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Christian Skjødt Hasselstrøm – Media Art Biennale, WRO Art Center 2025. © Wojciech Chrubasik

Live From the Universe

Cosmic radiation passes through our bodies without us ever noticing. In a new exhibition, Christian Skjødt Hasselstrøm attempts to make this invisible stream tangible through sound, light and space.

By Louise Steiwer

When Opera Leaves the House

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Copenhagen Opera Festival has broadened the reach of opera while making it more experimental under Amy Lane. But when bold projects fail to find their form, the courage to experiment can tip into gimmickry.

By Andrew Mellor

PEER audio paper03.07

Sonic solidarity

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How sonic solidarity is formed within a separatist community of women who have undergone fertility treatment

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PEER audio paper03.07

Dead silence

Negotiating noise with the non-living

By Håkan Jonsson

PulseMix

Marie Dahl's first independent production transforms silk, sugar and sand into refined vocal theatre, but ultimately remains a little too tightly controlled — Louise Steiwer 02.08

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John Cage’s extremely slow organ work »Organ2/ASLSP« has changed chord once again – this time after two and a half years of waiting 07.08

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Danish composer Sofus Forsberg has died at the age of 56. With his distinctive blend of melodic sensibility, electronic processing and rhythmic precision, he created a musical world that moved effortlessly between IDM, pop and the avant-garde 12.08

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The Art of Letting Go

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On three new albums by Sofie Birch, Tyondai Braxton, and Gustaf Dicksson & co., electronics come alive, melodies are allowed to lose their way, and experimental music discovers a rare lightness.

By Nikola Nedeljkovic Gøttsche

PulsePlaylists

I love how music allows you to skip the small talk and connect directly with people’s innermost selves — Fenja 21.08

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Music is, to us, a kind of closed club of nepotism, networking and Copenhagen cowboy energy — Nightmaries 29.08

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Music is my life. It has accompanied me all the way and given me experiences, friendships and opportunities that I could never have imagined — Pablo Fernández 31.08

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PulseIn brief

Dreijer’s music believes in ecstasy as a gentle experience. It is music meant for dancing, yet somehow shy at the very thought of celebration — Nikola Nedeljkovic Gøttsche 25.05

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At CC Taste, Søren Kjærgaard, Kresten Osgood and Christian Lillinger turned the restaurant into a stage for free improvisation, everyday noise and anti-furniture music — Kristoffer Møllegaard 08.07

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Lotte Anker and Fred Frith met in a performance where stoic calm and frenetic guitar work fused into free improvisation of both weight and beauty — Kristoffer Møllegaard 09.07

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The British School of Emotionalism and Metamodernism

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From irony to sincerity – and back again. On a new metamodern sensibility in British contemporary music.

By Marat Ingeldeev

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Writer profile Nikola Nedeljkovic Gøttsche

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Nikola Nedeljkovic Gøttsche holds a Master's degree in Modern Culture and has worked as a freelance critic for over a decade. He writes for Passive/Aggressive, among others, and has previously contributed to Dagbladet Information, Soundvenue and GAFFA.