Strøm, Abel Cathrines Gade 16, Copenhagen (2024)

19/12/2024

Aaaaand it’s a wrap for DJs All Access for this year. ⚡️

Today, we had this year’s last booking in our studio. 𝐖𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝟏𝟏𝟓 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝟔𝟐 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 (!), so we are thrilled to see that our initiative has been WARMLY received by you all. Lots and lots of new faces!

Thanx to everyone who booked a slot, felt the cosiness of our studio, enjoyed the access to the equipment and left their names and faces on our studio wall.

⚡️Watch this space for news about DJs All Access in 2025.

⚡️DJs All Access is an initiative by Strøm offering free studio time to DJs needing club standard DJ-equipment and a space to record and rehearse.

⚡️A massive thank you to Tuborgfondet whose support makes it possible for Strøm to create a space like this.

12/12/2024

During the past months we’ve had the pleasure of having interning at Strøm where he has blessed us with his technical, thoughtful and practical skills. Besides being a great team player and able to work under pressure, he is also a magnificent selector and DJ, so we’re thrilled to have him round off the year with this stylish mix.

HAKEEM’s loose, genre-bending style is a discovery journey into deep soulful sounds across the spectrum. His crate digging loot spawns the forgotten classic, the timeless nugget or that familiar break. Besides DJing, over the past few years HAKEEM has been active in the local Copenhagen scene by taking different roles at Kune Festival, In Situ, and Strøm, as well as Drift Radio and his former collective, Second Nature.

Read the interview and listen to the mix through the link i bio⚡️

05/12/2024

What you see here is pianist and composer August Rosenbaum, underground in Cisternerne, recording the sounds of a slowly disintegrating Görs & Kallmann piano.

The recordings of the dissolving piano will be a core element of ‘Opløsning’:

A three-hour audiovisual performance, taking place in Cisternerne on January 10th and 11th 2025 at 5-8 PM.

(Tickets and more info about ‘Opløsning’ via link in bio.)

“The humidity is an invisible force that works almost like a natural effect processor on the sounds of the piano,” August says.

“The mechanics have become cold and damp. The keys strike, but give a more percussive effect. The piano is turning into an amputated soundbox - which is also beautiful”.

These pics are from the recordings in Cisternerne in October 2024.

During ‘Opløsning’ by August Rosenbaum & visual artist Ea Verdoner, the audience can move about freely in Cisternerne and experience how the familiar musical instrument is transformed into a sonic sculpture in decay, presented through a multi-channel speaker system and staged as an audiovisual performance.

The performance is presented as a collaboration between and Strøm, and is supported by , the Lemvigh-Müller Foundation, , Augustinus Fonden, and

05/12/2024

What you see here is pianist and composer August Rosenbaum, underground in Cisternerne, recording the sounds of a slowly disintegrating Görs & Kallmann piano.

The recordings of the dissolving piano will be a core element of ‘Opløsning’:

A three-hour audiovisual performance, taking place in Cisternerne on January 10th and 11th 2025 at 5-8 PM.

(Tickets and more info about ‘Opløsning’: https://strm.dk/event/oploesning-an-audiovisual-performance-exploring-life-and-decay-in-a-subterranean-climate/)

“The humidity is an invisible force that works almost like a natural effect processor on the sounds of the piano,” August says.

“The mechanics have become cold and damp. The keys strike, but give a more percussive effect. The piano is turning into an amputated soundbox - which is also beautiful”.

These pics are from the recordings in Cisternerne in October 2024.

During ‘Opløsning’ by August Rosenbaum & visual artist Ea Verdoner, the audience can move about freely in Cisternerne and experience how the familiar musical instrument is transformed into a sonic sculpture in decay, presented through a multi-channel speaker system and staged as an audiovisual performance.

The performance is presented as a collaboration between Cisternerne and Strøm, and is supported by Statens Kunstfond the Lemvigh-Müller Foundation, Frederiksberg Fonden, Augustinus Fonden, and Arbejdernes Landsbank.

