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Roskilde 2017: More than something for The Weeknd
July 5, 2017 July 29, 2020 / Alan Kortbaek	/ Leave a comment
That's what you call a second act! (photo: Kayla Johnson
Original article written for The Copenhagen Post.
Canadian R&B act Abel Makkonen Tesfayese (aka The Weeknd) was always going to be one of Roskilde Festival's highlights in a music line-up that many festival-goers contend is void of veritable headliners this year.
This notwithstanding, there was some confusion as what to expect from the show – would it be a masterclass in Tesfayese's undeniable vocal prowess or would he wilt in the limelight?
Lukewarm start
Kicking things off later than expected, The Weeknd shook the partisan crowd to life with a performance of his flagship track, 'Starboy'.
A significant screen lag and palpable sound issues marred what was otherwise a befittingly bold opening. This was further diluted by the black and white screen projections against a dark, restless sky.
The lukewarm start dragged past the first few songs before a driven performance of 'party monster' changed the direction of the show.
Gone were the insipid black and white screens, duly replaced by rich colours and strong visuals. The sound still wasn't quite right though and several punters questioned whether what we were hearing was playback or a tone maestro at his recognisable best – pushing his tenor range to the maximum with some mind-blowing falsettos.
Midway through and any doubts as to what we were hearing were consigned to mere memory compliments of an epic rendition of 'Six Feet Under' – another of the monumental tunes off Tesfayese's 2016 album 'Starboy'.
Cementing his popularity with the crowd, The Weeknd then rolled out a bold performance of 'Low Life' (minus the grunts and barks of Atlanta rapper Future, who features heavily in the studio version).
Spellbinding magic
With the skies darkening and a crescent moon rising low over the trees around the Orange Stage, Tesfaye's show peaked into top gear, as club grooves such as 'Secrets' and the iconic 'Earned it', off the 'Fifty Shades of Grey' soundtrack, worked a powerful, spellbinding magic on the indefatigable crowd.
A reminder of The Weeknd's local popularity came towards the end as his popular party anthem 'Can't feel my face' received unanimous backing from the crowd, who sang along for its entirety.
The Weekend came, saw and conquered Roskilde Festival 2017. If Tesfaye arrived as a Starboy, he left as a legend, carried by cheers for what was quite possibly the biggest crowd this reviewer has seen at the Orange Stage in his eight years at the event.
Roskilde Festival 2017 A-Z day one
June 26, 2017 January 17, 2020 / Alan Kortbaek	/ Leave a comment
Another year, another Roskilde Festival (my 8th one to be precise). Here are my shots from the first day of the event, along with a few general observations. #Rf17 seems to be a lot more formal but that doesn't neccessarily mean it's better organised. It's early on but I have yet to figure this festival out (or I have grown old).
A- Authorities
Rescue services are in full force, which is reassuring for us merrymakers
B – Beer bowling
Beer bowling – a national sport at Roskilde, comme tojours.
C – Can collectors
Can collectors from far and wide
D – Delights
Delights – of the (charming) culinary sort – lots of em!
E – Epic Sax Guy
We found him!
F – Foxes
Where there's foliage there's foxes – this one was sat by the train tracks in Roskilde West
G – Gadgets
Gadgets & gizmos galore – Fatboys and fidget spinners are killin' it at Rf17
H – Happy times
Keep em coming 😉
I – Illimatic fashion
Rf17 is hip ville 2.0
J – Jams
Traffic jams, music jams, people jams (like this one on the bridge over to Roskilde West)
K – Kicks
Some stand out more than others
L – Loopey slogans
You can thank Trump for them later
M – Mobile phones
There are mobiles galore and I am also guilty of reaching into my pocket for mine a bit too often
N – Nosh
Nosh – lots of it, mostly organic
O – Old Gees
It's a festival for the young and old but young at heart
P – Police
There is a heightened police presence this year. I saw police with M16 rifles ( a first), plain clothes police with labradors and police cars driving around
Q – Questions
R – Rubbish!
One (wo) man's treasure, another (wo) man's trash
S – Skate
The skatepark is less flamboyant this year. Last year's festival saw Red Bull host a range of engaging activities in my favourite corner of Roskilde West. This year, not much is happening there, though Game Denmark have taken ownership of most of the sporting activities in the rest of the area.
T – Tunnel
The tunnel at Roskilde station – blissful at this moment in time but typically jam-packed
U – Urine
Urine – urine everywhere (but there are more toilets and urinals around)
V – Vans – They are off the wall and über alles
W – Woodstock
Woodstock and Roskilde – not that many parallels but you will find the Woodstock Hummel bus parked in Roskilde West
X – X marks the spot
We all love setting crosses by the names we'd like to see on stage
Y – YOLO
You really do only live once at Roskilde. Cheesy? – it's Y, give me a break!
Z – Zzz
Beauty sleep – get lots of it at RF17!
See you out there for more action from the music days from Wednesday onwards. Which bands are on your hit list this year? Here's a list of my favourites from last year. For more Roskilde Festival pictures, check out my 2015 photo roundup
Capital Fluxus at CPH Dox Awards Ceremony
March 26, 2017 July 29, 2020 / Alan Kortbaek	/ Leave a comment
Pics from Capital Fluxus' performance at CPH Dox's Awards Ceremony – held at Charlottenborg Palace, Copenhagen.
As Copenhagen Dox, the city's largest documentary film festival made its return after a one and a half year hiatus, Capital Fluxus marked their musical versatility with a performance at the festival's awards ceremony.
Who are Capital Fluxus?
"Capital Fluxus are well on their way to becoming one of Europe's most interesting hip hop acts – and well, honestly, they already are." "They respect the basics of hip hop and urban music, and additionally try to shake things up by tossing some actual art into the mix."
And here's a their latest video:
CAPITAL FLUXUS – NOL & SOL from Jacob Schill on Vimeo.
In Search of The Human Scale: Cities That Move at 5 km/h, instead of at 60 km/h
September 25, 2016 July 29, 2020 / Alan Kortbaek	/ Leave a comment
Original article published for The Danish Architecture Centre.
The history of global architecture is replete with examples of monumental constructions. As a civilisation, we often tend to be endeared by that which is mammoth, gargantuan and high-rise; we are a society driven by affection towards that which manifests itself on a grand scale. This is true of the Pyramids of Giza as it is for today's vast, unending skyscraper skylines of Dubai, New York, Hong Kong and Tokyo.
However, whilst the architectural feats required to raise grand structures such as skyscrapers several hundred feet above ground warrant adulation, there are many who argue that there is an essential element that is often omitted from narratives of this sort. In hisTED talk held at Copenhagen's Black Diamond Library in November last year, Danish architect Jan Gehl discussed the need for pedestrian-driven cities that put people at the centre of the town planning narrative. The TED talk reflects some of the construction philosophies that have been at the heart of Jan Gehl's work over the last forty years.
Jan Gehl at TEDxKEA. TEDxKEA Credit: Daniela De Lorenzo 2015
According to Gehl, one of the most important elements in the construction of habitats for humanity is what he calls, the human scale – the construction of structures and habitats with humans at the centre of the narrative. Now, whilst this may seem like a given, Gehl argues that modernist (post 1960) architecture and town planning has in fact, eliminated the human scale from the equation, in its bid to build for the modern man.
If we look at the cities before 1960, they were built in small instalments – typically around two building blocks- the street and the square."/Jan Gehl
These buildings blocks were based on the movement of the feet in the case of the street and the eye in the case of the square. In other words, the old cities were built for and took their departure in, the body. However, with the expansion of the world and the compatibility between mass production and modernism, the human, scale and in essence the way in which people moved on streets and within squares was forgotten.
For Gehl, what followed was a series of cities and construction projects that looked spectacular from the air but lacked essential functionality at the street level. Combined with the increasing role of the car in society, what followed was a prioritization of vehicle transport over people and pedestrians. Gehl had other plans for his city planning endeavours, however.
It is needless to say that Gehl is most well known for his groundbreaking work on Copenhagen's pedestrian street, Strøget. At 1.1 km in length, this is Europe's second longest pedestrian streets after Bordeaux's Rue Sainte-Catherine and a major tourist attraction. Strøget's development was also a cornerstone for Copenhagen's prioritization of bike and pedestrian traffic. However, whilst the street is revered today, this wasn't always the case. Rioting motorists and death threats to the mayor of Copenhagen in 1962, Alfred Wassard, at the time the idea of a pedestrian-free street was conceived, threatened to derail the project entirely.
