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Sofie Birch and My Lambertsen. © Peter Følsgaard
kritik

Beyond the ASMR phenomenon

For just about a decade the whispering vocabulary of ASMR has evolved as a sonic phenomenon. At the Academy for Open Listening, in Odense, sound artist Sofie Birch and visual artist My Lambertsen set out a new direction for the genre.

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  • Alifiyah Imani
8. december 2020

The much talked about pseudo-scientific acronym ASMR – Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response – is said to be an anomalous trigger for what loosely relates to a certain type of visual and auditory-tactile synaesthesia bonding. ASMR allusions first emerged in online chat rooms in 2008 and were initiated by Jennifer Allen, who has significantly shaped ASMR’s thought and practice. Exchanges in these chatrooms developed around discussions of sparkly, wave-like, comfortable tingling sensations that start at the crown of your head and can spread through the neck and limbs to induce a luminous and calm environment in the person experiencing it.

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Young Inuit throat singers in Ottawa, Canada. © Art Babych/Shutterstock.com
essay

A song of one’s own

American composer Caroline Shaw drew criticism because her award-winning work Partita for 8 Voices, according to singer Tanya Tagaq, profited on Inuit throat singing but failed to credit an endangered music culture. Cultural appropriation is very much a socio-economic issue.

Af
  • Andrew Mellor
23. november 2020
Mathias Monrad Møller. © Gerald Geerink
kritik

One man, one mission

Mathias Monrad Møller showed us an exciting creative vision at his official debut concert as singer and composer – a vision overshadowing dull questions of mere skill.

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  • Andrew Mellor
26. Oktober 2020

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Call. © Seismograf

Open call: Sounding female work

It’s time to sound female work. Deadline for submissions: 1 May 2021.

Collection

Marcela Lucatelli. © Marcela Lucatelli

Meet the composers

Some of them are just getting started. Others are well-established names on the international scene. But what are their thoughts on the music they create and the world they live in? Read a selection of our most interesting pieces on composers and composing.

‘Every time we listen to music or make music, we are at the same time creating social relations or socialities’

Gender and social relations in New Music: Tackling the octopus
A conversation with Georgina Born

Focus

Simon Steen-Andersen

All about Simon Steen-Andersen

He is one of the most celebrated composers of his generation, in Denmark and abroad. With this 2014 Focus we present and reflect, through interview and analysis, on the career of Simon Steen-Andersen.

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Seismograf

Welcome to Seismograf

Seismograf is an independent Danish web magazine focusing on the newest developments within the arts of sound. On this page you will find our most recent English-language content as well as collections on selected topics. Want to know more about Seismograf? Then go on and scroll down to the bottom of this page.

‘When faced with the attacks of September 11, music’s normal modes of commemoration and memorial fractured’

Memorials of grief: Music after 9/11
An essay by Tim Rutherford-Johnson

Collection

Trond Reinholdtsen: ‘Ø – Episode 6’. © Grzegorz Mart

Around the world with Seismograf

Seismograf may be located in Denmark, but brilliant music is performed all over the world. Which means we often cover events in places far, far away, as illustrated by this selection of articles.

Focus

Louise Alenius. © Kasper Vang

Taking the stage

Why should the musicians get all the attention? In recent years a special trend has unfolded on the scenes for contemporary music: composers getting on stage to perform their own works. We dedicate this 2017 Focus to this exciting phenomenon.

Latest articles

Sofie Birch and My Lambertsen. © Peter Følsgaard
kritik

Beyond the ASMR phenomenon

At the Academy for Open Listening, Sofie Birch and My Lambertsen set out a new direction for the ASMR genre.

Af
  • Alifiyah Imani
8. december 2020
Young Inuit throat singers in Ottawa, Canada. © Art Babych/Shutterstock.com
essay

A song of one’s own

American composer Caroline Shaw drew criticism because she profited on Inuit throat singing, according to singer Tanya Tagaq.

Af
  • Andrew Mellor
23. november 2020
Mathias Monrad Møller. © Gerald Geerink
kritik

One man, one mission

Mathias Monrad Møller showed us an exciting creative vision at his official debut concert as singer and composer – a vision overshadowing dull questions of mere skill.

Af
  • Andrew Mellor
26. Oktober 2020
© Francey/Shutterstock.com
Peer-reviewed article

Beyond the media reveal

If we sought to go beyond the media reveal, what new practices of knowledge should emerge?

Af
  • Jamie Allen
26. Juni 2020
© gOrange/Shutterstock.com
Peer-reviewed article

Sounding new materialism

How does a sonic artist come to terms with the global effects of the tools of her trade?

Af
  • Joe Cantrell
26. Juni 2020
John Cage. © Rob C. Croes/Anefo/Nationaal Archief
Peer-reviewed article

The composer as curator

How John Cage deconstructed the governed gallery experience and formed a new field of research.

