Selvhjælpspunk

Duma – Roskilde Festival

»Det var fandeme uhyggeligt,« overhørte jeg én sige på vej ud af teltet efter den kenyanske duo Dumas koncert på Gloria. Det var ikke svært at forstå, hvad de mente: Producer Martin Khanyas lydunivers af industrielle technorytmer, der banker mod trommehinderne som et trykluftsbor, uigennemtrængelige betonmure af hvid støj og black metal-agtige guitarriffs kombineret med Sam Karugus nærmest ubeskrivelige vokal – tænk mødet mellem Yoko Ono og en kaffekværn – er temmelig frygtindgydende.

Mens Dumas musik med rette kan betegnes som uhyggelig, gør det modsatte sig dog gældende for koncerten som helhed. Stemningen i teltet var intet mindre end euforisk og Karugu var nærmest overstrømmende i sin hengivenhed til publikum: Der var ingen grænser for, hvor meget han elskede hver og en, og det var lige før, at hver eneste person i rummet fik det at vide individuelt. Kærlighedserklæringerne fik selskab af utallige selvhjælpsagtige opfordringer: »Energize yourself! Embrace yourself!« I sig selv ret klichéfyldte udsagn havde det ikke været for musikkens brutalitet, der med tydelighed viste, at omfavnelsen af en selv ikke nødvendigvis behøver at være blid.

For mig personligt opstod der til tider en grad af kognitiv dissonans i mødet mellem elskværdighed og aggression: Karugu måtte for min skyld gerne være ondere ved sit publikum. Dog er der – i en postmoderne verden, hvor alle grænser flyder sammen – noget sært passende ved, at Roskilde Festivals uden sammenligning mest punkede performer samtidig viste sig at være den største hippie.

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29.08

We are Nightmaries – would you like to see our playlist?

»Music is, to us, a kind of closed club of nepotism, networking and Copenhagen cowboy energy. But in reality, it’s got nothing to do with expensive guitars or technical skill. For us, music is something you can feel in your chest, or something that gives you goosebumps. The best concerts are when someone screams so earnestly that the rest of us don’t have to. The best music expresses emotions in a way that would get you picked up by an ambulance if you did it out on the street. For us, music should fuck with the people who have it too comfortable, and give those who have it fucked a feeling that they’re not alone. Boom. And what the fuck is a chord and a key anyway? Kisses from Nightmaries.«

Nightmaries blend saws, guitars and voices into a dark-country, no-wave, cowboy-doom nightmare. They create the kind of soundtrack that feels like a fever dream you somehow don’t want to wake up from. As the world gets stranger and darker, Nightmaries lean into the madness, serving up slow-burning songs that creep under your skin like a poison that takes its sweet time. Put on your favourite steel-toe boots, dip your smoky eyes in an ashtray, and prepare yourself for sloppy doom with punk energy.

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21.08

Mit navn er Fenja – vil du se min playliste?

»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.

news

12.08

Sofus Forsberg (1970–2026)

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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11.08

Mit navn er Tue Track – vil du se min playliste?

»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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07.08

639 Years in a Single Chord

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.«