THURSDAY cal oeuvre bears witness to an of work is much broader than 01.30 Human Inferno (NO) 19.45 Mike Cooper (UK) the most groundbreaking elec- 17.00 Doors open incredible curiosity and a de- that: Since the late 60s, she While Lasse Marhaug seems When The Rolling Stones invit- tro and techno artists to ever sire to contribute to our collec- has studied Indian ragas, like a natural reference, Hu- ed him to join the band in the come out of Detroit. Arpanet, 18.00 Ted Lee & guests (US) tive understanding of sound. collaborated with eccentric man Inferno’s take on noise early 60s, he politely declined as the name implies, encom- Ted Lee is, perhaps, best His output as Gate effortlessly filmmaker Ira Cohen and is less dyed-in-the-Norwe- (true story; Brian Jones took passes both the ideas of elec- known as owner of highly in- spans countless genres with drummer Angus MacLise (of gian-wool. Whether singing the gig). Mike Cooper had tronics (especially electronic fluential label, Feeding Tube Morley’s singular vision as the VU fame), published poetry, deadpan about visiting the already embarked on a differ- music created by synthesizers Records and as proponent and only common denominator. founded America’s first fusion psychiatrist with one’s wife or ent and very diverse, musical like the ARP) and connectivity unofficial archivist of the West- orchestra, and lived all over growling unintelligibly over journey: Though primarily re- (the original ARPANET was one ern Mass. music scene – but 23.00 Værket (DK) the world. Learnings from pulsating beats and tem- garded as a folk-blues guitarist, of the precursors to the inter- Lee is also a noteworthy mu- While the so-called Mayhem a vagrant life channelled pered clamor, it is clear that he has made electronic music, net as we know it). sician in his own right: Usually scene has produced a plethora through the sarangi into middle age and kids have sound installations, radio art, rather noisy, but always packed of wildly divergent bands, few repetitive and stunning se- not blunted Human Inferno’s scores for silent films, field re- 01.45 NOS-T (SE) with enough whimsical enthu- will have predicted the emer- renity. punk roots and that a certain cordings, and delved into ra- NOS-T have been around for siasm and hullabaloo to make gence of Værket in all their brutish intent and lunatic en- gas, jazz, Hawaiian music, and some 25 odd years during it anything but harsh. Lee will 1970s throwback glory. Værket 21.30 James Hoff (US) ergy remain intact. If Erland experimental exotica. Few have which time they have turned be joined by various Danish is no mere pastiche, however: James Hoff’s work encom- Loe’s Doppler had chosen stayed clearer of the pitfalls of the tables from graffiti painted guests. every flamboyantly proggy passes painting, sound, music as a vent for the pres- repeating oneself than Cooper, breakbeats to similarly chro- tip of the hat to past greats is performance, and publishing. sure of normality, it would who remains as curious an art- matic techno, acid, and trance 18.45 Performance: matched by an earnest ferocity Throughout, he maintains a probably sound something ist as he was 45 years ago. played on analog synthesizers George Koutsouris that reveals the band’s ties to strong focus on disruption like this. – both structured and impro- “You can’t avoid your destiny” hard-hitters Reverie and Slægt. and distribution in the digital 21.00 Francesco Cavaliere vised, but above all: Always – An interactive analog musical age, often in an indirectly (IT) playful, danceable and slightly sculpture presented by George political context. While his Cavaliere primarily uses his eccentric. Koutsouris. Performance by works often channels an un- voice and an incredible archive Katerina Anagnostidou, percus- relenting, aggressive energy, SATURDAY of homemade sound effects as sion student at DKDM FRIDAY they are mitigated by humour 16.00 Doors open the building blocks of Minecraf- 17.00 Doors open and simply being interesting tian worlds inhabited by strange 19.15 Gulddværg (DK) to watch. 