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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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.