Af
  • Liora Belford
26. Juni 2020
Bruce Nauman: ‘Für Kinder’. © Konrad Fischer Galerie
Peer-reviewed article

The institutional situation of so-called sound art

A curatorial reading of Bruce Nauman’s sound installation “Für Kinder” calling for a post-medium approach to sound art.

Af
  • Rasmus Holmboe
26. Juni 2020
Edited screenshot from “Motion Studies”. © Solomiya Moroz
Peer-reviewed article

Confronting embodied knowledge

A methodology of working with embodied sound and movement as an approach to creating open score pieces.

Af
  • Solomiya Moroz
26. Juni 2020
© Mascha Tace/Shutterstock.com
Video

Keynotes on sound art, media art, and sonic materialism

Video recordings of five RE:SOUND keynotes as well as a panel discussion on sound art curation.

Af
  • Jamie Allen,
  • Samson Young,
  • Salomé Voegelin,
  • Marie Højlund,
  • Christoph Cox
26. Juni 2020
#25 | June 2020

Silent Agencies

Artistic and curatorial practices in a state of crisis.

#23 | December 2019

Sonic Argumentation II

With this special issue we are delighted to introduce you to ten new audio papers developed for Seismograf.

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Essays

Young Inuit throat singers in Ottawa, Canada. © Art Babych/Shutterstock.com

A song of one’s own

American composer Caroline Shaw drew criticism because she profited on Inuit throat singing, according to singer Tanya Tagaq.
Andrew Mellor23. november 2020
Igor Levit. © Felix Broede/Sony Classical

The hands just carry on by themselves

Two weeks ago, the German pianist Igor Levit took on an iconic marathon piece, fundamentally changing his own conditions as well as the listener’s.
Holger Schulze12. Juni 2020
© Nadiia/Shutterstock.com

Nature won’t protect you anymore

Nature seems to have turned on us. That shows in Nordic contemporary music with sonic tales of decay, apocalypse, and protest.
Andrew Mellor26. Marts 2020
© CC0

Memorials of grief: Music after 9/11

Essay by Tim Rutherford-Johnson on the musical responses to an incomprehensible historical event.
Tim Rutherford-Johnson4. september 2018
© Alexander Banck-Petersen

Lullabies and memory loss

Attending a concert – what’s it all about? In this essay Professor Holger Schulze takes us through his listening experience at Klang Festival in Copenhagen.
Holger Schulze11. Juli 2018
A sonic time capsule.

A sonic time capsule

'A Sonic Time Capsule – a small instruction manual explaining how to realize such a thing' by Andrea Zarza Canova.
Andrea Zarza Canova9. november 2017
© Kasper Vang

Just spoke: Composing with objects, performing with subjects

A private reflexion on the proces of grief and mourning in relation to composing.
Juliana Hodkinson31. Maj 2017
Niels Rønsholdt. © Kasper Vang

Method Composition

A composers method for eliminating the distance between himself and his music.
Niels Rønsholdt31. Maj 2017
Louise Alenius. © Kasper Vang

The composer in the bedroom

Reflections on a meeting with persona Louise Alenius in her performance 'Prequiem'.
Torben Sangild31. Maj 2017

Reviews

Sofie Birch and My Lambertsen. © Peter Følsgaard

Beyond the ASMR phenomenon

At the Academy for Open Listening, Sofie Birch and My Lambertsen set out a new direction for the ASMR genre.
Alifiyah Imani8. december 2020
Mathias Monrad Møller. © Gerald Geerink

One man, one mission

Mathias Monrad Møller showed us an exciting creative vision at his official debut concert as singer and composer – a vision overshadowing dull questions of mere skill.
Andrew Mellor26. Oktober 2020
Neko3 in front of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra at Pulsar Festival 2020. © Britt Lindemann

The system needs to change

Pulsar Festival 2020 took place under the shadow of Marcela Lucatelli’s ‘RGBW’. It’s time for a critical look at the systems of power.
James Black31. Marts 2020
© Agsandrew/Shutterstock.com

A difficult beast to tame

With ‘Víddir’, a 60-minute composition of light and darkness, the Icelandic composer Bára Gísladóttir demonstrated the breadth of her imagination.
Andrew Mellor25. Februar 2020
Marcela Lucatelli. © Caroline Bittencourt

Chaos reigns

Madness and humour coexisted on stage as Marcela Lucatelli completed her composition studies in Copenhagen.
Andrew Mellor4. december 2019
2019 festival poster graphics. © Angela Bulloch/SWR

Future on repeat

For a festival that prides itself on its all-premieres programming, the 2019 Donaueschinger Musiktage felt more than a little stale.
James Black27. november 2019
The 2019 festival poster. © UNM Sweden