None of the cities had any knowledge about how their cities were being used by people but they knew everything about how the traffic used the city…. This gave a fantastic imbalance"
/Jan Gehl, TEDxKEA
Copenhagen's pedestrian street in the early 1960´s. Credit: Københavns Stadsarkiv
Gehl was responsible for making recommendations to the mayor at the time, and started studying Strøget in 1962. Upon his recommendations, the street was pedestrianized the very same year on a trial basis. In 1964, this was made permanent. Removing car traffic from this area of the city was a priority in Gehl's planning narrative at the time. However, Gehl's subsequent policies and practicies have also had other focus areas embedded within their narratives (such as encouraging the use of bikes)
Copenhagen's pedestrian street, Strøget, today. Credit: Visit Denmark 2015
Gehl's Influence Globally
Strøget founded the basis of Copenhagen's pedestrian-friendly city planning policies, as we know them today. However, Gehl's influence on humanistic planning also extends to the planning policies of other nations.
For instance, in 2007, Gehl was influential in re-mapping New York's streets in a more pedestrian-friendly manner. Through his advice to the department of transportation, numerous city planning policies in the area have been made in in the interest of pedestrian-friendly urban architecture. Similarly, Gehl's work has also been influential in Australia and New Zealand, where he has prepared public life studies for the city centres of Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide, Sydney, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Hobart.
Times Square, pedestrian plaza pre Gehl intervention. Credit: Gehl Architechts, 2010
Times Square, pedestrian plaza postGehl intervention. Credit Gehl Architechts, 2013
Today, the town planning policies of numerous cities the world over are increasingly concerned with placing pedestrians at the centre of the architectural narrative. This is nothing new in the history of construction, as pre 60´s architectural traditions dictate, so essentially, what is needed, according to Gehl, is a return to some of the architectural paradigms that defined the way we built cities in the past. This, he argues, creates intimacy and interaction; it creates a human scale that places people at the epicentre of the city and the life around it.
'There's good money to be made here'
Original article written for The Local Denmark, available here
The hundreds of can and bottle collectors who come to Roskilde each year can take home a lot of cash, but there can often be a high price to pay.
With over one million litres of beer consumed at your average Roskilde Festival, the mess from empty cans and bottles left behind is an issue that draws attention every year. Yet the revenue that can be generated by collecting and recycling the receptacles is significant, thanks to the Danish deposit system.
That promise of money literally being tossed on the ground draws hundreds of can collectors – many from Africa and the Roma community – to the festival each year. It's estimated that a single collector can make up to 60,000 kroner in deposit money over the course of the full eight days.
Yet the life of a can collector, whilst well-paid and tax free, is anything but comfortable. Amongst the maddening crowds and mosh pit frenzies they bend, laden with plastic bags filled with empty soda and beer containers. Theirs is a life amongst an underclass in an world whose rules are far from fairly regulated.
Invariably, their work is not without racist abuse from time to time. Yet despite the grumblings of some festival guests, these collectors keep the Roskilde grounds and their environs far cleaner than they otherwise would be.
Like many a festival-goer, I will admit that it can be annoying to have bags of dripping beer spilled on one's clothes whilst enjoying a good show or relaxing on the camping grounds. And the pressure of having a can collector waiting anxiously for one to down their beverage does create some frustration. All the same, the mess from all the merrymaking needs to be cleaned by someone at some point.
Meet Peter from Nigeria
In an attempt to understand the world of can collection, I spent some time with Peter, a bottle collector from Nigeria, who collected cans at Roskilde for the first time this year. I followed him around the camping grounds for a short while, as he introduced me to his working routine and shared some of his thoughts on the nature of his work.
"The festival is amazing but at the same time I'm working a lot, sometimes up to fifteen hours a day," he said. "There's good money to be made here but you have to work a lot for it."
"What is the most difficult part of your job?"
"Sometimes when you approach people – I can't call them clients because we're not selling, you know – some are aggressive. This is normal, somehow we are inferior to them. We have to be strong so we don't feel the impact of this."
"There is also the fact that we have to return a maximum of 50 pieces per empty sack. When you're out collecting, you don't have time to think about this so you have to sort thing out a lot afterwards."
I shadow Peter for a short while as he makes his rounds in the Roskilde Festival West camping area. On this brief journey, we manage to gather a few isolated cans and the odd bottle. The camping area is at its quietest, so this is fairly straightforward and without trouble. Peter remarks that this is not always the case, however, stating that it is obviously more difficult to collect cans when the party is in full swing.
Collectors get their own VIP lounge
So the life of a can collector, at least from Peter's perspective, is not without its challenges, even though, as he contends, there is good money to be made.
This year, Roskilde attempted to mitigate some of the challenges posed by the can collection process. I took a look at one of them, the VIP can collector lounge in the Art Zone. A product of the well-known artistic group Superflex, the Flagship Shelters/Bottle Collectors VIP project features several shelters made on designs based on the flagship stores of major fashion brands such as Prada and Miu Miu.
The shelters are made from cheaper materials and downscaled from the original extravagant designs, in an aim to create a discourse on matters of consumption, social injustice and resource prioritization. The area is well staffed and frequented by many a bottle collector though the main lounge area does have more tired festival-goers than bottle collectors lying around.
On the surface, some of the issues of can collection are indeed raised by this installation. However, most of the festival-goers I met here seemed comfortably unaware of what it was and the palpable gap between can collectors and Roskilde festival's guests was still painfully apparent.
This is not to say that the efforts of the festival should not be credited. Compared to previous years, Roskilde has indeed made significant attempts to address the issue of can collection, for example by ensuring that refund points are well staffed and that the process is more regulated. The issue is indeed in focus, but can more be done to address the fundamental problem areas?
Throughout the eight-day party, the guests and the collectors complete a symbiosis as can after can is opened, drank, disposed of, collected and returned.
While Roskilde's 100,000-plus crowd kept the good times rolling, can collectors like Peter continued to earn their keep beneath their dancing feet.
The best concerts of Roskilde Festival 2016
It was tough to pare it down, but our team has made their picks for the best concerts from this year's Roskilde Festival.
Befitting the diversity of the line-up, there are precious few overlaps in our three writers' picks for the best concerts at this year's Roskilde Festival. Performances from all six stages and on all four of the festival's main musical days made the cut.
From legendary acts to Colombian experimental rock and UK grime – and just about everything in between – here are our selections for the best performances.
Justin Cremer's top five picks
1. Neil Young + Promise of the Real (Orange, Friday)
From the opening keys of 'After the Gold Rush' through the 30-minute extended jam encore performance of 'Love and Only Love', Neil Young put on a commanding, thunderous performance. Mixing old favourites like 'Alabama', 'Words' and 'Unknown Legend' with newer tracks like 'Mother Earth', Young and his excellent backing band Promise of the Real put on a show that was quite possibly the best I've witnessed on the legendary Orange stage.
2. Kvelertak (Avalon, Thursday)
There were an estimated 7,000 Norwegians at this year's festival and at times during this Stavanger band's wild and raucous late night set, it felt like I was surrounded by all of them. This was without a doubt the highest energy interaction between band and audience that I had the pleasure of being a part of.
3. Savages (Avalon, Thursday)
When I saw Savages play the Pavillion stage in 2013, it was one of that year's most pleasant surprises. Three years later and on the larger Avalon stage, the London-based quartet blew me away again with their mix of attitude, sexiness and intensity.
4. Sleep (Avalon, Wednesday)
The midnight set from doom pioneers Sleep was near the top of my list going into Roskilde, and it certainly did not disappoint. This was an absolutely hypnotizing set that provided the perfect ending to the festival's opening night.
5. Gojira (Arena, Saturday)
I had heard good things about this French prog/technical metal band's live performances for years and now I know why. Even though the band apologized several times for being a bit "rusty", their Saturday evening set was a blistering display of tight musicianship and crunching grooves. The band might not have felt like they had delivered their best, but for me Gojira lived up to the hype.
Chris Manion's top five picks:
I sceptically joined a group to see the band Sleep with no prior knowledge of them or 'stoner doom metal'. As soon as we were about 50 metres from the show, I could sense perfect harmony between the music and the audience. It was this symbiotic relationship that some artists simply failed to capture in the same enigmatic style. The music was expressing a shared feeling, a collectiveness, and that is what Roskilde Festival is essentially about, being together for the love of music.
The 70-year-old Canadian legend delivered a breathtakingly energetic performance. The show progressed from heartfelt renderings of classics such as 'Heart of Gold' to a full throttle rock'n'roll experience like no other.
