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»Musik for mig er en måde at være i verden på. Jeg kan ikke leve uden musik, for den er en iltmaske. Jeg finder altid undskyldninger for, hvordan jeg kan inkorporere musikken i min billedkunst. Nogle af de største kunstneriske oplevelser i mit liv har været at lytte til musikalbum, og jeg har en ordentlig stak album, som jeg er dybt forbundet med og konstant genbesøger. Musik er noget af det allermest overvældende, brutaleste, smukkeste og sjoveste, og det forbinder mig til noget spirituelt og dybt. Min dårligste vane er at cykle rundt med høj musik i ørerne, men jeg har vurderet fordelene og ulemperne og kommet frem til, at musikken må være døden værd.« 

Multikunstneren Kim Richard Adler Mejdahl er uddannet fra Det Kgl. Danske Kunstakademi og har udstillet på bl.a. Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Overgaden og Rønnebæksholm samt internationalt på filmfestivaler i bl.a. Tyskland, Frankrig, Island og Sydkorea. Under aliasset Kim Kim har Mejdahl udgivet flere album og blandt andet spillet på Roskilde Festival. Han er blandt mange kendt for sin medvirken i anden sæson af Kunstnerkolonien på DR, hvor han kørte ind i folks stuer med partybus og godt humør. Mejdahls arbejde er repræsenteret i Statens Museum for Kunsts samling. For tiden er han aktuel med udstillingen Glory på KØN – Gender Museum Denmark samt DR-serien Provinsbøssernes drøm sammen med forfatteren Glenn Bech. Tidligere på året medvirkede han i forestillingen Friskabte, som er en musikalsk fortolkning af Glenn Bechs roman Farskibet med musikeren Henriette Sennenvaldt og billedkunstneren Michael Kvium.

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»Music is what gets my gears turning. It sets both my body and mind in motion – and on a good day, even gets them up to speed. My listening habits are entirely shaped by my mood... and by the musical tastes of my two children, which shift every eight minutes... so the home stereo gets exposed to a bit of everything. In a way, that’s exactly how it should be. Room for everything and everyone.«
 
David Dyrholm (b. 1990) is a food and music critic for Politiken, focusing on jazz – ranging from the traditional to the modern—and avant-garde music. Alongside this, he has worked for the Modern Jazz Days festival, served on the jury for the DMA Jazz awards, and previously released a number of records with the hip-hop collective DoktorDoktor.
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25.09

An Organ in the Dark Forest of Doubt

Calum Builder: »Although Changed, I Arise the Same«
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Last year, Builder released Poor_in_Spirit, an album in which he explored, on his own, the sonic possibilities of his self-built organ. It was an album shaped by this exploration, but ultimately also by the limitations of the organ itself. On Although Changed, I Arise the Same, the composer finds a way beyond them.

The organ is now joined by three additions: Builder’s own alto saxophone, along with the voices of Zola Mennenöh and Johanna Sulkunen. It makes all the difference, providing the diversity of instrumentation that Builder has repeatedly demonstrated his ability to compose for. At times, the organ’s bass sinks beneath the voices and saxophone like a light haze; at others, it envelops them in a heavy fog. It howls like wind in the trees and roars like a train in the night. Mennenöh and Sulkunen sing, chant and breathe simple, repetitive phrases about spiritual uncertainty and searching, as though lost in the dark forest of doubt.

It is a Spartan form of storytelling, giving the listener enough lyricism and atmosphere to set the mind in motion, but never so much that it becomes overwhelming. This is where Builder’s strength lies: his music clearly grows out of his life and experiences, yet he composes in such a way that the listener is invited to enter the story with their own imagination.

Builder determines the colours, but leaves part of the picture to the listener. It is an album that is far more restrained in its dramaturgy than previous releases. No less beautiful or inspiring for it.

English translation: Andreo Michaelo Mielczarek

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»For us, music is a transcendent force with transformative potential – something we get to experience and shape when we create sound together. It is an opportunity to describe one’s innermost universes without words, and the best way for an introvert to express intense emotions at full volume.« 

With roots in Copenhagen’s experimental jazz and punk scene, Echo, Bravo challenges the notion of what a rock band can sound like. The quintet blends post-punk, free punk, and noise rock into a raw and unpredictable soundscape. They describe the music themselves as a kind of »empty-the-fridge soup,« where various leftovers come together. »Best enjoyed as a hot meal in a cold industry.«

 
 
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Thorbjørn Tønder Hansen has died. With Thorbjørn’s passing, the art music community has lost one of the Nordic region’s most significant producers, curators and cultural leaders.

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»Music is the best way to discover myself and understand the world around me.«

Luca Quintavalle is a harpsichordist, fortepianist and conductor. He has performed with ensembles including Concerto Köln, Harmonie Universelle, the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg and the Kölner Kammerorchester at venues and festivals such as the Kölner Philharmonie, Salzburg Festival and Enescu Festival. He was harpsichordist of Les Musiciens du Prince, led by Cecilia Bartoli, for over five years, and has conducted ensembles including the Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Concerto Köln and Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss. His recordings include Mirrors, released by Berlin Classics and awarded an OPUS KLASSIK.