04/12/2024

“An electronic tribute to a Danish legend: An evening of sounds and longings”.

That’s the headline of the GAFFA review of the Else Marie Pade anniversary concert that took place at the beginning of this week, on Monday the 2nd of December in DR Koncerthuset.

One of Strøm’s contributions to the evening was finding, retrieving and restoring Else Marie Pade’s old original Lyrec tape recorder - and then ask her son Morten Pade to - live on stage - present and play Pade’s first electronic music piece ‘Syv Cirkler’ (1958).

This was the kickoff of the evening, and the Lyrec handled its return to the spotlight extremely well.

To retrieve the Lyrec, Frederik from Strøm had traveled across most of Denmark (from Nøddebo and Uggerløse to Søborg and Esbjerg) in search of the machine AND the right person to restore it to its former glory (A big thank you from Strøm to Kronborg Electronik!).

Just two days prior to the centennial celebration, the Lyrec was ready, and Frederik picked it up in the trunk of a car at the E47 motorway intersection in Brøndby. (Pic 2: Frederik and the Lyrec - just before the anniversary concert).

The ‘evening of sounds and longings’ continued like this:

Pic 3: The Dybfølt duo joined the Lyrec on stage.

Pic 4: Jazz singer Kira Martini joined the Dybfølt duo

Pic 5: Jakob Kirkegaard took us on a journey into our own hearing by playing twenty minutes of ‘Svævninger’ (his and Pade’s release from 2012)

Pic 6: Jakob Kullberg played ‘A Game for Cello’, accompanied by visuals inspired by video game graphics

Pic 7: Vokalensemblet Vigdis blew everyone away with some of Pade’s choral music

Pic 8: Everyone sang the traditional birthday song (the one with the instruments) – but with tape loops, ring modulators, and tone generators.

Pic 9: What a night. Thank you to everyone who joined.

(Pic 10: And Else Marie Pade watched the entire thing from the wall.)

All pics by Flemming Bo Jensen - (apart from Pic 2 by Erling Brodersen, GAFFA).

(We will link to the review in GAFFA in the comments.)

02/12/2024

Today is the day of the Else Marie Pade 100th anniversary concert at DR Koncerthuset.

If you want to dig a little deeper into Pade's sound universe, dive into Strøm's playlist 'Danske Lydrødder': A carefully curated selection of music made by the Danish pioneers of electronic music.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5hWDQQjmp2jJkVFExXidBB?si=d7eEFJ__QkC_Aw7Uy9M4KQ&pi=e-DrEnL_mmTM-7

Else Marie Pade's first purely electronic work 'Syv Cirkler' is featured, obviously, and the track will be played again tonight at DR Koncerthuset from her original Lyrec reel-to-reel tape recorder.

If you want to join us tonight, there are a few tickets left at https://strm.dk/event/anniversary-concert-else-marie-pade-100-years/

And for those of you who already have their tickets:
See you at 20.00!

30/11/2024

At the Else Marie Pade anniversary concert this upcoming Monday (Dec. 2nd) at DR Koncerthuset, sound artist and composer Jacob Kierkegaard will be playing parts of ‘Svævninger’ – his and Pade’s album from 2012. ⚡️

‘Svævninger’ investigates what we hear when sound waves collide.

For the album, Kirkegaard and Pade remixed some of Pade's very early sound experiments with some of Kirkegaard's recordings from his own inner ear, taking us on a journey into our own hearing.

Few tickets left at https://www.drkoncerthuset.dk/kalender/2024/else-marie-pade-100-aar/

At the anniversary concert, you will also

- hear the incredible story of how Pade was captured by the Gestapo during World War II and carved notes into the prison cell wall – through the music of the Dybfølt duo (photo 2) and jazz singer Kira Martini

- listen to Pade’s first purely electronic work ‘Cyv Cirkler’, played on her own original Lyrec reel-to-reel tape recorder (photo 3: The Lyrec and Pade's son Morten Pade)

- enjoy ‘A Game for Cello’ played by Jakob Kullberg, accompanied by visuals inspired by video game graphics

- rejoice in some of Pade’s choral music performed by Vokalensemblet Vigdis

- join in in the singing of the traditional birthday song (the one with the instruments) – but with tape loops, ring modulators, and tone generators.

