SVARTBAG [DK]

A.REX and Niels Ladefoged founded Svartbag in 2002. The musical inspiration is based on a profound interest in early minimalists, noise, British shoegaze and early German kraut-rock. The band later expanded to three members with Peter Kyed on treatments (real-sound, drones and electronic beats) and occasionally four with Andreas Hauer-Jensen (Dureforsog, Ordklover, Mit Nye Band & Alle med Balloner og Terrasser) on drums. The debut album on Rump Recordings was released 28th May 2008.

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Eksperimenterende dansk musik lever heldigvis i bedste velgående ...Svartbags sortrandede og langstrakte kompositioner formår faktisk at være konstant underholdende, selv om de befinder sig lysår fra mainstreamens leflen. Det er det menneskelige element og de (kraut-)rockede passager i kontrast til de støjende og temmelig dystre droner, der er Svartbags kongstanke, og det virker forrygende, især på den smukke Cairo, på Loop9, som kipper med flaget til både To Rococo Rot og Velvet Underground, og den fænomenale The Flutist Gaffa

Ambivalensen mellem navn og objekt afspejler sig også i Svartbags musik, der er lige så smukt forførende, som det er underspillet grimt. (..) Den smukke, meditative tone, der bruser gennem albummet, skaber en spirituel stemning, der ikke har meget med den ucharmerende fugl at gøre, andet end at den flyver i himlen. Således har Svartbag med deres debut leveret en lille messe for de religionsløse - Soundvenue

It’s Velvet Underground (less vocals) meets LaMonte Young meets krautrock meet E.A.R. - forty years of drone rock minimalism comes by on this disc, and as such nothing new but hey, what the hell? This is great, ecstatic music, reminding me of the good ol Vocokesh and F/i. Pounding drums, heavy guitars that keep ringing in your ears, all placed around with great care and style, making a fine album. - Vital-Weekly.

Moving slickly from dark and paranoid expanses to serene shoe-gazing dreamscapes, Svartbag presents a well documented and adventure-laden journey to the depths of sub-Sahara by means of a cosmic flying carpet... With their debut release, Svartbag have reignited the cosmic flame and have provided listeners with a superb zeuhl-esque journey into exotic, minimalist space-rock. - Experimusic.

Svartbag is the good news concerning the European drone scene - Otsechka.

Svartbag have managed to create an accessible and experimental piece of mood enhancing, ear seducing avant-rock. - New Noise

The concert is arranged in co-operation with Koloni and Nordisk kulturfond.