in brief
18.01.2022

Twin Peaks og skattesnyd

Emil Friis: »I Skattely«
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Emil Friis’ musik til DR-dokumentaren I Skattely fra 2013 er netop blevet genudgivet som enkeltstående album. Friis benytter en sparsom men ekstremt effektiv orkestrering, hvor guitaren, der nogle steder giver associationer til introtemaet fra Twin Peaks, er i partnerskab med en synth.Guitaren kan ofte klare sig med enkle akkordbrydninger over intuitive akkordprogressioner, mens synthen tager sig af de underliggende droner. Musikken er herved alt andet end dominerende og kompleks og resulterer effektivt i en dyster atmosfære. Men der mangler alligevel noget… de billeder, den voiceover, det narrativ, musikken skal skabe stemningen til. Og dette er styrken ved musikken.

Særligt pladens sidste nummer, »Chasing the Man« gav mig et stød. Nummerets intro havde ikke været helt fremmed på et The Weeknd-album, og det drive, der pludselig kommer. skaber en smuk kontrast til resten af Friis’ album. Det er lige før, jeg ikke ønsker, at de nogensinde skal fange ’the man’. Denne jagtmusik er mesterlig! Tror det er første gang, jeg har oplevet, at det at lytte til musikken, har givet mig lyst til at se en dokumentar – jeg ønsker at opleve helheden!

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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.