interview
A Case for Simplicity
The Taiwanese-Danish percussionist Ying-Hsueh Chen explores the world’s smallest sounds – from red deer bones to roof tiles – in her pursuit of a music that is both ancient, courageous, and radically simple.
Iannis Xenakis
interview
Et slag for enkelheden
Den taiwansk-danske slagtøjsspiller Ying-Hsueh Chen udforsker verdens mindste lyde, fra kronhjorteben til tagsten, i sin jagt på en musik, der både er urgammel, modig og radikalt enkel.
essay
Når musik bliver spil
Hvad sker der, når samtidsmusik og videospil smelter sammen, og publikum selv er med til at forme værkets forløb?
essay
Gender, Canon, and Eastern European Women Pioneers of 20th-century Electronic Music
Feminist readings of 20th-century electronic music history cannot avoid questioning the notion of canon and canon-oriented historiographical practices. Shedding light on women composers from non-Western contexts can further come in handy in searching for ways to engage with the history of gender in music beyond mainstreaming and the rhetoric of exceptionalism.
interview
Side entrance to the New Music Scene
Slowly the idea of universality is dissolving, experimental music exists everywhere and in every genre – Abbasi, Eizirik and Sanchéz-Chiong in conversation.
kritik
Den nye musik ånder i den gamle kulmineby
På en af Europas største biennaler for ny musik har man for længst sagt farvel til den gamle verden. Faktisk emmede Ostrava Days i Tjekkiet næsten af New York – i hvert fald i ti dage.