released November 28, 2022
‘Sange fra i dag’ by Aske Zidore & Anders Lauge Meldgaard, is a song cycle of nine variable songs, composed and recorded as non-linear progressions, which can only be experienced through an App for smart devices. The app is made to playback the systemic paths of the songs, and with each playback you can experience numerous variations.
The lyrics are based on poems by Ida Zidore, and unfolds relations between the language and life forms of economy, and lived human experience.
On the recordings, the songs are performed by singers from the Danish Boys' Choir (Det Danske Drengekor), accompanied by Nadia Okrusko (piano) and Adam Woer (flute).
Co-released with År & Dag.
Download it for free from Apple App Store and Google Play.
Composition/concept: Aske Zidore & Anders Lauge Meldgaard
Poems: Ida Zidore
Vocalists: Det Danske Drengekor
Choir leader: Emil Ritter
Piano: Nadia Okrusko
Flute: Adam Woer
Programming/systemdesign: Nils Iver Holtar & Aske Zidore
Graphics/UI design: Aske Zidore
System drawings: Wilfred Wagner
Info text: Pernille Zidore Nygaard
Portrait photo: Luca Berti
Photo of scraps: Fryd Frydendahl
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