in brief
01.12.2021

門Mon – Port til ensomhed

Olga Szymula: »門Mon«
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Under en konstant stråle af sand stod en performer. Sandet faldt ned over hendes skuldre, og det begyndte pludseligt at klø overalt på min krop. Der var helt stille på Teatret Gruppe 38. I komponisten Olga Szymulas 門Mon foregik al lyd binauralt i høretelefoner. Abrupte syntetiske lydflader, japansk oplæsning af fragmenterede tekststykker og evigt tilbagevendende elektronisk ødelagte korflader fløj helt tæt om ørene på os. 

Bag performeren, der langsomt begyndte at dreje rundt under sandstrålen, afspejlede abstrakte videoanimationer den komplekse lydside. Gennem animerede sandbølger, der konstant ændrede form, og forvredne, japanske naturbilleder rejste vi gennem en verden af ensomhed, hvor en fornemmelse af noget unheimlich var medpassager. 

At forsøge at forstå 門Mon til fulde var umuligt, og måske også overflødigt. Der foregik en sammensmeltning mellem kulturelle udtryk og traditioner. Alle forsøg på meningsdannelse blev forvrængede og afbrudte, som om de mange lag af sprog og udtryksudvekslinger mellem medier dannede deres egen utilgængelige virkelighed.

門Mon var med lyd, performance og videokunst i én samlet pakke højdramatisk og samtidig – uden at miste intensitet – uendelig langsom. Jeg sad i mørket, mens jeg blev opslugt af det evigt dalende sand, der faldt ned over performerens krop og fik indtryk af at være en del af en smuk eksplosion i slowmotion, i en verden fyldt med statisk dramatik. 

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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.