The impossible festival

The Young Nordic Music festival, one of the most impossible festivals in the world, is also one of the most enlightening ones.
James Black7. Oktober 2019
© Malthe Folke Ivarsson

Gold fever and infernal machines

Simon Løffler’s personality shines through while Niels Lyhne Løkkegaard’s conceptual gold piece rings hollow at Gong Tomorrow.
James Black20. november 2018
Mona Alenius Kaniewski. © Ólafur Steinar Gestsson/Copenhagen Opera Festival

»An opera you need to see twice«

A generational cycle of sexual abuse paired with a clear and lucid score. Last year’s operatic talk of the town was back for one day.
Andrew Mellor3. august 2018

Interviews

Christian Winther Christensen. © Mette Kramer Kristensen

‘I wanted to be radical’

Instruments struggle to voice themselves in the music of Christian Winther Christensen. His focus on small sounds and deep concentration is a perfect match for a time of silenced soundscapes.
Andrew Mellor2. Juni 2020
Neko3. © Konsfoto

‘Things are very anarchistic right now’

Neko3 is one of the most visionary ensembles at a moment where the contemporary music scene is changing rapidly.
Andrew Mellor13. Februar 2020
Daníel Bjarnason. © Saga Sig

‘The hardest thing is to trust your material’

Daníel Bjarnason’s new piece requires no less than three conductors. A result of the omnipresent Reykjavik school?
Andrew Mellor16. september 2019
Marta Śniady. © Marta Śniady

‘I really wanted to write a pop love song’

Polish composer Marta Śniady is set to finish her studies at the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus. Recently, her works have embraced video and pop music.
James Black3. Juni 2019
Ragnhild May. © Hajime Kato

‘I need to believe it myself’

Ragnhild May works in a chameleon-like way. James Black takes her to yoga class in this final interview with young ‘composer/performers’.
James Black3. april 2019
Bára Gísladóttir. © Gabrielle Motola

So, this is where it all ends

In Bára Gísladóttir’s view, the apocalypse is a given. James Black goes bowling with the captivatingly introvert, yet apocalyptic, Icelandic composer/performer.
James Black25. Februar 2019
Marcela Lucatelli. © Marcela Lucatelli

‘It’s almost like I can feel the whole world’

James Black goes climbing with Marcela Lucatelli in this first of three interviews with young composer/performers.
James Black9. Januar 2019
Kaj Duncan David. © Anders Bigum

Man among the machines

Kaj Duncan David’s music has always been intimately linked with software and machines. His next major work deals with artificial intelligence.
Andrew Mellor28. november 2018
Bent Sørensen. © Lars Skaaning

New optimism in a universe of beautiful decay

Bent Sørensen’s music may be pointing in a new, less fatalistic direction, he tells Andrew Mellor a few weeks before receiving the 2018 Grawemeyer Award.
Andrew Mellor19. Marts 2018

About

Seismograf is an editorially independent web journal focusing on the newest developments within the arts of sound, their works and makers.

In 2011 Seismograf merged with Dansk Musik Tidsskrift (Danish Music Journal, 1925-2010) and Autograf, becoming the only Danish magazine completely dedicated to contemporary music, sound art and all things related to these fields.

All content is published online, free for everyone to browse through. We provide a critical and enlightening coverage of current events; additionally, we act as a platform for more timeless genres of music journalism such as essays, debates, podcasts, theme-based Focus editions, peer-reviewed articles and audio papers.

No reflection without art – no art without reflection, as we say.

The editors

Sune Anderberg (editor-in-chief, Seismograf)
Sune works as a freelance journalist with a master’s degree in Musicology from the University of Copenhagen. During his studies he was the editor-in-chief at the University Radio and the music magazine Omlyd. In the past he has worked at the record label Dacapo Records and the music publisher Edition S.

Sanne Krogh Groth (editor-in-chief, Seismograf Peer)
Sanne holds a PhD in Musicology from the University of Copenhagen (2010) and is the author of Politics and Aesthetics in Electronic Music (Kehrer 2014). Her additional fields of research include performative aspects of sound art and contemporary music. She currently works as an associate professor in Musicology at Lund University.

Jens Voigt-Lund (design and programming)
Co-founder and editor of Seismograf until September 2012.

The board

Seismograf’s board consists of: Bjarke Svedsen (director, Snyk), Morten Riis (composer and researcher, Danish Composers’ Society), Rune Søchting (composer), Eva Havshøj Ohrt (head deputy, Edition S), Ditte Laursen (head of department, The Royal Library), Torben Sangild (freelance critic), Karl Petersen (composer, NUT) and Chair Jens Voigt-Lund (composer and web developer).

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Seismograf is supported by
The Danish Arts Foundation, The Danish Composers’ Society/Koda Culture and The Independent Research Fund Denmark.