3. MØ (Orange, Saturday)
The Danish international star came to the Orange stage on the final evening of Roskilde 2016. There were many festival-goers looking defeated and deflated, a tough crowd to bring alive. As soon as MØ came to the stage, it all changed. She brought a passion and energy that could not be topped by many other artists in the world.
4. Courtney Barnett (Avalon, Thursday)
A first-time Roskilde Festival experience for the young Australian singer-songwriter and she did not disappoint. She gave festival-goers a powerfully sincere performance. Many times throughout the show, you could see that this was still a 28-year-old playing songs that openly confess her deepest fears and regrets. That humility gave the performance a beautifully personal touch.
5. Mac DeMarco (Arena, Friday)
The cheeky Canadian up-and-coming star strutted on the stage with unabashed confidence, and then looked at the audience like a naughty schoolboy and gave his famous gap toothed smile. From then on, it was a fun, energetic and charismatic performance.
Allan Mutuku-Kortbæk's top five picks
1. House of Pain (Orange, Thursday)
The guys that brought us the legendary 'Jump Around' tune rocked the Orange stage to its core during their Thursday afternoon performance. Who would have thought that a hip-hop mainstay such as this would play Johnny Cash's 'Walk The Line' in their set? Schoolboy Q and Young Thug should take notes from these OGs.
2. Tame Impala (Arena, Friday)
Australians Tame Impala are a class act and have grown in presence and stature since their previous appearance at Roskilde a few years ago. Backing their performance with an impeccable light show and a ton of confetti, they were simply insurmountable on the Arena stage.
3. Los Pirañas (Gloria, Saturday)
Colombia's Los Pirañas churned out an endearing stream of psychedelic rock fused with South American influences that blew the roof off the intimate Gloria stage. Hats off to the stage crew for outfitting the stage with an epic light show to match an assured performance.
4. Tenacious D (Orange, Thursday)
Honestly, I'm not a Jack Black fan and even after his momentous performance at Orange, I still have my doubts about the man's sanity. Credit is due to him, however, for providing a fun and at times mesmerising show amidst the rain. Where others would have stumbled, Tenacious D were sure-footed, weird and even wonderful.
5. Elf Kid (Apollo, Saturday)
Grime's renaissance was reflected in Roskilde's bookings this year. Of those on the billing, South London's Elf Kid was, for me, the most impressive of the lot. Backed by his DJ, the kid spat out one lyric after another before getting bare-chested in the early Saturday afternoon chill, encouraging everyone to banish their hangovers to mere memory.
New Danish festival: Music, art and talks in castle setting
June 8, 2016 January 18, 2020 / Alan Kortbaek	/ Leave a comment
Original article written for The Local, available here
Heartland Festival, the latest entry on Denmark's long list of summer festivals, will debut this weekend on the island of Funen. Picture, Heartland Festival
The Heartland Festival is hoping to carve out a niche in the busy festival month of June by combining a short but unique music line-up with world-renowned artists, high-level talks and a focus on Danish cuisine.
And the whole thing will be done in the fairytale setting of the well-known tourist beacon Egeskov Castle.
"Our ambition with Heartland is to challenge exciting perception of what a festival experience can be by offering playful formats, multiple art scenes, instant fun and long-lasting substance. With a strong line-up of artists, a beautiful renaissance castle and new ways of experiencing music, arts, literature and food, I cannot wait to present the new Heartland Festival to the world," festival director Ulrik Ørum-Petersen said.
Unlike the majority of festivals on the calendar, Heartland guns for a more holistic festival experience that involves immersion in the central elements of music, art, food and conversations.
To this end, some of the names on the music billing include Mark Ronson, The Flaming Lips, Michael Kiwanuka, Mikael Simpson, Kvamie Liv and Sun Kil Moon.
Talks from Brian Eno, performance artist Marina Abramovic and Danish 'starchitect' Bjarke Ingels will also take place during the two-day event.
On the food front, Heartland have planned a culinary programme that is designed to stand out from other festivals, featuring, amongst others, top chefs such as Per Hallundbaek.
Danish focus with international roots
With a predicted attendance of 6,000, Heartland is not an event targeting the average festival-goer, aiming instead for a more culturally aware audience.
"Heartland Festival is an entirely new festival approach, that does not resemble any of the other festivals that we know in Denmark, but that has had success in other countries such as England and Holland," Ørum Petersen said.
When: Friday, June 10th – Saturday, June 11th
Where: Egeskov Castle, Kværndrup, Southern Funen
Price: 955 kroner for both days, 655 kroner for one
Accommodation: Guests can camp in their own tent or choose a pre-pitched option. Local hotels, bed and breakfasts and holiday homes are also available (at a separate cost).
Key Names: Mark Ronson, Michael Kiwanuka, Blaue Blume, The Flaming Lips, Mikael Simpson, Anne Linnet, Whomadewho, Brian Eno, Bjarke Ingels, Marina Abramovic.
Transport: Trains to Kværndrup Station run from Odense's central station. Free shuttle buses to and from Kværndrup.
More information is available on the festival's website.
Carl Prisen 2016
April 20, 2016 January 18, 2020 / Alan Kortbaek	/ Leave a comment
Carl Prisen 2016, A showcase of Danish Music
In a year in which both Lukas Graham and Mø have made headlines abroad with top ten hits that have taken Danish music to an international audience, it comes as no surprise that both of the aforementioned artists were richly rewarded at the annual Carl Prize, held at Carlsberg's iconic "Jacobsen" brewery. Whilst few Danish musicians have broken the threshold of international stardom, there are encouraging signs that this may be about to change.
Christiania-born and bred Lukas Graham raked in the accolade for the composition of the year within the category of pop for the songs on his eponymous album. The chart topper '7 years,' on the same album, also won the prize for the song of the year. For her part, Mø went home with an unsurprising reward for the most streamed song of the year, 'Lean on' which was made in collaboration with American producer, Major Lazer and has over 1.3 billion views on YouTube. The Sony signed starlet also pocketed the honour of International success of the year, due in no small part, no doubt, to the overpowering global reach of 'Lean on.'
Now in its fourth year, The Carl Prize aims to reward the efforts of songwriters and composers and features 12 different prizes, ranging from the classical composer of the year to the upcoming talent of the year. Hosted by the hirsute children's entertainment figure, Mikkel Lomborg and singer Pernille Rosendahl, the awards ceremony drew over 200 participants to the rustic confines of the Jacobsen brewery on Monday.
A full list of all winners follows below:
Cash prizes of 30´000 Kroner for the talent of the year: Rock band, The Kikos and classical composer, Per Nørgård (who gave the award to Cellist Jakob Kullberg)
The honour award: Per Nørgård (who received a standing ovation for his efforts within classical music composition over the years)
Classic Composer of the year: Grand Ensemble: Sunleif Rasmussen for "Symphony Number 2, The Earth Anew."
Classical Composer of the year: Small Ensemble: Karsten Fundal & Efterklang for the opera "Leaves – The Colour of Falling."
Composer of the year – film score: Jonas Struck for his score to the film "Idealisten" (The Idealist.)
Composer of the year: Children's music: Stine Michel for the songs in the theatre play "The Light and The Spider of Luck."
Composer of the year – Roots: Rune Thorsteinsson for the songs on the album "Global Compositions."
Composer of the year – Jazz: Jakob Bro for the works on the album "Gefion."
Composer of the year – Pop: Lukas Forchhammer, Stefan Forrest, Morten Ristorp, Morten Pilegaard (Lukas Graham) for the songs on the album "Lukas Graham (Blue album.)
Composer of the year – Rock: Jonas Schmidt, Robert Jensen Buhl, Søren Jensen Buhl, Peter Bøgvad Hansen (Blaue Blume) for the songs on the album "Syzygy."
Most played song of the year (Airplay + Streaming)
Karen Marie Ørsted (Mø) for "Lean On" which has over 1.3 Billion views on YouTube.
Talent of the year (Including a check of 30´000 Kroner):
The Kikos
Songwriter of the year:
Marie Key for the texts to the songs on the albums Do You Think We Should Dance?
International success of the year:
Karen Marie Ørsted (Mø)
"7 Years" Morten Pilegaard, David James Labrel, Christopher Stephen Brown, Lukas Forchhammer, Stefan Forrest and Morten Ristorp Jensen.
Pictures by Allan Kortbaek
The best Danish bands you've (maybe) never heard of
April 7, 2016 January 18, 2020 / Alan Kortbaek	/ Leave a comment
Original article co-written with Christopher Manion for The Local Denmark, available here
Denmark may not be widely accepted as the musical centre of the world, but there is a banquet of exquiste and groundbreaking Danish music awaiting your ears if you listen just a little harder.
