Niels Gordon – Sjövik, Sweden – May 15 2020 – report

Release writer Sebastian Hess got to experience a rare live show during the Corona pandemic. Niklas Karlsson, who uses Niels Gordon as his artist persona, is a passionate fan of electronic music and the machines that you use to make it. To celebrate the release of his new album ”Land”, a live show in Gothenburg was …

Sonar Saturday – Barcelona – July 20 2019 – report

With the best will in the world I would get to Barcelona for my annual trip around all things electronic – the wonderful and enlightening Sonar festival. This year though proved to be very difficult, even for the organisers themselves. Thanks to a double booking of the venue, Sonar was to be one month later …

Roskilde Festival 2018 – report

Disappointing main acts but great shows by up-and-coming bands, lovely interviews with bands as Mogwai, jam sessions, sore feet, sauna-hot weather, amazing Roskilde volunteers, and dust, lots of D.U.S.T. – that’s what my 27th Roskilde Festival was about. The profile has changed over the years. In the nineties you could see Release bands like Front 242, …

Sonar Days – Barcelona – June 14-16 2018 – report

Sonar is probably the most famous electronic music festival in the world, it also is one of the most eclectic – bringing together all kinds of disciplines of music and styles under the umbrella of what is described as ”Music, Creativity & Technology”. Sonar by Day tends to follow this ethos more closely than the …