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Quiver: »Artificial Tranquility«

Quivers debut-EP, Artificial Tranquility, spilder ikke min tid. Få sekunder efter at jeg har trykket play, gennemdolkes trommehinderne af staccato elektroniske issyle. Næsten lige så hurtigt som denne bratte opvågnen, falder der et orgel ind bag støjen og ændrer oplevelsen: Et radikalt skift i tempo og humør.

Parringen mellem synths, samples og orgel – et instrument, der med sit dronende aspekt i virkeligheden ikke er så langt fra elektronisk musik, som dets kirkelige associationer ellers kunne implicere – skaber en bred spændvidde, som denne EP i høj grad benytter sig af. Sammensmeltningen af de elektroniske elementers hårde, aggressive hakken med en analog sørgmodig fylde og varme skaber et lydbillede, der kræver min absolutte opmærksomhed. Det lyder ikke bare som en masse synths og samples smidt i en blender, hakket i småstykker, og sammensat på ny – til tider lyder det faktisk som selve blendeprocessen. Kaotisk og destruktivt. Og på andre tidspunkter smukt og sammensat.

Jeg har en svaghed for denne moderne blanding af progressive electronic, samples og analoge instrumenter, og netop derfor præsenterer Quiver mig ikke for noget, jeg ikke har hørt før. Til gengæld formår han på blot omtrent 16 minutter at skabe et fuldendt værk, der både fungerer i sin egen ret og gør mig nysgerrig på, hvor han vil tage sin lyd hen i fremtiden.

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20.10

My name is Henrik Marstal – would you like to see my playlist?

»Who ever said that music is ‘just’ music? To me, it is anything but that: an urge to understand and explain it all. A piece of jewelry I wear every single day. A joy that can, at times, run deep. An ever-changing imprint of millions of stitches in my heart. A longing to disappear.«

Henrik Marstal is a musician, author, and music researcher. He holds a PhD in musicology, is a senior lecturer at the Rhythmic Music Conservatory, and frequently appears in the media as an expert source on music. His areas of interest include contemporary music, such as electronic music. This winter, he will release both a new album with the pop group ibens and a book about Else Marie Pade, published by the British publishing house Bloomsbury.

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14.10

My name is Krzysztof Pietraszewski – would you like to see my playlist?

»Music helps me feel, process and regulate my emotions, giving them an outlet when I need release and bringing me calm when I need balance – it’s sort of my outsourced nervous system.«

Krzysztof Pietraszewski is a music journalist, editor and curator based in Kraków, Poland. Since 2016, he has served as artistic director of Sacrum Profanum, a festival dedicated to new and experimental music. He hosts Muzykoteka and the RKK Live concert rebroadcast series on Radio Kraków Kultura. He also develops listening sessions with discussions, inviting audiences to discover unfamiliar music, exchange impressions and experience listening as a shared activity. His work includes executive-producing recordings for the Sacrum Profanum Archives series. Originally from Silesia, he has made Kraków his home, sharing music through concerts, radio broadcasts, writing and, more recently, experimental DJ sets.

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14.10

My name is Lone Hørslev – would you like to see my playlist?

»For me, music is at its best when it appeals to both the head and the heart. I love music that plays with language and understands how words create images, while also possessing its own unique sonic quality and mood. It’s an added bonus if the music energizes me during a run, makes me dance in the kitchen, or makes me laugh. Or cry. Music can be like a chocolate-coated marshmallow treat with a surprise inside.«

Lone Hørslev is an author of poetry, novels, and song lyrics, as well as the TV series Den gode stemning. Together with Mads Mouritz, she forms one half of the Mouritz/Hørslev Project, and she recently wrote lyrics for the musical theatre production STOLT in collaboration with Katrine Muff. The songs can be found on the album Jeg ønsker mig.

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14.10

My name is Raphael Loher – would you like to see my playlist?

»I think music is just the way I perceive and process the world.«

Raphael Loher is a pianist and composer based in Lucerne, Switzerland who combines elements of experimental electronic music, ambient, and minimalist composition. His distinct, crystalline work explores playful reduction and rhythmic abstraction, aiming to create singular resonances and aesthetic connections. His meditative style of piano playing allows shimmering rhizomatic structures to emerge, giving rise to tense narrative arcs. Loher expands his sound spectrum by preparing the piano, using effect pedals, and working with a tape recorder.

Loher’s new album Figuren (Präsens Editionen) is an album shaped by intuition, experimentation, and a deliberate distance from his primary instrument — the piano. Reworking intimate concert recordings made during a residency, Loher deconstructed selected melodies, tones, and resonances into new forms, transforming them further through tape manipulation.

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My name is Henrik Marstal – would you like to see my playlist?

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