in brief
27.01.2021

Mellem hæftemaskiner og orgelpassager

Francesca Burattelli: »Condition«
Francesca Burattelli: »Condition«. © Visage
Francesca Burattelli: »Condition«. © Visage

Første gang jeg lyttede til Condition, tænkte jeg, at det lød som en 2.0-version af den franske sangerinde Brigitte Fontaine og den lyd, hun i 70'erne skabte sammen med multiinstrumentalisten Areski Belkacem. De håndspillede rytmer er godt nok erstattet af trap-beats, og båndmanipulationen af diverse plugins, men den nysgerrige og legende tilgang er den samme.

Burattelli ser stort på traditionelle sangstrukturer. Ligesom Fontaine foretrækker hun at skabe et puslespil af små vignetter, hvor blandt andet a cappella-sang, field recordings og sfæriske synthflader vikler sig ind og ud af hinanden. Lyt blot til »Give It Another Try«, hvor et beat, der lyder, som om nogen leger med en hæftemaskine, fører lytteren direkte ind i en storslået orgelpassage.

Ikke alt fungerer: Det er for eksempel en skam, at den seks minutter lange titelsang stopper brat, før den når det klimaks, den ellers leder op til. Det ændrer dog ikke ved, at Condition er en af de mest ambitiøse debutplader, jeg har hørt længe.

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»To me, music is love. I love how music allows you to skip the small talk and connect directly with people’s innermost selves. It is an extraordinary and moving way to meet one another.«

Fenja wrote her first song at the age of twelve – about a polar bear dying due to climate change – and themes of existentialism, nature, and her own sensitive nature came to define the lyrics and sound she has since developed. She released her debut album, Flugtdyr, in 2021, and in February 2026, she released the album Menneskedyr.

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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.

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»Music for me is my hobby, my job, my outlet, my mood, an endless source of discovering new music and new, old music, some of the best and can be some of the worst. And I love it!« 

Track72 aka Tue Track aka Anders Lundby Brixen. Producer, DJ, rapper and more. Known for his role in the trio Malk De Koijn, which since the mid-1990s has created a personal universe in Danish hip-hop. Has performed in Ponyblod, Xtra Naan, Track Abdullah Rock, Booty Cologne and others.

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On Wednesday, 5 August 2026, it happened again: a chord in John Cage’s Organ2/ASLSP (As Slow as Possible) changed after two and a half years. Classic FM reports.

The work was written by the American avant-garde composer John Cage in the mid-1980s. The score consists of eight pages of music, and, as the title suggests, the instruction is to play it »as slow as possible.«

»What music is to me? Where have the great feelings gone?«.

Gellért Szabó is a composer, conductor and performer based in Leipzig, Germany. His work combines contemporary composition with influences from free improvisation, noise and the expressive richness of the late nineteenth century. He is the founder and artistic director of the 23-piece Ideal Orchestra, an ensemble dedicated to large-scale experimental music of sweeping emotional intensity. Alongside this work, Szabó performs internationally with his solo project Radical Radio Show, exploring symphonic textures and immersive sound worlds through a single electric guitar and live electronics. His music is driven by a search for intensity, vulnerability and uncompromising emotional expression.