Denmark's Lukas Graham tops iTunes, is Billboard next? (29 Mar 16)
The best album ever recorded in Denmark just turned 30 (03 Mar 16)
Bruce Springsteen gig confirmed in Denmark (17 Feb 16)
Danish artist MØ to sing at Nobel Prize concert (02 Dec 15)
Lukas Graham's steady climb up the international music charts ('7 Years' as at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 for the second week running) may be putting Denmark on the global music map but the country is still arguably not known as a hotbed of fantastic musical acts.
Asked about Danish music, most people outside of the country might only be able to offer up 'Barbie Girl' or one-fourth of Metallica as examples, but there is in fact an exceptional feast of incredible Danish sounds that has seemingly evaded many people's musical radar.
Here, in no particular order, is a little sample of some fantastic talent coming out of the crooks and crannies of Denmark.
1. Iceage
The Copenhagen band, formed in 2008, has captured that energetic youthful abandon with their unique punk-rock/noise-rock/post-hard-core sound. Iceage's first album 'New Brigade', released in 2011, was a ragged hack and slash punk album that encapsulated that adolescent 'screw it' attitude. But, like many seminal 90s post-punk/shoe-gaze bands like Sonic Youth and Pavement, Iceage honed in on a unique well-constructed sound on their 2014 album 'Plowing into a Field of Love'. If Iceage's albums leave you lusting after more of singer Elias Bender Rønnenfelt's whisky and Marlboro infused vocals, check out his side project 'Marching Church'. Fans of Nirvana, Joy Division and Sonic Youth will certainly be in for a Danish treat with this Copenhagen band.
2. Under Byen
One of the things Denmark is widely known for are the 'Scandinavian Noir' crime dramas such as 'Broen' (The Bridge) and 'Forbrydelsen' (The Killing). The dark, melancholic undercurrents that have become so synonymous with Danish drama are gloriously exuded by the Aarhus-band Under Byen (Below the City). Aarhus locals Katrine Stochholm and Henriette Sennenvaldt formed the experimental post-rock band back in 1995 and by 2003 former senior editor of Rolling Stone David Fricke had called them the best band in the world. Though the statement is contestable, Under Byen certainly have a unique atmospheric, sleek and intelligent sound that encapsulates those long Scandinavian winters succinctly.
3) Manus Nigra
The trio from Aarhus effortlessly blend a variety of musical genres to create a multi-layered soundscape. The band released their first self-titled album in 2015 and the hip-hop/trip hop/soul trio have slowly been making waves in the Danish music scene. Manus Nigra's unique sound comes from the combination of lead vocalist Fönix's classical training, melded seamlessly with freestyle veteran Ham Den Lange and producer DJ Swab bringing plethora of knowledge from more than 15 years' experience in the music industry.
4. Felix De Luca
Depending on who you ask, Felix Da Luca is one of the most on-form rappers in Denmark at the moment. De Luca raps in English with a style that would be at home on the mammoth American hip-hop market. His latest release 'Valentine' encapsulates all the elements of Felix De Luca, with its spooky, teasing groove and rapid-fire lyrics.
5. Myrkur
Myrkur (Icelandic for darkness) is an atmospheric black metal project that sounds like a chariot ride to hell on a carriage drawn by swans. A love-her-or-loathe-her polarizing figure within the metal scene, Myrkur is the handiwork of Amalie Bruun (known for her modelling work in productions like Martin Scorsese's Bleu De Chanel ad), Myrkur is dark, ethereal and compelling all at once.
6. Communions
Combining the fast paced energy of 70s punk with modern indie to create a sound that will resonate with fans of the post punk revival, Communions; first studio release 'Cobblestones' came out in 2014 and began the ball rolling for the Danish band who are now gaining recognition from the likes of music media giants Pitchfork and NME. The momentum has yet to subside as their new EP 'Out Of My World', released June 2015, received universal praise for the merging of indie-pop sensibilities with a sprinkling of punk rawness. Communions is most certainly a band to keep an eye and an ear on so you can be that person at a dinner party saying "I heard them before they were famous", you little hipster.
7. Piss Vortex
With a name like that what is not to love about this Copenhagen grindcore band?! The name may create a mental image of a bottomless abyss of urine, but the four-piece have incorporated furious sounds with a subtle undercurrent of jazz composition to create a remarkably unique sound. Admittedly Piss Vortex's visceral and aggressive sound may not be every single person's cup of chai, but they were able to grab the attention of influential metal site Metal Sucks after releasing just two songs. If you are partial to fast-paced and aggressive music, don't flush these guys away without a listen.
8. Suspekt
This hip-hop trio from Albertslund, just west of Copenhagen, have been making waves in the Danish music scene since their beginnings in 1999, culminating with a festival-closing performance on Roskilde's Orange stage last summer. Suspekt's explicit raps have sometimes earned them the 'horrorcore' label and their Danish-language rhymes aren't your mainstream 'hey mum you'll love this song' kind of music, but the group puts a unique take on a somewhat tired genre.
9. LSD on CIA
The humoursly-named LSA on CIA provide hedonistic thrash rock that is quickly gaining widespread European popularity. Their sophomore album, 'Celestial Bodies' has only just hit the shelves and is a work to behold. Watch out for the melodic mind-blowing efforts of Piotr Fronek, Troels Dankert and Mikkel Konyhe.
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10. Mont Oliver
A rarity amongst rarities, Mont Oliver's music has shrewdly dodged appearing on Spotify so you'll have to comb the net a bit more profoundly if you fancy a quick listen. The trio has a sound that borrows bits and pieces from pop, hip-hop, soul and indie and they've quickly built a name for themselves in Denmark and piqued interest from abroad.
This list of the best Denmark has to offer musically was compiled by Christopher Manion and Allan Mutuku-Kortbæk.
From Abandoned Train Sheds to Street Sport Mekka's
March 17, 2016 January 18, 2020 / Alan Kortbaek	/ Leave a comment
Original article written for The Danish Architechture Centre (Arcspace), available here
Once a greasy, dusty train shed that belonged to Denmark's national rail company, DSB, GAME Streetmekka Esbjerg represents the matrimony of raw, edgy street culture with disused architecture. Street culture, as the name suggests, tends to rely on the narrative and aesthetics of urban landscapes. Disused, semi-derelict architecture, such as an abandoned train shed, is an ideal environment within which street culture can flourish.
A partnership between Esbjerg Kommune, Realdania, TrygFonden, Nordea-fonden and GAME Denmark, the building is the first of three such-like facilities that planned for construction in various towns around Denmark. GAME Streetmekka Esbjerg, located on the west coast of Denmark, opened its doors at the start of January 2016, following many months of construction and planning.
Street Basketball and Street Football courts. Streetmekka Esbjerg, Effekt Architects @ Game Denmark
Focus on The Youth
GAME Denmark is an NGO that has focused on giving children of all backgrounds access to sport through activities such as street football, parkour, and street basketball. "We Love Asphalt" is the maxim that the organization operates by – using tough, asphalted urban terrains as a backdrop for creating equal access to sports for all.
The industrial confines of the former train sheds form the backdrop for an architectural narrative that does away with elaborate structures and creates democratized spaces that can be occupied by youth culture. In this manner, the existing aesthetic with its rough, unbridled qualities are given a new lease of life under an architectural narrative that is conducive to playfulness and flexibility.
Skate bowls render. Streetmekka Esbjerg, Effekt Architects @ Game Denmark
Skate bowls. Streetmekka Esbjerg, Effekt Architects @ Game Denmark
A Space to Hang Out
EFFEKT Architects, the designers behind GAME Streetmekka Esbjerg focused on creating plenty of strategically placed hang-out options within a brief that "keeps the existing building as a rough, industrial shell with great connectivity between the exterior and interior." For their part, GAME Denmark describes the venture as the perfect place to meet and play street sports on asphalt.
The facility opens up towards the street and lowers the threshold to sports with its big gates and low entrance fees […]After the first week of usage we've had more than 2,000 young people through the doors"/Simon Prahm, GAME director.
Access to sport for the youth. Streetmekka Esbjerg, Effekt Architects @ Game Denmark
At a time of major criticism towards sporting venues built specifically for events such as the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, initiatives such as the GAME Streetmekka project are a prominent reminder of the fact that it is possible to re-use and indeed re-invent existing urban spaces. Such spaces have the potential to transform ragged confines in a state of disrepair to pulsating areas that are accessible to a broad economic demographic, who interact with them in a manner that creates a vibrant, active culture. In such a way, the aesthetic appeal of the raw urban space is preserved and reinterpreted through the expression of street sports. In the coming years, GAME hopes to establish similar street sports facilities in other countries around the globe with the goal of helping more children and youth through sport.


