfolds across five tracks, drawing heavily on dub while telling a story about an escape from a fictional hotel. Escomel’s background in African percussion studies and his fondness for analog gear surface in the mysterious sonic textures and the stark contrast between arranged percussion and dubbed-out echoes, underscoring the concept’s tension between mysticism and reality.

»Oilbird« opens in dystopian ambient before sliding into the rhythmic »Eastern Temple«, which constantly shifts between filtered synths, frantic percussion, and sudden breakbeats. Things cohere more fully on the title track, which blends minimal techno into the mix and stands out by maintaining a steady pulse, while echo-laden drums cast an unsettling atmosphere within the dance framework. On the closing »Hotel Amnesia«, the narrator awakens again in a collage of the record’s electronic tendencies, questioning their own existence in the album’s only use of vocals.

Whispering Dub isn’t wildly groundbreaking or bizarre enough to push the senses into extreme reactions. But as a well-produced and effective piece of electronic music, it invites the listener into a compelling game of whispers.

English translation: Andreo Michaelo Mielczarek