The concert starts at 20.00. Tickets for 190 dkk.

Photo of Jakob Kirkegaard by Malthe Ivarsson

23/11/2024

Strøm and Musikforeningen Kapellet (the studio run by 2000F & Raske Penge) have started offering a week-long residency to electronic music producers - in their studio filled with all the vintage electronic instruments & studio equipment of your dreams.

Last week, producer Anton Friisgaard was the first to enjoy his residency at the location.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼?
“It has been truly special to have an entire week with access to all this gear. They are iconic instruments, many of which have shaped modern music history, each in their own way. And many of them are almost impossible to get hold of.

Each of the machines has its own little personality, so it's exciting to get to know them and learn what they're good at and what they struggle with. They have so much character.”

𝗪𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝘃𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲?
“The one I’ve probably played the most is the PPG Wave 2 (West Germany, 1981-82), which I believe is the first mass-produced digital synthesizer ever. When people talk about old synthesizers, they often mention how warm and organic their sound is – but this one sounds very non-human - almost misanthropic. Sometimes it doesn’t even sound like an instrument.”

“And I have to mention the Korg Prophecy (Japan, 1995). It has a really sophisticated way of emulating real instruments. It’s pretty wild how true-to-life it sounds. It’s also insanely corny. This silver-plastic-sci-fi-looking keyboard. You can really tell it was made for shredding. It encourages you to have fun with it. That’s very refreshing.”

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤’𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤?
“I have made a lot of improvisations, where I’ve ended up with some chord progressions that are now just fragments, waiting to be put together. I’ve focused on making a lot of raw recordings while I’ve been here without editing anything – and then time will tell how they will be used.”

I’ve also taken some sounds that I have been working on for a while and given them some new life by playing them through some old reverb modules and amplifiers. There are definitely some tracks that have come closer to being finished.”

𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧?
“A series of IR reverbs that I’ve created based on the studio’s Lexicon Model 200 reverb. These are made by playing a tone that sweeps from the lowest musical frequency to the highest, through the reverb. A program then converts this into a file that can be loaded into a computer, allowing you to use the Lexicon reverb digitally.”

21/11/2024

Premiering the 6th release by Copenhagen label BSP Bispebjerg, head honcho Daniel Savi (Savi DJ) and Frej Levin as Champagne Bruce created a fresh mix showcasing the debut album ‘Dancerecepten DKG Vol.1’ by Champagne Bruce himself.

Find the mix + interview in the comments🍾

Cheers! 🥂
pagnebruce bispebjerg

15/11/2024

The last leaves are falling, and the posters for OPLØSNING are up. 🍁

Join us in exactly eight weeks for an audiovisual performance deep underground: A piano dissolves in the darkness, and the sounds of the gradually decaying instrument turn into a new kind of beauty.

OPLØSNING by pianist August Rosenbaum & visual artist Ea Verdoner takes place on January 10-11, 2025, from 5-8 PM in Cisternerne. Tickets: https://strm.dk/event/oploesning-an-audiovisual-performance-exploring-life-and-decay-in-a-subterranean-climate/

Over five months, the piano has gradually dissolved in the former water reservoir.

“The mechanics have become cold and damp. The tension of the piano strings is disappearing, the wood is warped. The keys strike, but give a more percussive effect. The piano is turning into an amputated soundbox - which is also beautiful”, Rosenbaum says.

The piano’s transformation has been recorded, and the audience can move about freely in the three chambers of Cisternerne, experiencing both the natural and the processed sounds of the disintegrated piano, interweaving.