The Mandolin Bridge will play from 8 to 11 p.m. Mandolin Bridge performs a wide variety of music including '50s, '60s, '70s, classic rock, country, blues and more.
The band is comprised of Jan House, lead guitar and vocals; Robin House, mandolin, acoustic guitar, harmonica and vocals; Mike Willis, bass guitar and vocals; and Joe Clooney, drums and vocals.
This popular four-piece group from Lebanon will provide the music for guests' dancing and listening pleasure.
The dance is open to the public, singles 21 and older. Admission is $6.
For more information, call or text Phyllis at 937-901-3969.


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Paramount Gives Antoine Fuqua's Sci-Fi Flick 'Infinite' Starring Chris Evans A New August 2020 Release Date and Moves 'Coming 2 America' To December 2020
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Variety reports that Paramount Pictures has shifted some release dates to give the Chris Evans science fiction film Infinite a prime summer slot on August 7th, 2020. The film directed by Antoine Fuqua (The Equalizer, Training Day) is based on D. Eric Maikranz's novel The Reincarnationist Papers.
The novel revolves around Evan Michaels (Evans), a man who was haunted by memories of two past lives and stumbles upon a centuries-old secret society of similar individuals who make up the Cognomina (aka The Infinite), a secret society of people who possess total recall of their past lives and whose members have been agents of change throughout history. He seeks to join their ranks.
Haunted by memories of two past lives, a troubled young man struggles to survive on LA's seamy underbelly. Recounted in three notebooks, Evan Michaels details the loneliness of his unique existence, his discovery of another like him and his eventual acceptance into the secret Cognomina.
The new release date comes as the studio moves the Coming To America sequel Coming 2 America starring Eddie Murphy and directed by Craig Brewer from that August date to December 18th, 2020 as 20th Century Fox has delayed the release of Avatar 2, that previously held that prime holiday spot.
Evans had been previously attached to star in Neill Blomkamp's Greenland before the actor and director exited the project. His next release will be Rian Johnson's (Star Wars: The Last Jedi) crime thriller Knives Out which stars Daniel Craig, Ana de Armas, Katherine Langford, Michael Shannon, Jamie Lee Curtis, LaKeith Stanfield, Toni Collette, and Christopher Plummer. Knives Out will be released on November 27th by Lionsgate.
HN Entertainment previously confirmed production designer Chris Seagers (Raised By Wolves, Alien: Covenant, X-Men: First Class) had been hired to the production team and that filming could begin sometime in August.
Further casting announcements concerning Infinite should be on the way very soon.
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OnePlus 9 Render Surfaces to Suggest Design Tweaks, Specifications Tipped by a Geekbench Listing
OnePlus 9 render suggesting its key design elements has surfaced on the Web. The CAD-based render shows that similar to the OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8T, the next-generation OnePlus phone will come with a hole-punch display. The OnePlus 9 also appears to have triple rear cameras at the back. Alongside the render, a benchmark listing surfaced online that suggests the OnePlus 9 specifications. The new OnePlus smartphone is rumoured to debut sometime in the middle of March — some weeks earlier than the launch of the OnePlus 8 series that took place in April.The OnePlus 9 render, courtesy 91Mobiles, shows the front and back of the unannounced phone. It highlights the hole-punch display design that we already saw on the OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8T models. At the back, the phone appears to have the triple rear camera setup in a vertical alignment — with two camera sensors featuring a large circumference. An LED flash is also visible next to the camera sensors. The OnePlus 9 may have one less camera sensor at the back when comparing with the OnePlus 8T that carries quad rear cameras.OnePlus also appears to retain its alert slider and volume rocker on the OnePlus 9. The render also suggests that the new phone could also ditch the headphone jack.OnePlus 9 specifications (expected)Apart from the CAD-based render suggesting the design of the OnePlus 9, 91mobiles has leaked some of its key specifications. The phone is said to have a 6.55-inch display with a 120Hz refresh rate and will be powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 875 SoC. It is also speculated to have 65W fast charging support. In addition to the leaked details, a phone carrying a model number LuBan LE2117 has appeared on benchmark site Geekbench. The model number is associated with the OnePlus 9, as noticed by a Weibo user.The Geekbench listing suggests that the OnePlus 9 runs on Android 11 and comes with 8GB of RAM. The listing also seems to have suggested the Snapdragon 875 SoC on the smartphone. Furthermore, the phone receives a single-core score of 1,122 and a multi-core score of 2,733.OnePlus has not yet revealed any official details about the OnePlus 9. It is, thus, safe to consider the surfaced details with a pinch of salt.Is OnePlus 8T the best 'value flagship' of 2020? We discussed this on Orbital, our weekly technology podcast, which you can subscribe to via Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or RSS, download the episode, or just hit the play button below.
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9 steps on How Tutormine Online Tuition System Works?
How Tutormine Online Tuition System Works?
Once Registered, confirmations mails will be transacted and Registration will be confirmed.
Upon Registration, Student can log into Student Portal. Student has to 'Add Fund' into an e-wallet to start searching and booking Tutors. The initial Fund as 'StartUp Fee' to be added is INR. 5,000/-. There is One-Time SetUp Cost (OTC) of Rs.1,000/- set aside from StartUp Fee.
All ReCharges therefurther will give 100% credit to e-wallet.
E-wallet is a digital purse wherein one can keep some fund for using in the site.
After making payment into the e-wallet, Student can start searching for Tutors as per his likes based on the Profiles provided by all Tutors.
The Fee charged by each tutor for each subject and class/grade is displayed along with the Profile of the Tutors. Student can evaluate the charges prior to making any booking.
Student is at his liberty to book any tutor based on his choice and the availability of Tutors. If a selected tutor is not available for the time required for tuition, student can 'Request Tuition' from the booking table and get the tutor's time organized.
E-mail confirmations will be provided for bookings and both Student and Tutor will have to adhere to the time commitments.
Once booking is confirmed, Students can log in to attend the tuition session on the virtual classroom software platform downloaded and installed on to the PC from the student portal. Virtual ClassRoom Platform is a software application which has all the enablers such as writing board, slide presentations, video play console etc, for conducting online tuition.
Fees for the tuition booked will be deducted upon the joining of the student for the session. Fee will be deducted and transferred to the concerned tutor.
Student can log in only after the tutor had logged into the Classroom. This ensures that the tuition fee is deducted only after the contract is complete.
After the tuition fee for a session is deducted, the balance remains in the e-wallet. This fund is again utilized for future bookings. Students can book tuition sessions as long as there is fund in e-wallet.
E-wallet can be re-charged for adding fund into it for continuous usage.
There is a PassBook attached along with the e-wallet. Each and every transaction can be verified on PassBook and keep a track of the fund movement.
Tutormine is a highly automated and professionally organized online online tutoring system that helps students to find and take tuitions from tutors as per their choice and convenience. There is a truly transparent method to book tutors, take up tuition sessions, pay tuition fees and keep track of all transactions.


That we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity, neither confounding the persons, nor dividing the substance.
For the right faith is, that we believe and confess, that our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is God and man; God, of the substance of the Father, begotten before the worlds; and man of the substance of his mother, born in the world; perfect God and perfect man, of a rational soul and human flesh subsisting.
Equal to the Father, as touching His godhead; and inferior to the Father, as touching His manhood; who, although He is God and man, yet he is not two, but one Christ; one, not by conversion of the godhead into flesh but by taking of the manhood into God; one altogether; not by confusion of substance, but by unity of person.
For as the rational soul and flesh is one man, so God and man is one Christ; who suffered for our salvation, descended into hell, rose again the third day from the dead.
He ascended into heaven, He sits at the right hand of the Father, God Almighty, from whence He will come to judge the quick and the dead.
At His coming all men will rise again with their bodies and shall give account for their own works. And they that have done good shall go into life everlasting; and they that have done evil into everlasting fire.
This is the catholic faith , which except a man believe faithfully, he cannot be saved.
 The word "catholic" refers not to the Roman Catholic Church, but to the universal church of the Lord Jesus Christ.


Okay, it's the first week of November, so most of us have a ton of Halloween candy that we need to get OUT OF OUR HOUSE NOW!!!
My kids are 3 1/2 and 1 1/2, so this is the first year they have really brought in a good haul. So now it's time to get rid of it all!
I first had these candy bar filled peanut butter cookies when an old co-worker of mine used to bring them to work. Her recipe was a secret one, and she wouldn't give it out, but I managed to come up with one on my own. It's basically just a super soft peanut butter cookie recipe with a mini fun-sized candy bar inside.
