what we immerse ourselves in

interview08.03.2021

‘We don’t have the same aspirations at all’

Mikkel Schou. © Zuhal Kocan

The safe choice would be to study the old masters and the canonised works, but guitarist Mikkel Schou finds more meaning in the brand-new music composed today. His upcoming Debut Concert from the Royal Danish Academy of Music is a ‘thanks, but no thanks’ to institutional forces of habit.

By Andrew Mellor

interview02.06.2020

‘I wanted to be radical’

Instruments struggle to voice themselves in the music of Christian Winther Christensen. His focus on small sounds and deep concentration is a perfect match for a time of silenced soundscapes.

By Andrew Mellor
interview13.02.2020

‘Things are very anarchistic right now’

Neko3 is one of the most visionary ensembles at a moment where the contemporary music scene is changing rapidly.

By Andrew Mellor
interview16.09.2019

‘The hardest thing is to trust your material’

Daníel Bjarnason’s new piece requires no less than three conductors. A result of the omnipresent Reykjavik school?

By Andrew Mellor

interview03.06.2019

‘I really wanted to write a pop love song’

Marta Śniady. © Marta Śniady

Polish composer Marta Śniady is about to finish her studies at the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus. Recently, her aesthetics have changed considerably, embracing video and pop music.

interview03.04.2019

‘I need to believe it myself’

Ragnhild May works in a chameleon-like way. James Black takes her to yoga class in this final interview with young ‘composer/performers’.

By James Black
interview25.02.2019

So, this is where it all ends

In Bára Gísladóttir’s view, the apocalypse is a given. James Black goes bowling with the captivatingly introvert, yet apocalyptic, Icelandic composer/performer.

By James Black
interview09.01.2019

‘It’s almost like I can feel the whole world’

James Black goes climbing with Marcela Lucatelli in this first of three interviews with young composer/performers.

By James Black

interview28.11.2018

Man among the machines

Kaj Duncan David. © Anders Bigum

Ever since he was a teenager, Kaj Duncan David’s music has been intimately linked with software and machines. His next major work will use artificial intelligence as both a method and a subject.

By Andrew Mellor

interview07.02.2018

Shouting, naked. James Black, the composer

His debut concert only a few weeks away – both a blessing and a ‘fucking nightmare’ – Copenhagen-based composer James Black talks to Andrew Mellor.

By Andrew Mellor
interview27.09.2017

Gender and social relations in New Music: Tackling the octopus

Juliana Hodkinson interviews anthropologist / cultural theorist Georgina Born on gender and other social relations in contemporary music.

By Juliana Hodkinson
interview30.08.2017

Rum/Klang – et anarkistisk lydkunstgalleri

Jakob Gustav Winckler taler med Adam Veng fra Rum/Klang – lydkunstgalleriet i Jyderup.

By Jakob Gustav Winckler