SEISMOGRAF

My name is Andreo Michaelo Mielczarek – would you like to see my playlist?

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»Recently, I discovered that when a couple of thousand people clap their thick gloves in minus 30 degrees, it sounds like the softest techno – a freezing space where the cold air turns into a wave of warmth, and we, in a moment of collective devotion, become one with the rhythm, one with the invisible bond that connects us in the warmth of silence. Music is not just sounds, but a vain attempt to capture the infinite, which has always been and always will be.«

Andreo Michaelo Mielczarek has been the editor-in-chief of Seismograf since 2021. He is also a music critic and cultural journalist at Kristeligt Dagblad and Århus Stiftstidende/Avisen Danmark and has over the years written to publications such as Kunsten.nu, Glissando (Poland), Neural (Italy), Raw Vision (UK), Nutida Musik (Sweden), Kunstkritikk (DK/Sweden), Iscene.dk, B.T., and Jazz Special. He is the author (together with Lars Muhl) of the book HVA' SAA! En guidet rutsjebanetur gennem Aarhus – før, nu og i fremtiden (2024) and has also contributed to the anthology on music criticism Man skal høre meget (ed. Thomas Michelsen and Claus Røllum-Larsen, 2024). He is a founder and partner in the Polish-Danish cultural organization Kultur(a), and wherever there is a piano, he will be there, eager to coax a melody from it.

Playlister

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My name is Bastian Zimmermann – would you like to see my playlist?

»Music like sex are means of communication, people come into contact and negotiate with each other and their instruments/tools and meet themselves in it.«

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My name is Sanne Krogh Groth – would you like to see my playlist?

»Music to me is… my work. I've landed in the best job in the world, where a core task is to discover new music, to learn its internal logic and aesthetics, who created it, and why.«

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My name is Liza Sirenko – would you like to see my playlist?

»Music is the fanciest way of communication and therefore the most delicious food for analysis. It is what prolongs your feeling for longer than you can physically hold.«

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Mit navn er Xavier Bonfill – vil du se min playliste?

»Musik for mig er det, der gør verden større. Det, der rummer utallige realiteter, skønheder og modsigelser. Noget, der foregår over tid, men som er tidløst.«

© Astrid Lemmike

Vi hedder Nausia – vil du se vores playliste?

»Musik for os er det umiddelbare. Der er noget dejligt over at dele det umiddelbare sammen med andre. Musik for os er universelt og uforklarlig.«

© Anthon Unger

Mit navn er Matias Seidelin – vil du se min playliste?

»Musik for mig er et afbræk fra en mere og mere vild verden, der lige nu kører på hyperspeed.«

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Mit navn er Mette Juul – vil du se min playliste?

»Musik er for mig livseliksir og en fundamental måde at udtrykke mig på.«

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Mit navn er Anna Juuliska Nykvist – vil du se min playliste?

»Musik er for mig den korteste afstand mellem mennesker, lige efter et smil.«

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Mit navn er Brian Nygaard – vil du se min playliste?

»Nærmest intet andet kan endelig få os til at holde kæft.«

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We are NEKO3 – would you like to see our playlist?

»Music is like an ancient mineral, containing a history of wisdom reaching over centuries, stratifying and evolving into new forms.«

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Mit navn er Trinelise Væring – vil du se min playliste?

»Jeg vil have levende mennesker, der river i nogle strenge, slår på noget skind og fortæller mig en historie der ligger dem på sinde.«

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Mit navn er Thomas Michelsen – vil du se min playliste?

»Jeg har heller aldrig lyd i ørerne, når jeg er udenfor. Jeg vil kunne høre lydene omkring mig.«