You can use ANY chocolate candy bar. I have used Twix, Butterfingers, Snickers, Peanut Butter Cups, Rolos, Crunch Bars, 2 Musketeers bars… My favorites are peanut butter cups and Butterfingers. Peanut butter on peanut butter with melty chocolate. How can you go wrong with that?
Cream butter, sugar, eggs, and peanut butter. Add dry ingredients to mixture and mix well. Form a ball of dough around each candy bar. Roll ball in sugar.
*Candies with carmel will spill out during baking.


The Carter Hydraulic Rams are remnant water system in Town of Hillsville. The rams date to around 1924 and represent an early water transport approach. They were listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2002 and are one of only two such resources listed in the United States. They are preserved in the Carter Pines Community Park owned by Carroll County. The rams are located in a portion of the park along the Carter Pines Trail which is connected to the Beaver Dam Trail next to the Carroll Wellness Center. The trail can also be accessed from the trail head next to the Carroll County Governmental Complex. The surrounding plant growth are large white pines - remnant of one of the first and last surviving early pine plantings in the state dating to 1930s. Rams were built by Industrialist George L. Carter for his personal use.


The SAPPHIRE S-25A45/CXP and the S-25A30/CL are members of the CMOS-based SAPPHIRE series, utilizing the ON Semiconductor's VITA 25k image sensor. The S-25A45/CXP is a 25 megapixel CMOS global shutter camera and delivers images of 5120 x 5120 pixels at 45 frames per second (fps). The dual CoaXPress interface of the S-25A45/CXP camera supports the CXP-6 configuration of the standard. The CoaXPress interface offers extra speed and cable length and can simplify integration with power also available over the coax cable. The S-25A30/CL is offered with the Camera Link interface to provide an easy upgrade solution.
Adimec developed the SAPPHIRE series camera platform especially for OEMs of metrology and inspection equipment who require consistent, uniform images at high speeds. The accurate image uniformity is maintained by the new Active Sensor Control feature included on all SAPPHIRE cameras. Active Sensor Control is an automated way in the camera to correct for various deviating pixel conditions in the image sensor, such as fixed pattern noise (FPN), photo response non-uniformity (PRNU), shading, among others.
The Q-12A65 is the latest addition to our QUARTZ series utilizing CMOSIS image sensors, offering 12 Megapixels images at 66 fps. Using a proprietary camera design for effective flat field correction and other image enhancements for linear behavior and reliable performance, the Q-12A65 offers CCD-like images. This has finally made it possible to effectively use CMOS sensor technology in electronic manufacturing systems, like semiconductor package inspection, PCB inspection and LED inspection. It is equipped with a Camera Link deca interface but also supports full configurations.
The OPAL-4070 is one of the latest members of the OPAL series and is based on the new Truesense Imaging 7.4 micron interline transfer CCD image sensors. These cameras offer exceptional image uniformity and linear behavior over the full temperature range as with all of the members of the OPAL family. The larger pixel size of the image sensor enables gains in light sensitivity, dynamic range, smear rejection, and blooming suppression for applications with difficult image capture conditions or precise image quality requirements.
The TMX6-DHD series are rugged Full HD outdoor cameras and are available in 30 and 60 fps versions, both with up to full HD resolution (1920 x 1080) or XSGA (1600 x 1200). They are based on a 2/3" interline CCD image sensor and have available Camera Link, HD-SDI or 'HD-SDI + analog' interfaces (others on request). Color versions are available, which utilize Adimec proprietary color processing technology for unprecedented quality and clarity in real-time-changing outdoor environments. These rugged cameras are optimized for use in a variety of global security systems that require optimal detection, recognition and identification capabilities.
The TMX6-DHD series features Adimec's unique image enhancement module (VEM) that eliminates the effects of a hazy atmosphere due to fog, sunlight or shade scattering. This high sensitivity (NIR sensitivity) capability extends the operational range of the cameras from dawn until dusk.
Adimec will be in Booth 40 on the exhibition floor with demonstrations of these innovations and more.
Adimec specializes in the development and manufacturing of high-performance cameras that meet the application-specific requirements of key market segments, including machine vision, medical imaging, and outdoor imaging. Founded in 1992, the company partners with major OEMs around the world to facilitate the creation of industry-leading cameras. Its products meet a wide range of performance, size, cost, interface and application requirements and its Adimec True Accurate Imaging® technology provides new levels of precision and accuracy to vision systems. Adimec has offices around the world focused on creating customer value and satisfaction through local, personalized support. For more information, got to www.adimec.com. For more information on imaging and vision topics, check our blog.


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The term "vitamin E" refers to a family of eight related, lipid-soluble, antioxidant compounds widely present in plants. The tocopherol and tocotrienol subfamilies are each composed of alpha, beta, gamma, and delta fractions having unique biological effects. Different ratios of these compounds are found in different parts of a plant. For example, the green parts of a plant contain mostly alpha tocopherol and the seed germ and bran contain mostly tocotrienols. Along with other nutrients, tocopherols and tocotrienols are concentrated in the bran layers of the rye grain, and are only present at low levels in the flour endosperm. Tocopherols are also present in algae, mint teas, and other foods.
According to a University of California study, alpha tocopherol (regular vitamin E) displaces critically important gamma tocopherol in the body. While alpha tocopherol inhibits free radical production, gamma tocopherol is required to trap and neutralize existing free radicals.
Prestigious scientific journals have highlighted gamma tocopherol as one of the most critically important forms of vitamin E for those seeking optimal health benefits. In fact, studies show the combination of alpha- and gamma-tocopherol supplementation appears to be superior to either supplementation alone on biomarkers of oxidative stress and on inflammatory factors.
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The Blues & R&B photographer Hans Ekestang receives honorable international recognition! The Blues Foundation in Memphis, has decided to award the 2019 "Keeping The Blues Alive" award to the Swedish artist photographer.
Our luxury work The Philly Sound by Dave Moore and Jason Thornton, is now acting main inspiration for an upcoming ambitious TV documentary in 12 chapters called "Wake Up Everybody". American top producers and renowned directors as well as main artists like John Legend are behind it, and hopefully this imperial project can see the light of the day in 2020.
TSOP JOHN LEGEND SIZZLE 06.20.18 from Visual Innovations, Inc. on Vimeo.
The author of "THE BEATLES - FROM CAVERN TO STAR-CLUB", Hans Olof Gottfridsson, has been interviewed in Australian radio (pod). Click the link below to listen when they discuss the above book.
On June 19th you will find us at Parmmätargatan 11, located at Kungsholmen in Stockholm city. The closest subway is Rådhuset.
Please note that our mailing address (incl. PO-box 301 84) is unchanged! Only the visitor's address is new.
We are leaving Warfvinge's väg after 13 years. The house is to be demolished to accommodate a scraper of 70 condominiums.
We sincerely welcome all customers to come by and say hi. And why not complete your Premium Collection at the same time?
HEDENGRENS BOOKSTORE FIRST WITH THE PHILLY SOUND BOOK?
Hedengrens Bookstore in Stockholm city got the other day their highly anticipated pre-order delivered. Hedengrens purchaser Richard Sköld looks pleased when he for the first time holding up the Philly Sound-book in his hand. This despite its weight - more than three kilograms ... One copy was placed in the window right away facing straight towards Stureplan!
Saturday, September 24, we at Premium Publishing are exhibiting at Solnahallen with our books. Hope to see you there!
First up to our office to view the brand new Philly Sound book was the music industry veteran Thomas Witt: legendary Swedish label manager / product manager at CBS Records in the 70s - not only for American Columbia and Epic, but also for Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff's now legendary Philadelphia International. It was Thomas who saw to it that Three Degrees, O'Jays, Billy Paul, People's Choice, Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes etc. were also launched in Sweden. Pictured here is Thomas (left) congratulated by Premium Publishing's Wille Wendt, who in 1980 took over the job after Thomas and later also became a European product manager of the record label Philadelphia International. The gentlemen had of course unusually much to chat about when they met and together they inspected the new voluminous mammoth work of Philadelphia's soul music.
"Resan mot rockens rötter" on Youtube!
Check out the video and listen to Ronny Elliot's version of how it all began.
Journalist Jan Kotschack (writer of the Radio Nord-book) comes with a new book in August; "Resan mot rockens rötter"!
The book is 400 pages. Have a release August 30.
A big thank you for the past year. We now look forward to 2016 when we will introduce many new cool books! There will be about music, of course - Philly Soul, British Beat, Punk and movie stars. And in between a few surprises!