OPLØSNING is presented as a collaboration between Cisternerne and Strøm, and is supported by Statens Kunstfond, the Lemvigh-Müller Foundation, Frederiksbergfonden, Augustinus Fonden and Arbejdernes Landsbank.

12/11/2024

Here's a photo of Else Marie Pade and her Lyrec reel-to-reel tape recorder. On the second photo, you can see what the machines look like today - and a happy Frederik from Strøm at the end of the 'rescue-the-machines' pick-up adventure.

On December 2nd, you can hear Else Marie Pade’s first purely electronic work ‘Syv Cirkler’ played on stage from these very machines

- at the Else Marie Pade Anniversary Concert in DR Koncerthuset. Tickets here: https://www.drkoncerthuset.dk/kalender/2024/else-marie-pade-100-aar/

December 2nd is the exact date of the 100th anniversary of Else Marie Pade, and the concert will be a grand celebration of the grandmother of electronic music. ⚡️

Apart from experiencing 'Syv Cirkler' and the Lyrec machines in action, you can

- join in in the singing of the traditional birthday song (the one with the instruments) – but with tape loops, ring modulators, and tone generators.

- enjoy ‘A Game for Cello’ accompanied by visuals inspired by video game graphics

- hear the incredible story of how Pade was captured by the Gestapo during World War II and carved notes into the prison cell wall – through the music of the Dybfølt duo and jazz singer Kira Martini

- delight in parts of ‘Svævninger’, performed by sound artist and composer Jacob Kirkegaard (who created and released the piece in collaboration with Pade).

- rejoice in some of Pade’s choral music performed by Vokalensemblet Vigdis

The concert starts at 20.00.
Tickets for 190 dkk.

Join us for this time-traveling machines-and-music adventure!

08/11/2024

What happens to a piano submerged underground in the humidity of a former water reservoir?

“After a month, the instrument started to mold and fall apart. Now, I have to wear a mask and play directly on the strings, because the piano is disintegrating so fast”, pianist and composer August Rosenbaum says.

Rosenbaum has let a Görs & Kallmann piano gradually dissolve in the humidity of Cisternerne, playing on the slowly disintegrating instrument and recording the process.

The recordings of the dissolving piano will be a core element of OPLØSNING, a three-hour audiovisual performance, taking place underground in Cisternerne on January 10th and 11th 2025 at 5-8 PM.

Tickets: https://shop.frederiksbergmuseerne.dk/arrangementer/25-01-10-cis-oplosning-audiovisuel-performance/

Many concerts in Cisternerne have made use of its reverb of 17 seconds, but OPLØSNING will activate another quality of the water reservoir.

“The humidity is an invisible force that works almost like a natural effect processor on the sounds of the instrument. The mechanics have become cold and damp. The tension of the piano strings is disappearing, the wood is warped. The keys strike, but give a more percussive effect. The piano is turning into an amputated soundbox - which is also beautiful”, Rosenbaum says.

During OPLØSNING, the audience will experience how the familiar musical instrument is transformed into a sonic sculpture in decay, presented through a multi-channel speaker system and staged as an audiovisual performance, where music, video and performers interact with the subterranean architecture.

The audience can move about freely in the three chambers of Cisternerne, experiencing both the natural and the processed sounds of the disintegrated piano, interweaving.

This clip is from the recordings in Cisternerne in October 2024.

The performance is presented as a collaboration between Cisternerne and Strøm, and is supported by the Danish Arts Foundation, the Lemvigh-Müller Foundation, the Frederiksberg Foundation, Augustinus Fonden, and Arbejdernes Landsbank.

25/10/2024

This will happen only once! On December 2nd, on the exact date of the 100th anniversary of Else Marie Pade, join us for a grand celebration of the grandmother of electronic music - in DR Koncerthuset. ⚡️

This will be, amongst many other things, a unique opportunity to

- hear Else Marie Pade’s very first purely electronic work ‘Syv Cirkler’ – played on stage from her own original Lyrec reel-to-reel tape recorder

- join in in the singing of the traditional birthday song (the one with the instruments!) – but with tape loops, ring modulators, and tone generators.

