En stille triumf

Mads Emil Dreyer: debutkoncert

Neko3, som spillede ved Dreyers debutkoncert. © Konsfoto

Dreyer havde klangligt begrænset sit univers til sinustonen og dens umiddelbare naboer i instrumenter som vibrafon og lidt fjernere i harmonium, og universets visuelle side var – i form af glødepærer på stativer placeret med sirligt jævne mellemrum – tilsvarende afdæmpet.

Omend ukomplekst var det enormt virkningsfuldt at knytte en pære til en tone og således synliggøre lyden i lyset, hvad jeg flere steder oplevede ægte synæstetisk – særligt én pære så jeg som enormt ‘dissonant’.

I sidste værk, Bølger, blev det gule lys udskiftet med projektørlys på en storskærm, først så svagt, at det lignede krusninger på lærredet, og kort efter så hypnotiserende, at jeg ikke kiggede væk, før koncerten var forbi.

Med stoisk ro og fattet langsomhed kunne Dreyer bevæge sig fra simpel monofoni over konsonans til skarp dissonans, uden at man opdagede hvordan, men det var særligt det mesterligt afstemte forhold mellem hans auditive og visuelle udtryk, der gjorde, at hans debut også blev en triumf.

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