For a long time I scoffed at metamodernism. Now it has made the last 30 years of composition music hang together. But it is misleading when music scholars call metamodernism a school.

Chaotic times call for chaotic music. But also soft techno, flutists and yoga balls. Jennifer Gersten and Andreo Michaelo Mielczarek wrap up the musical year in a conversation between New York and Aarhus.