Kaj Duncan David
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Det var en af den slags koncerter, der for altid vil præge min opfattelse af studieoptagelserne. Den britisk-danske komponist og musiker Kaj Duncan David spillede med imponerende intensitet på keys, kraftigt behandlede vokaler, pedaler og samplede med en til tider manisk energi. De mere intense løb afløstes af simple, men indtagende svævende, nærmest sakrale passager. Sært, smukt, underligt – på én gang organisk og plastisk.
Hvor albummet All Culture Is Dissolving lød som et simulakrum, en approksimation af det ægte, så føltes denne liveopførelse som en rekonstituering af luftspejlinger, en genskabelse af den virkelige verden fra uvirkeligt kildemateriale.
Reconvert & Fernando Manasseros efterfølgende koncert indledtes med et måske uintentionelt beat spillet af røgmaskinen foran scenen, der dog hurtigt udviklede sig til en gennemført totaloplevelse af lyd og billede. Glødepærer hvinede og knitrede, projektorer spillede skyggespil på skærme, alt imens musikerne bag bordet kreerede mørkt pulserende, dybt rungende og knirkende lydlandskaber. Objekter – alt fra klokker og trappefjedere til presenninger – blev berørt og behandlet på en måde, der vakte mindelser om foley-artister i gang med at indspille lydspor til en gyserfilm.
Detaljerigdommen, placeringen af højttalere både foran og bag publikum, samt de visuelle elementer skabte således tilsammen et dystert, men samtidig dragende univers, som jeg ikke bare præsenteredes for, men aktivt blev inviteret med ind i.
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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.