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    Ny lydkunst i Bergen

    by 5:4 July 28, 2013 • 18:03
    July 28, 2013 • 18:03

    My recent travels in Norway – focused in and around the environs of second city Bergen – yielded plenty of jaw-droppingly splendorous landscape, but nothing in the way of contemporary music. Neither of the city’s CD stores betray any knowledge of the existence of Arne Nordheim, Maja Ratke and the…

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    HCMF 2012: Cikada Ensemble

    by 5:4 November 26, 2012 • 17:43
    November 26, 2012 • 17:43

    The last concert i attended in my weekend at HCMF 2012 took place back in Bates Mill, in the company of Norway’s remarkable Cikada Ensemble, whom i’ve been fortunate to hear on a number of occasions. More than most, Cikada tend to give off an air of almost aggressive fearlessness,…

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    HCMF 2012: Ensemble Resonanz

    by 5:4 November 22, 2012 • 22:14
    November 22, 2012 • 22:14

    The first day of my weekend at HCMF ended back where it had begun, in St Paul’s Hall, for a late-night concert by Ensemble Resonanz, conducted by Peter Rundel. The concert was broadcast live on Radio 3 and comprised just three pieces, all focusing on strings, two of which featured…

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    Joyous and infectiously playful: Lindstrøm – Six Cups of Rebel

    by 5:4 April 17, 2012 • 12:10
    April 17, 2012 • 12:10

    Having spent several weeks focusing on music of an introspective and ascetic nature, it’s time to let off some steam, and to that end let me flag up the latest release from Lindstrøm, titled Six Cups of Rebel. In nearly 10 years of music-making, this is only Hans-Peter Lindstrøm’s third…

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    25 years on: a-ha – Take On Me

    by 5:4 September 21, 2010 • 15:10
    September 21, 2010 • 15:10

    This week marks the 25th anniversary of, in my view, one of the finest pop songs ever recorded: “Take On Me” by a-ha. It could be argued that the release of “Take On Me” marked a turning point for pop, which had spent the preceding years mooching around in New…

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    A shining example of synth-ballad: Röyksopp – Junior

    by 5:4 March 20, 2009 • 13:29
    March 20, 2009 • 13:29

    There was a time, not so very long ago, when adverts seemed to be full to bursting with music by, first, Moby (Play), then Goldfrapp (Felt Mountain) and then Röyksopp (Melody A.M.). Such exposure does little to help these or any other albums, at best distracting from, at worst suffocating,…

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    Scandanavian sounds, part 3: AM and the UV

    by 5:4 February 20, 2008 • 18:15
    February 20, 2008 • 18:15

    Every now and then, a band appears that seems to bring together the most engaging qualities of several other artists. A delightful example of that – and proof that not everything coming out of these remote arctic regions is quite as intense or brooding as Deathprod and Biosphere – is AM…

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    Scandanavian sounds, part 2: Deathprod

    by 5:4 February 15, 2008 • 21:50
    February 15, 2008 • 21:50

    Deathprod – it’s a name both striking and strange, which is appropriate, as his music is both of these things too. There are obvious similarities to Biosphere – both are Norwegian; both explore large soundscapes; both create music that is immediately arresting – and yet there’s something very much more going…

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    Scandanavian sounds, part 1: Biosphere

    by 5:4 February 12, 2008 • 10:41
    February 12, 2008 • 10:41

    Music emanating from the Scandanavian countries is always interesting, and often unusual. Once upon a yesteryear, it was all Abba (70s), A-ha (80s) and Aqua (90s), but they’re probably as glad as we are that that’s ancient history, and the sounds of 21st century Scandinavia are altogether more absorbing. The…

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