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Late Junction: Ellen Arkbro’s mixtape

Ellen Arkbro’s mixtape

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Max Reinhardt with a mixtape by Swedish composer Ellen Arkbro.

Max Reinhardt with a mixtape by Swedish musician, composer and sound artist Ellen Arkbro.

Max Reinhardt presents a mixtape from Swedish musician, composer and sound artist Ellen Arkbro. 

In her own words, the music that Arkbro makes is “very slow”, combining both acoustic traditional instruments and algorithmic sound synthesis to create new sonic textures. 

Arkbro has been musically active since early childhood, singing in choirs every day as a youth. While studying at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, she started working more with synthesizers, exploring spatiality and psycho-acoustics. 

In 2017, Arkbro released her LP “for organ and brass”, which she wrote specifically for the Sherer-Orgel organ in St. Stephen’s Church in Germany. That same year, she presented a work at the Stockholm Music Hall that lasted 26 days.

Her upcoming release “Chords” will involve organ, guitar and synthesis and explore textural and spatial qualities of harmonic sound. 

Her mixtape features music that has inspired and shaped her as an artist, embodying the timeless and complex simplicity that she aims for in her own work, from Robert Wyatt and Arthur Russell to traditional Laotian field recordings and French Baroque harpsichords. 

Produced by Katie Callin.
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