in brief29.09.2025
Drums of Dissent
»Marches Rewound and Rewritten« is a seminal and important album which shines darkly in these difficult times and reminds us that everything is political – especially music.
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in brief29.09.2025
A Seedy Hotel Room Becomes the Stage For Lives, Traumas, and Music
Emma O’Halloran transforms Mark O’Halloran’s words into intimate, musical narratives, where theatre and vocal artistry merge.
in brief29.09.2025
From Chaos, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten Weaves Musical Patterns
This is not easy listening – we are still in free jazz territory – but there is a strangely compelling balance between chaos and restraint.
in brief29.09.2025
When Two Worlds Meet: Bro and Takada In Perfect Listening
Bro and Takada listen to each other with rare intimacy, and together they have created something truly unique.
in brief29.09.2025
When Synthesizers Sprout: Filip Leyman’s Organic Debut
»Soft Light' has developed over many years, it sounds remarkably cohesive – like one long breath.«
in brief29.09.2025
Goosebumps In the Courtroom: When Music Turns Into a Power Play
»Den Stærkes Ret« is one of the most intense musical experiences I have had in years.
in brief29.09.2025
In a Warm Bed of Darkness
At Alice, Gintė Preisaitė and Drew McDowall showed how electronic music can be both unsettling and enveloping.
in brief29.09.2025
Injured Swan In a Flooded World
»The dancers in 'We Continue…' move between seaweed, drones and subtle beats, exploring how humanity goes on – even when nature revolts.«
in brief29.09.2025
Songs That Would Rather Be Lieder
Imagine if the texts had been carried by actual verses, hooks, and choruses – elements that might have turned them into true earworms.
in brief29.09.2025
Treen In Free Fall – And In Common Flow
On their second release »Kaikō«, Treen show how free improvisation can balance between independence and shared direction – carried by trust, gravity, and an organic flow.
in brief28.09.2025
Steel Forks and Silken Script
»George Benjamin’s modern classic unfolds on the Old Stage as both a brutal love story and a musical paradox, where violent noise meets transparent silence.«
in brief16.08.2025
The Symphonic Statement of the Year
The music is brutal, relentless. But could it have been more: more in colour, beyond the duel?
in brief11.08.2025
Voices From a Bygone Era
»Sofie Birch and Antonina Nowacka create a sensuous acoustic space where the dream of another time is allowed to emerge.«
in brief11.07.2025
Fata Morgana Between Two Continents
The idea is strong, simple, and well executed. Like the sonic version of a cartoon mirage shimmering falsely in the sharp Californian sunlight.
in brief04.07.2025
When Machines Dream: The Electronic Poetry of Oh No Noh
Like a warped, crumpled tape, melodies bubble to the surface, and the offbeat rhythms repeat with the halting tempo of a scratched LP.
in brief02.06.2025
Not the Royal Rock Star We Might Have Wished For
In the end, it sounds like a march that has forgotten who it was written for.
in brief27.05.2025
When Orpheus Turns His Head
Everything should align perfectly when the multimedia duo O Future stages the descent into Hades – but it doesn’t.
in brief24.05.2025
The Electronic Altar
Three artists shattered the table’s constraints and gave technology a body.
in brief21.05.2025
Emergent Music
»A poetic and precise sonic laboratory, where music emerges in hesitation and grows like a living creature.«
in brief13.04.2025
»Is He Going to Play Three Pianos?«
When there are two grand pianos for a concert, one of them is usually prepared. Rosenbaum had three (!) without using a single screw, coin, or ping-pong ball.
in brief12.04.2025
Bumblebees Come With Punk
Smag På Dig Selv convincingly illustrates the age-old punk dictum that you can be angry and still have fun at the same time.
in brief12.04.2025
Feel Yourself Becoming Nature Again
»I love being part of the ritual that heals our forgotten connection to nature, which is the very foundation of our lives.«
in brief09.04.2025
Beneath the Restless Canopies
»When the gloom returned with renewed force, it was Kjærgaard who, with a roaring guitar, sprawled across the emotional abyss. It was beautiful and brutal.«
in brief04.04.2025
Explosive Jazz Builds Up and Burns Down
As a listener, there is nothing to do but surrender to Amalie Dahl and the group’s convincing display of strength.
in brief30.03.2025
Mathias Reumert Group Masters the Art of Playing with Sound
»Enchanting. One left KoncertKirken a little taller, happier, and more playful.«