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04.04.2022

Ito Takashi opgraderet

CPH:DOX – Astrid Sonne: Ito Takashi live-score
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Den første af Ito Takashis tre kortfilm på programmet, Zone, blændede op på skærmen i skøn 80’er-opløsning med hvide, sløve skyer på en blå himmel. En gåtur gennem en park. Til disse rolige scener tilføjede Sonne approksimationer af reallyde – vindens hvisken i træerne, insekternes summen i buskadset. Meditative, langhalede synthpassager forstærkede følelsen af fuldstændig fred. Den afslappede atmosfære blev dog hurtigt afløst af en tiltagende drømmelogisk billedside, mesterligt understøttet af en tidssvarende, frenetisk, til tider næsten horror-agtige synth.

Efter kun 13 minutter var drømmen-tangerende-til-mareridt ovre, men før den næste kortfilm kunne begynde, lod Sonne med en kort, smuk og stemningsfuld sang publikum tage et par tiltrængte dybe åndedrag. Dernæst fik den repetitive og labyrintiske film Spacy sin epileptiske energi højnet af støt tiltagende, energiske og blødt stikkende synths, mens den M. C. Escher-agtige, trappeopgangsmuterende Drill efter endnu et mellemstykke blev trakteret med genklingende motiver, der til sidst sammen med filmen brød op og forsvandt ned i et sort hul.

Hele forestillingen igennem udviste Sonne en måske intuitiv sans for, hvordan hun med sin lyd kunne højne de indtryk, billedsiden afgav. Et gensyn med disse film uden hendes underliggende musik vil uden tvivl føles som en klar nedgradering. Men særligt hendes mellemstykke-hvilepauser var sande genistreger, der glimrede i lige så høj grad som selve soundtracket.

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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.