The friends at Premium Publishing.
Premium at the Göteborg Book Fair!
Meets us at Göteborg Book Fair during September 24-27, 2015. Legendary magazine entrepreneur and rock photographer Hans Hatwig will be in our stand throughout the fair to present and sign his new sensational double-memoirs, "Miljardären som visste för mycket".
You can also find a selection of our others books, including the brand new English language book on AC/DC, "Love At First Feel" that is released on September 24! The book includes 12 unique deluxe photos that Hans photographed during AC/DC's very first Swedish tour back in 1976.
You will find us i the B-hall in booth B03:47. Welcome by and say hello!


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NPLs drag down banks' capital
The capital base of banks weakened slightly last year, due mainly to the increased non-performing loans (NPLs), officials said.
The overall capital-to-risk weighted-asset ratio (CRAR) of all the banks operating in Bangladesh came down to 10.50 per cent on December 31, 2018 from 10.83 per cent on the same day the year before, according to the latest statistics of the Bangladesh Bank (BB).
Besides, the banks failed to achieve required CRAR at 11.875 per cent by the end of 2018 in line with the Basel-III framework.
The rising trend in regulatory capital coupled with higher NPLs pulled down the overall CRAR, BB officials said.
"The banks had kept aside more money from their capital for maintaining provisioning requirements against their classified loans," a senior BB official told the FE while explaining the capital shortages of the banks.
The total regulatory capital increased by 8.46 per cent or nearly Tk 80 billion to Tk 1,025.61 billion in the final quarter of 2018 from Tk 945.61 billion a year before.
On the other hand, the volume of classified loans in the country's banking system jumped by over 26 per cent to Tk 939.11 billion as on December 31 in 2018 from Tk 743.03 billion a year ago.
"Overall capital base of the banking sector weakened slightly as some banks mostly public ones failed to maintain their regulatory capital requirements mainly due to their higher NPL growth," another BB official noted.
Ten banks, six owned by government, suffered a total capital shortfall worth over Tk 266.90 billion in 2018 as growing classified loans wiped out their profits.
The 10 banks-four state-owned commercial banks (SoCBs), three private commercial banks (PCBs), two specialised banks (SBs) and a foreign commercial bank (FCB)--were put on the list of capital shortfall, according to the BB officials.
Nine banks suffered a total capital shortfall of over Tk 194.67 billion in 2017 on the same ground.
The nine banks-four SoCBs, three PCBs and two SBs-were put on the list of capital-deficient ones.
The CRAR of PCBs was found, on average, 12.80 per cent as on December 31 last while the CRAR of nine foreign commercial banks stood at 26 per cent.
However, the capital position of public banks is still a matter of concern, a central banker argued.
Talking to the FE, Syed Mahbubur Rahman, chairman of the Association of Bankers, Bangladesh (ABB), said the banks failed to meet the required CRAR in 2018 mostly for the public banks.
"We've to maintain 12.50 per cent CRAR by March 2019 in line with the Basel-III roadmap," said Mr. Rahman, also managing director and chief executive officer of Dhaka Bank Limited.
Mehmood Husain, MD and CEO of NRB Bank Limited, said higher risk-weighted-asset along with NPLs has pushed down the overall CRAR in the banking sector.
The CRAR of six SoCBs stood at 1.87 per cent as on December 31 last calendar year while the CRAR of two SBs was in the negative territory at 31.75 per cent, the BB data showed.
Bangladesh started implementing the Basel-III standard for calculation of CRAR of all banks in the first quarter of 2015 for consolidating stability in the banking sector.
Under a roadmap to comply with the Basel-III, the banks were required to maintain 11.875 per cent CRAR by the end of 2018.
Of the 11.875 per cent CRAR, 10 per cent is minimum capital requirement was achieved, leaving a shortage of 1.875 per cent capital conservative buffer that was maintained partially, the central banker explained.
Finally, it will hit the desired level of 12.50 per cent from the Q1 of 2019.
"We're persuading the banks which failed to maintain capital requirement continuously to meet their capital shortfall as early as possible," the BB official said while replying to a question.
Basel-III is a new global regulatory standard on banks' capital adequacy and liquidity as agreed by the members of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision.
The third of the Basel Accords was developed in response to deficiencies in financial regulation revealed by the financial crisis of the late 2000s.
The Basel-III is set to strengthen bank capital requirements and introduce new regulatory requirements on bank liquidity.


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Under these circumstances it is certain that there is lot more to be done toward enlarging the application of the Reciprocal System to the intrinsic structure of the atom. Perhaps it is time to break new ground in the exploration of the mechanics of the Time Region, the region inside unit space. Breaking new ground involves some fresh thinking and leaving no stone unturned. In this context, it may be desirable to examine, once again, such a successful theory as the Wave Mechanics in the light of our existing knowledge of the Reciprocal System.
The fundamental starting point of the Wave Mechanics is the correlation, which Louis de Broglie advanced originally, of a wave with a moving particle. Like every wave has a corpuscular aspect as shown by Planck's analysis of the blackbody radiation, the photoelectric effect and the Compton effect (the scattering of photons by particles), it is hypothesized that every particle has a wave aspect. Since the characteristics of waves and particles are mutually exclusive in many ways, this concept of associating a wave with a particle had been beset from its inception with a contradiction that had been euphemized by stating that the two are "complementary" aspects. This led to many an epistemological difficulty. The quantum theorists concluded that the phenomena (particles) inside an atom are not localized in physical space, that the electron in the atom does not exist in an objectively real sense, that it is but a mathematical symbol, and that the world is not intrinsically reasonable or understandable in the realm of the very little. One may refer to The Case against the Nuclear Atom6 by Larson for a critical appraisal.
It might be worthwhile to examine if the Wave Mechanics could be purged of its conceptual errors, drawing from our knowledge of the Reciprocal System, and see if the transformed version could be integrated into the Reciprocal System scheme with advantage. After all we have seen this happen in the case of the Special Theory of Relativity. Some of its mathematical aspects—like Lorentz transformations or the mass-energy equivalence—could be adopted by the Reciprocal System after purging the Theory of the wrong interpretations.
As the speed of the particle increases from zero upwards, the corresponding speed of the associated wave decreases from infinity downwards.
It is at this juncture that our knowledge of the Reciprocal System helps clarify the physical situation. In particular, we recall that while speed is reckoned from the standpoint of a three-dimensional spatial reference system, inverse speed is reckoned from the standpoint of a three-dimensional temporal reference system. While the speed of the origin of the three-dimensional spatial reference system is zero in that system, the inverse speed of the origin of the three-dimensional temporal reference system is zero in the latter system. Or what comes to the same thing, the speed of the temporal zero would be infinite in the spatial reference system. It can easily be seen that a particular speed vnat reckoned from the spatial reference system is identical to the inverse speed 1/vnat reckoned from the temporal reference system. Therefore it follows that the switching from the particle speed vnat to the associated wave speed unat = 1/vnat is tantamount to the shifting of the reckoning from the three-dimensional spatial reference system to the three-dimensional temporal reference system.
This is exactly what needs to be done at the juncture where the phenomena (motion) under consideration enter the Time Region (see Appendix I). In the Time Region there could be only motion in time, and the relevant reference frame to represent the motion would have to be the three-dimensional temporal reference frame. Since changing from the corpuscular view to the wave view has the significance of shifting from the three-dimensional spatial reference frame to the three-dimensional temporal reference frame, the theorists have been unknowingly adopting the right procedure in connection with the calculations relevant to atomic dimensions. But it is no longer necessary to maintain, as the theorists do, that an entity is a particle as well as a wave at the same time, since these two views are irreconcilable. The truth is that the particle viewed from the three-dimensional spatial reference frame is the wave viewed from the three-dimensional temporal reference frame. While the particle has a definite location in the former reference frame, the associated wave, being monochromatic, has infinite extent. In the temporal reference frame it appears as infinite repetition.
We often come across situations where a change of the coordinate frame, say, from the rectangular to the polar, facilitates the mathematical treatment. In such cases, the same geometrical form—or more generally, the space-time configuration, namely, motion—takes on different mathematical forms in the different coordinate frames. In the present context we have the converse situation, wherein different coordinate frames engender different space-time configurations from the same underlying reality (see Appendix II). In other words, a change of coordinate frames transforms one physical object (space-time configuration) into an apparently different physical object.
Time and again we find the theorists being compelled to resort to similar transformations (without, of course, the benefit of the insight given by the Reciprocal System). Consider, for example, the phenomenon of diffraction of particles/waves by crystal lattices. Here they customarily work out the interaction in terms of the wave vector k and the reciprocal lattice, instead of the wavelength λ and the direct lattice respectively.