17.00 Eliane Radigue beings, hybrids of objects, and Gulddværg is, besides a wick- 18.15 Robert Yeats (NZ) (performed by Emmanuel psycho-cosmic phenomena. If ed good band name (literally: Prior to providing the percus 22.45 The Dead C (NZ) Holterbach) (FR) Melancholia had taken place gold dwarf), experimental mu- sive backbone to The Dead C’s Around the same time as no Radigue has composed min- in Italy and its soundtrack had sic, based on classical sympho- musical explorations, Robert wave morphed into noise imal, electronic music since consisted of experimental, elec- ny structures, played on a Yeats was a member of seminal rock in the US, trio The Dead the 60s and is considered a tronic music, Cavaliere would self-made electronic drum kit Dunedin rock outfit The Ver- C formed in New Zealand pioneer of the genre. Her have been an excellent choice and a kitchen sink, wrapped laines, proving early on that and offered a truly original, music is a zen flux of dense of composer. in lo-fi aesthetics. Inspired by he is as adept at playing tightly improvisational take on the sounds subject to imper- such different artists as Sun crafted songs as he is at jam- genre which left a lasting ceptible mutations, like the 22.00 Chalaque (UK/NL) Araw and Olivier Messiaen, ming the fuck out. A no-non- footprint and made the term oceans’ ebb and flow. At 84, A trans-European force of na- Gulddværg lingers some- sense virtuoso, Yeats will show- “highly influential” the one she is no longer performing. ture, Chalaque resides in the where between catchy, ambi- case his remarkable versatility most often used to describe Instead, her official archivist, red. Guitar stylings in the vein ent, and quite odd. with a rare solo show at FoEG. them. This is their first show Holterbach (a musique con- of Sonny Sharrock and Makoto ever in Denmark and their crète composer in his own Kawabata are barely reined 20.30 Peter Bonneman med 19.30 Bob Theil (UK) only one in Europe this right), will, with her blessing, in by ferocious drumming as Magnus Knudsen (DK) A part of the British folk revival, year. Few bands have ever perform the piece Jetsun Chalaque climbs to ever-rising While it is well known that Bob Theil released his highly achieved such a distinct, Mila. She has never played in peaks in a messy and majestic P.J. Bonneman has played in acclaimed and much sought-af- powerful, and inimitable Denmark before, so this will festival of destruction. Their a bunch of influential K-town ter debut album, So Far, in sound so seemingly effort- be a premiere. concert doubles as an aural punk bands (including Amdi 1982 and then, apparently, lessly. You do not want to Rorschach test. LOCATION Petersens Armé, Gorilla An- decided to lay low for a while miss this. 18.45 Bruce Russell (NZ) KPH Volume, greb, and No Hope For The – performing only sporadically A lifelong explorer of the 23.15 Felia Gram-Hanssen Enghavevej 80-82 Kids), it generally flew under until the early ‘00s. The release 00.05 Stargate (IT) boundaries between sound – Circular Sound (DK) 2450 København SV the radar when he, in 2009, of a lost album, recorded Slowed down, inverted and music, Bruce Russell’s At the intersection between HOURS: presumably in the wake of in 1984 but not published trance music or the perfect contributions to the world dance and sound, the body Thursday 17-02 a breakup, released four until last year, has sparked soundtrack for an evening in of experimental music come becomes the score. In Circular Friday 17-04 radiantly beautiful lo-fi sing- a renewed interest in Theil’s the local opium den. Patch in many shapes and forms. Sound, the room’s charac- Saturday 16-05 er-songwriter gems. At FoEG, work and his Celtic inspired upon patch of looped The hats worn by Russell in- teristics are transformed into MORE INFO: he – accompanied by Magnus 12-string acoustic guitar play- sounds, scrawling noises, clude influential label boss, movement which is again trans- foeg.dk Knudsen (of De Høje Hæle ing, which remains as fresh and bliss dynamics, R&B mel- published author, and mem- formed into sound. The audi- facebook.com/ fame) – will re-visit those songs relevant as ever. ancholy and fragments of ber of The Dead C, and this ence is invited to participate in endlessgratitude in a super rare low-key set. You heavily distorted voices form multifaceted and boundary a musical demarcation process, Schedule is subject to change. do not want to miss this. 20.45 Louise Landes Levi an ultramodern hybrid of pushing approach to sonic where attributes are transferred Check the website for exact times. (US) subversive aesthetics. If the exploration is reflected in from one medium to another. 21.45 Gate (NZ) Levi is often mentioned in con- moment just before you fall Russell’s solo work where Graphic Design by Klahr Whether rocking out in The nection with La Monte Young asleep and slip into a dream maximalism and cacophony 00.30 Arpanet (US) www.klahr.dk Dead C, conjuring up images (whom she was a student of) could be sampled and mul- live together with concise Gerald Donald, known for his Beers by Herslev Bryghus of deserts, or paying tribute to and Terry Riley (whom she col- ti-tracked it would probably and measured experiments work in Drexciya, Der Zyklus Food by Wang & Hermann Prince, Michael Morley’s musi- laborated with), but her body sound a lot like Stargate.