- hear the incredible story of how Pade was captured by the Gestapo during World War II and carved notes into the prison cell wall – through the music of the Dybfølt duo and jazz singer Kira Martini

- enjoy ‘A Game for Cello’ accompanied by visuals inspired by video game graphics

- rejoice in some of Pade’s choral music performed by Vokalensemblet Vigdis

- delight in parts of ‘Svævninger’, performed by sound artist and composer Jacob Kirkegaard (who created and released the piece in collaboration with Pade)

All this in the marvellous surroundings of DR Koncerthuset.

The concert starts at 20.00. Tickets for 190 dkk right here: https://strm.dk/event/anniversary-concert-else-marie-pade-100-years/

We hope to see you!

25/10/2024

I går aftes fik Strøms direktør Frederik Birket-Smith Frederiksbergfondens Hæderspris 2024. Gigantisk velfortjent! ⚡️

”Prisen gives som anerkendelse af indsatsen for den elektroniske musik sammen med et virke som festivaldirektør, musikarrangør, producent og kulturledelse i bred forstand.”

På scenen fortalte Frederik blandt andet om det første technoarrangement, han var til, som blev holdt af Frederiksberg Kommune under Bispeengbuen – og han var BLOWN AWAY. Ikke bare over musikken, men også over forvandlingen af det byrum, som var lige nede i hans egen baghave.

Og det er det, det på mange måder har handlet om lige siden:

Gratis kultur. Fed musik. Store højtalere. Masser af bas. Og, som Frederik sagde fra scenen: ”At være der hvor folk er. Ikke sidde og vente”.

Og i vanlig 2000F-stil brugte Frederik også sin tale til at sende masser af kærlighed tilbage til Frederiksberg Kommune:

”En af de ting, jeg har oplevet fra Frederiksberg, er at blive mødt med stor kærlighed og interesse for nye ting. Mange tænker, at den her kommune måske er en lille smule konservativ og kedelig. Tværtimod. For mig har den været et guldskatkammer. Et guldæg, man kunne åbne, hvis man spurgte på den rette måde. Og ja, så er der blevet åbnet op for, at vi kunne arrangere en sjælden theremin-koncert på Cafe Intime. Eller koncerter i Cisternerne. Eller under Bispeengbuen. Eller i rådhusets klokketårn. Alle de steder, hvor I fx kan opleve Strøm er til stede.”

STORT TILLYKKE TIL FREDERIK! ⚡️
- og tak til Frederiksbergfonden for den stærke pris og for en storslået aften.

Aveny-T
Frederiksberg Kommune

24/10/2024

Dust Masta Hiss presents a luxurious selection of jazzy, flute influenced groovers

Aiming to showcase not only electronic music but also emphasizing the diversity within the Danish scene, the curated Strøm playlist features a new selector every month.

Deep in the crates we found Dust Masta Hiss – one of Copenhagen’s foremost record diggers with a passion for jazzfunk/ fusion, progressive, psychedelic rock, folk and library music. He is a part of the Copenhagen based DJ crew Super Bad Disco and has residency nights at the meatpacking district bar Mesteren & Lærlingen and at Søhesten.

Go to the link in bio to listen to the playlist and read the full interview to find out which record he would save if his house was on fire!

21/10/2024

Strøm Studio — DJs All Access

We’re launching our new programme DJs All Access and would like to invite you to the opening of the studio on Friday October 25th from 16.00-20.00.

DJs All Access is an initiative by Strøm offering free studio time to DJs needing club
standard DJ-equipment and a space to rehearse and record!

To kick things off, we would like to welcome you to come and see the studio, learn more about how the programme works and test the new DJ equipment. There’ll be drinks, snacks and friendly faces to welcome you.

Fore more info about DJs All Access, check out: https://strm.dk/djs-all-access/ ✨

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