The quantity k = 2π / λ is called the wave number. The vector with modulus k and an imputed direction is the wave vector k. From Equation 2 it can be seen that the wave vector represents momentum. If a1, a2 and a3 are the sides of the unit cell of a crystal lattice, then the array of points drawn with unit cell sides b1 = 2π /a1, b2 = 2π /a2 and b3 = 2π /a3 is called the reciprocal lattice. Without genuine insight, it is regarded as the invariant geometrical object whose properties are fundamental in the theory of solids. However, from the Reciprocal System we know that in solids the motion equilibrium is in the Time Region, where space is replaced by equivalent space (reciprocal space). Therefore we can readily see the rationale in adopting the wave vector (reciprocal length) and the reciprocal lattice in place of the wavelength and the direct lattice respectively.
The quantum theorists, being uninformed about the existence of the Time Region, naturally thought that these waves, associated with the particles, exist in the space of the conventional reference system, while the truth is that they exist in the equivalent space of the Time Region. Now a particle is localized whereas its associated wave is spread out infinitely. Since the theorists have been mistaking that both the particle and the associated wave exist in the space of the conventional reference frame, they thought if Δx is the region in which the particle is located then it is reasonable for the wave too to be limited to the same extent Δx. So they took recourse to the concept of wave packet. The latter is a superposition of plane waves, with their wave numbers in the range Δk centered around the de Broglie wave number k (= 2π /λ) and producing a resultant wave whose amplitude is non-zero only for a space of Δx, equal to the "size" of the particle. They then identify the wave packet, rather than the original monochromatic wave, with the particle. The so-called uncertainty principle stems from this procedure, because the range of size Δx, and the range of wave number Δk, of the waves composing the wave packet, are inversely related as could be seen from Fourier analysis.
which is the conventional statement of the uncertainty principle.
But now, one realizes that while the particle is localized in space, it does not entail that the associated wave is also to be somehow localized in space, since the latter is to be reckoned from the point of view of the three-dimensional temporal reference frame and not the spatial reference frame.
It may be a practical difficulty to measure both the location and the momentum of a system of atomic dimensions with unlimited accuracy simultaneously. But the conclusion drawn by the theorists from the uncertainty principle that a system of atomic dimensions does not possess these properties of precise location and precise momentum simultaneously can be seen to be invalid. As Larson rightly points out, conclusions such as these are applicable only to the theorists' model, not to the actual system. The uncertainty principle is merely the statement of the fact that the characteristic length belonging to space, namely Δx cm, and the characteristic length belonging to equivalent space, namely Δk cm-1, are reciprocally related (Equation 5).
The next thing to be recognized is that the wave information is not to be visualized as mapped out in the space of the conventional spatial reference system. The reference frame for the wave is a temporal manifold. As creatures of the material sector we have no direct access to the three-dimensional temporal reference frame: rather we are anchored to the three-dimensional spatial reference frame. But fortunately, we can accomplish the equivalent of the transformation from the spatial to the temporal frame by the contrivance of adopting the wave picture in place of that of the particle. It must continually be borne in mind that the three-dimensional spatial manifold being used in this context is so used as a temporal analogue. This is why the wave function (specifically, the square of the amplitude) takes on the probability interpretation. The action itself is unambiguous and precise, but since it takes place in the temporal reference frame, the outcome in the three-dimensional spatial reference frame is governed by chance and therefore statistical.
The randomness of the radioactive disintegration is another example to the point. When the total mass (rotational + vibrational) of the atom builds up to the upper zero point for rotation, the time-zero as we might call, the (excess) motion reverts to the linear status and is jettisoned as radiation or other particles. Since it is the result of reaching the time-zero point the action is in time instead of space. The radioactive disintegration proceeds continuously and contiguously in three-dimensional time. But since locations in the three-dimensional temporal frame are only randomly connected to the locations in the three-dimensional spatial frame, the apparent disintegration of the atoms (as observed from the conventional spatial standpoint) seems utterly random.
Again the interference of light is another example. The crests and troughs of the resultant wave in the two-slit experiment coincide respectively with the regions where the maximum and the minimum number of photons reach. But if the beam intensity is very low, say only a few photons are passing the slits, then all that we can say is that a photon has a greater likelihood of arriving at the location indicated by the wave crest rather than at any other place. In other words, the wave (square of the amplitude) takes on a probability interpretation.
In The Case against the Nuclear Atom6 Larson advances arguments to establish that the concept of the nucleus of the atom is untenable. He points out that, in fact, the "size" of the nucleus obtained by the scattering experiments is rather the size of the atom itself. Our calculations in the next section corroborate this. While Larson's confutation of the nuclear concept proceeds from his original arguments, his criticism of the Quantum Theory, given in the same work, was based entirely on citations from other experts in the field, including those of the pioneers of the Theory. Larson himself does not directly analyze or comment upon any part of the Quantum Theory or the Wave Mechanics. And all those criticisms he quotes deal with the epistemological difficulties only—such as the "lack of rationality," etc. which we mentioned at the outset—none deal with the mathematical aspects.
Now since we realize that the entire confusion in the area arises from the fact that the theorists do not distinguish between the space of the conventional reference system and the equivalent space of the Time Region (of which they do not know), if we set this right by explicitly recognizing that the associated wave is reckoned from the three-dimensional temporal reference frame, we would have achieved much progress.
Since according to the Reciprocal System there is no nucleus, we need to give new interpretation to the energy term occurring in the Schrödinger equation for the wave. It cannot be regarded as the energy level of an orbiting electron. But as we shall see below, this can be treated as the energy level of the atom itself.
As can be seen, this agrees well with the results obtained from the scattering experiments for the so-called nuclear radius. This therefore confirms Larson's view that the experimenters are confusing the atom with the nucleus.
Hence we can expect the discrete speeds which exist within this spatial range, as far as the one-dimensional type of rotation is concerned, to be part of the atomic structure and the origin of the energy levels that explain the line spectra. Our preliminary study suggests that further prospects for the understanding of the spectroscopic data lie in this zone of one-dimensional rotation of the Time Region.
It is shown that while the Wave Mechanics has been very successful and accurate mathematically, it is fraught with some fundamental errors. A review of the latter in the light of the Reciprocal System of theory shows that the principal stumbling block was the ignorance of the existence of the Time Region and its peculiar characteristics.
Knowledge of the Reciprocal System enables us to recognize two crucial points: (i) that the wave associated with a moving particle, in systems of atomic dimensions, exists in the equivalent space of the Time Region; and (ii) that the switching from the particle view to the wave view is equal in significance to shifting from the standpoint of the three-dimensional spatial reference frame to that of the three-dimensional temporal reference frame. This recognition not only throws new light on the intriguing wave-particle duality, but also corrects the conceptual error that eventually led the theorists to the wrong conclusion that the world of the very small does not conform to the rational laws that are applicable to the macroscopic world.
It is shown that the uncertainty principle does not stem from the intrinsic nature of the atomic phenomena, as the theorists would have us believe, but is rather the result of gratuitously assuming that the wave associated with a moving particle is spatially co-extensive with the particle.
The probability connotation of the wave function is shown to arise from the two facts that the wave is existent in the three-dimensional temporal manifold, and that locations in the three-dimensional temporal manifold and the three-dimensional spatial manifold respectively are randomly connected. The non-local nature of the forces in the Time Region also follows from this.
Calculations based on the inter-regional ratios applicable confirm Larson's assertion that the measured size of the atom is in the femtometer range and hence the actual atom is being confused with the non-existent nucleus.
It is suggested that the investigation of the one-dimensional motion zone of the Time Region, in conjunction with the adoption of the Wave Mechanics corrected of its conceptual errors, will lead to greater understanding of the atomic structure and thereby pave the way for the complete explanation by the Reciprocal System, of the spectroscopic data, as well as the other recalcitrant problems connected with the properties of rare-earths etc.
According to the Reciprocal System space and time occur in discrete units only. If two atoms approach each other in space, they cannot come any nearer than one natural unit of space, snat. Within one natural unit of space no decrease in space is possible since one natural unit is the minimum that can exist. However, since the basic constituents of the physical universe are units of motion, or speed, in which space and time are reciprocally related, an increase in time (t) with space constant is equivalent to a decrease of space (1/t). This is referred to as the equivalent space in the Reciprocal System. Therefore, though the atoms cannot approach each other nearer than one natural unit of space, they can do so in the equivalent space by moving outward in time. As all changes in this region inside unit space are in time only, it is referred to as the Time Region.


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