Category: Features

A few weeks ago a cryptic message arrived on social media, talking about a performance at Galleri Ram and a request; to document an exchange between the artists involved as they explain the ideas behind the project. The message came from Hilde Marie Holsen, a musician who I have interviewed

As we progress into the autumn years of our lives, priorities change. The beckoning call of nocturnal urges dissipate into a faint whisper only indulged when they grow too loud and we our preferences change to savour the more refined… possibly distilled and fermented fruits of life. Ours becomes an

Incandescent tones, drone against the fabric of a sonic environment, scratching and clawing its way through a soupy miasma of synthesised textures. Moments of intense sonic excursions into alien territories open up onto a world of stark minimalist, cold landscapes that are redolent of the empty spaces they symbolise in

Norwegian sound artist Asbjørn Blokkum Flø delves into world of Harry Bertoia and his Sonambient sound installations with John Brien, who released a large collection of these recordings, through his Important Records label. One of the most interesting releases of 2016 was the 11 CD Box Set Sonambient: Recordings of Harry Bertoia.

Hilde Marie Holsen, since her debut album “Ask” hit the shelves with critical acclaim, has carved out something very particular and niche in music. Processing her trumpet in the electronic realm, she blends the mournful tone of the brass instrument with the explorative field of electronic music to make music

Stian Balducci approaches music with a keen intellect. Whether he is orchestrating his scholarly pursuits at Kristiansand conservatory, working with the Punkt collective, or in the skin of his Techno moniker, +plattform, there is an inquisitive consciousness to the way he produces, plays and listens to music. His instincts and

The moment your feet touch solid ground at Narita Airport in Tokyo Japan, a wave of calm and serenity envelopes you on the sonic plain. There’s a quiet, light hum from people scurrying to their final- or next destination, but filling the noticeable void where noise usually resides in western transport

As Misantrop, Nicolai Vesterkær Krog approaches his craft with a kaleidoscopic vision of music, where a tropical portrait comes to life from the most unlikely of musical sources. A debut artist, Misantrop’s alter Ego, Krog is no stranger to the recorded music universe, and our introduction came via some promo

Franck Vigroux toes an invisible line in his work, one that touches on a wide range of possibilities, congregating around the raw essence of an artist in the capacity of speaking many musical languages. The French composer and visual artist has many nodes to his work, touching on electro-acoustic, improvised

Electro, the unsung hero of modern dance music, likes to lurk in the shadows of its more affluent associates, House and Techno. Where the latter two styles continually vie for attention on the dance floor, Electro favours the uncompromising margins of darker corners over the limelight. It’s a style that