Words are needless.
Orchestral music played as black metal on electronic instruments and then cut up on a computer
06Feb10F***ed up title, I know. But it’s actually my best attempt to describe what the Norwegian band Ulver is doing.
First a black metal band, then an electronica act, then noise/glitch geeks, then sound track composers and now a full blown music freak show. Avantgarde? You bet. And cool as hell (not a great metaphor, to be honest). However, Ulver plays tomorrow night in Aarhus at Voxhall – and I’ll be there enjoying every minute.
Digital Versicolor And A Fist Fight
29Jan10Saw the movie Bronson recently and loved it! It’s made by Nicolas Winding Refn (who is Denmarks best director, in my opinion).
One of the songs from the film’s soundtrack stuck with me. It’s a synthy 80′es track called Digital Versicolor by the duo Glass Candy from their latest record Beat Box.
Sample from a new song
28Jan10Here’s a little sample from a new song I’m working on.
Things are pointing backwards in time. But going backwards rarely means ending up where you started. The sound of my newly aquired drum machine is of course smeared all over the sample.
Enjoy.
Best Music of 2009
15Jan10Thought I’d share a personal Best Music of 2009 list. I’m gonna do it different than how it’s normally done though. I don’t care if the record was released in 2009 or not… good music isn’t about release dates. So this is more like a top 5 of the music I’ve enjoyed the most in 2009 (in random order):
Earth – The Bees Made Honey In The Lions Skull
The Antlers – Hospice
Mono – Hymn To The Immortal Wind
Martin Hall – Relief
The Ink Spots – The Ink Spots
Another Synesthesia review
17Nov09The always nice folks at Undertoner recently reviewed the latest member of the oh-so-slowly-growing Polarforsker discography.
A very thorough review and a 3/6 rating. I really like how it’s compared to a 12 week abortion of Tunng’s Mother’s Daughter And Other Songs. Mission complete!
Read the review here! (in danish)
First Synesthesia review
02Nov09Apparently I’m boring! (review in Danish)
3/6 stars from Gaffa. The highlight of the review is definitely the ambiguous sub headline: “When is it boring in a boring way?“
Synesthesia EP
01Sep09
Released autumn 2009 on cd-r in 40 copies, signed & numbered.
15 minutes of crunchy, handplayed electronica/indietronica.
Still available. Contact me if you’re interested…
1. Atlas (4:20)
2. Retur (2:43)
3. Anomaloskop (0:45)
4. Ockham/Occam (3:40)
5. Krigsfeber (3:57)
Download as .zip (5 tracks + cover art)
The Forest Is Dead / The Forest Lives Forever EP
01Sep06
Released autumn 2006 on cd-r in 50 copies, signed & numbered.
22 minutes of dreamy, glitchy electronica/indietronica.
Still available. Buy it from CD Baby or contact me if you’re interested…
1. Brise
2. RW&RW
3. If Jesus Died For Me, I Must Live Forever
4. Zürich
5. Mono I Stereo