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I 2018 tog den elektroniske komponist Anton Friisgaard til Bali for at besøge komponisten Dewa Alit og lave optagelser af hans Gamelan instrumenter. Nu er hans arbejde på Bali blevet byggestene til albummet Teratai Åkande (2024). Tag med på Antons rejse med at skabe albummet, og få et indblik i de tanker han har gjort sig i processen. Programmet er produceret og tilrettelagt af Louise Tandrup Esbe...

The electricity is omnidirectional and the energy is building up. When did music become electric? Are humans electric? We are definitely curious and creative beings. We start out this episode with a fanfare on a rare instrument, built before the synthesizers fell down from the sky. I think we still need time away from the hamster wheel, so let's make a sacrificial dance and with our bare hands dra...

Did you know you can release emotional tension by stretching your hips? Join our conversation with Xenia Xamanek sharing with us some of their unreleased music and influences such as Victor Jara. Bridging sounds from their Honduran and Danish heritage, Xamanek brings to life a new sound that enchants you with songs like "Embrujada" ('Bewitched'). We discuss the role of politics in music production...

Summer is upon us, so who else to add new music to The Lake than our very own seasonal selector Timmy Olivia. Timmy has been doing "Seasonal Sounds" for the past two years and this update features some of the very best gems of the series. Blissful seasonal sounds, including a bird doing a Lana Del Rey cover?! Tracklist: Fauno - Ghost Lemurs of Madagascar Frederik Valentin & jonathan leandoer96 - O...

[in Danish] we met with author Luka Holmegaard for a talk about their poetry book ‘Havet i munden’ which was turned into a performance at this year's festival. We talk about finding language adequate of speaking about transformations, about friends as role models and much more…

We meet up with Kara Jackson after her show at Roskilde Festival, for a chat about songwriting, poetry and controversial Auto-Tune theories.

We meet the two artists and collaborators in between each of their shows at Roskilde. Talking about how they started working together on their newest EP.

We meet Thjerza Balaj for a conversation about her performance at the platform stage, which deals with slavic folklore and the gaze, explored through an expanded contemporary dance practice.

Choreographer Kai Merke unfolds their contribution to the performance Havet I Munden. A work about transformations, made in collaboration with Faun Vium, Luka Holmegaard and Mija Milovic.

The lake meets Danish/Bosnian artist Ilma for a chat about her concert at this years festival.

Vocal ensemble Ilinx meets with The Lake to talk about their piece "Åbne Huse" which they made with danish author Asta Olivia Nordenhof.

We meet choreographer and dancer Mounia Nassangar during Roskilde Festival 2024 for a chat about Waacking and the performance titled STUCK.

Interview with the scottish piper Brighde Chaimbeul about playing the smallpipes and honing into simplicity and repetition. Recorded during Roskilde Festival 2024.

Final day at Roskilde Festival!!! Listen to interviews with singer/songwriter Kara Jackson, amazing local musicians Barbro and Mija Milovic, choreographer Kai Merke, scottish piper Brìghde Chaimbeul and finally choreographer and dancer Thjerza Balaj. We also go on a soundwalk in the camping area and get a cute fan letter. What a day, what a festival

Back once again with our daily Roskilde Festival program, live from a make-shift radio studio in an old shipping container at the festival site. Listen to interviews with performance artist Cassie Augusta Jørgensen and the collaboration of electronic duo Lyra Valenza with visual artist Signe Dige. We invite two of the younger female artists playing this year's festival, Deb Foam and Andrea of the...

First day on air with our daily Roskilde Festival program, live from the Container studio at the festival site! We had the pleasure of interviewing Alireza Shojaian, Natalia Kaliada, and Emmanuel Jal from the 'Art in protest' talk earlier today, Korean artist Yujin Jung and her chef, and Slauson Malone 1 – all live in the studio! Enjoy as well interviews with performance artist Mounia Nassangar, D...

VapeWorld er en stor messe i Bellacenter i København med alt i røgvæsker og vapes, elektroniske cigaretter, endelig kan du skaffe lava-pulveret til den elektroniske pynte-vulkan du fik købt med hjem fra de kanariske øer i midten af 90'erne. Vi har som nævnt (sikkert for) ofte stooooore vanskeligheder med vores 'forretningsmodel', lol, måske fordi vi slet ikke har en 'forretning'... vi har et radio...

I fjerde afsnit af KORET fortæller den autodidakte klassiske komponist og kunstner, Louise Alenius om hvordan hun komponerer til flere stemmer. For Louise Alenius er det at komponere en meget konkret visuel praksis, hvor hun ser stemmerne som noder på papiret. Fine og Louise mødes til en snak (i Lake-studiet) om besværlige fællesskaber, om drømmen om mangfoldige kor og hvorfor Louise elsker at arb...

I tredje afsnit af KORET møder vi vokalgruppen ilinx, som består af sangerne og komponisterne Anna Maehl, Laura Marie Madsen og Amanda Appel. Fra deres øvelokale i Valby snakker Fine og Ilinx om det langsommelige og befriende ved at arbejde i et kollektiv, om fascinationen ved både stemmeatleten Mariah Carey og middelalderkomponisten Guillaume de Michaux og hvorfor det at synge sammen også er konk...

I andet afsnit af KORET får vi besøg af Clarissa Connelly, en dansk-skotsk sanger og komponist, der for nylig udgav albummet World of Work. Vi taler om hendes forhold til kanontraditionen og fællessange, og hvilken betydning de har for hendes solistpraksis. Hun fortæller om længslen efter flere hverdagsritualer, og om hvordan det at skrive kanonsange til flere stemmer også er en modstand mod det i...

I første afsnit af KORET møder vi organist og tidligere drengekorssanger Stephan Nørklit Roed til en samtale om at føle sig tryg i disciplinerede fællesskaber, om Mozarts Requiem og Hits for Kids, og om at synge sine sidste soloer med en suppleant bag sig, når stemmen ikke længere kunne nå de øverste toner. _ Forfatter Fine Gråbøl er vildt draget af kor. Kor er lyden af fællesskaber, de mangfoldig...

Consentis, a France-based NGO advocating for a culture of consent in nightlife, and the DJ and radio host Aysun Yildirim, have created an awareness-raising podcast supported by the European network Reset!. Topics are: - What does consent mean? - How to be an active bystander? - What are the different factors of discrimination in nightlife and how can we foster an intersectional approach? - How to...

"A Time Machine For Only 1h" "Katibim Records" is a mixtape project launched by Istanbul-based music critic Özgün Çağlar in 2022. Inspired by the Voyager Golden Records, Katibim Records is a collection of modern and folk songs from communities around the world, mixing avant-garde, psychedelic, and the old-fashioned mainstream. It has been broadcast on different radio stations in Turkey. Specially...

Bright as the sun we start out with the headlights on, and move into the balance of light and profound. We got extended time for our unfolded ears full of expectations. This episode is a 90 min journey as we’re heading into our summer break to reload batteries and soak up the sun. We will learn how to fly, as we steer through the 3D world of techno in all it’s unfollding dimentions. We visit the p...

A short report with sound and interviews from IN SITU Festival, presenting sound and art in Copenhagen May 2024. Thank you to Jana Rush, Ilinx and Simian Kunsthal. Produced by Thorbjørn S. Andersen for the The Lake Radio.