The major Danish composer festivals are starting to resemble each other more and more, but Pulsar Festival stands apart. Here, there is still more string quartet than performance art, making Pulsar an important alternative platform for new music – if only the festival itself would fully realize it.

Dungeon synth opens a nostalgic portal to medieval fantasies, retro games, and cassette tapes – not to recreate the past, but to speak with its ghosts.