Closer To Final Descent #2 — Two Nights of Recontextualized Folk Music

Embark on a mini-festival filled with surprising takes on folk music from around the world.
Closer To Final Descent is our series of extended events where we pair multiple live performances in exciting and unexpected ways. Edition #2 brings together traditional folk, hyper-glitch, dusty techno, and hypnotic rock over the course of two nights—presenting roots music that either challenges its origins or recontextualizes centuries-old traditions in a new, contemporary light.
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The first 30 two-day early bird tickets are available for 320 DKK.
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Date: 05.–06.11.25
Doors: 19:00
Show: 20:00
Price: 250 dkr for one day / 400 dkr for both
Venue: Basement CPH, Enghavevej 42, Copenhagen
Gordan (RS/DE)
Lipbalm (DK)
Kwiotki (PL)
Jrpjej (NC)
Only Now (US)
sophie-lou (DK)

Wednesday 5th Nov:

Gordan (RS/DE)
Gordan is a collaboration with renowned Serbian singer Svetlana Spajić alongside Andi Stecher and Guido Möbius. The group explores the strengths and sensitivities of Spajić, Stecher, and Möbius across their respective musical realms, engaging in a constant dialogue between sound and noise that brings traditional Balkan singing into play with hypnotic drum beats, rich feedback experiments, and cool minimalism. Expect a theatrical performance that utilizes the space between the audience, set against a backdrop of hypnotic psychedelia and expressive Serbian folk singing. — https://gordanband.bandcamp.com/album/gordan

Lipbalm (DK)
lipbalm is a duo in the making. For this specific show, lipbalm unfolds across genres, embracing pop songs, improvisations, and collage works in one breath. The live performance is accompanied by a narrative video essay composed of phone footage, internet samples, scripted scenes, and fragments of text. lipbalm is a local Copenhagen-based songwriter and composer.

Kwiotki (PL)
Kwiotki – three voices intertwined in archaic “white voice” singing. They revive forgotten Polish and Ukrainian folk songs, giving them a trance-like, mystical character. Tradition meets hurdy-gurdy, bass synthesizer, and frame drum, creating a sound that is raw, ritual, and contemporary at the same time.

Thursday Nov 6th:

Jrpjej (NC)
Jrpjej (Ored Recordings) is a post-traditional Circassian ensemble that blends acoustic instruments like shichepshin, apapshin, and accordion into a dense, intense sound reminiscent of metal or experimental electronics. Fronted by vocalist and theatre actress Svetlana Mamresh, the group explores the intersection of Circassian tradition, European classical music, and forgotten North Caucasian folk practices.
https://oredrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/katzwijm-sessions

sophie-lou
Emotions lie bare in sophie-lou’s universe. Behind the artist name stands songwriter, producer, and vocalist Sofie Thorsen, whose musical language is shaped by 14 years in the Danish National Girls’ Choir.

Drawing on the vocal sensitivity of Nordic choral tradition and pushing it into unpredictable territory, sophie-lou crafts indie pop that is tender, dramatic, and sonically bold. From whispered guitar strums to crushing cymbals, distorted choir textures, and raw lyrical honesty, her sound dances between fragility and force.

Only Now (US)
Only Now is the alias of Indo-Californian producer Kush Arora. Fusing deconstructed Punjabi music with industrial, dancehall, and noise, Only Now is an unbridled expression of Arora’s eclectic influences, Indian heritage, and long-standing presence in the Bay Area underground since the ’90s. A project that pushes experimental electronics, soundsystem culture, and traditional Indian music into uncharted territory, Only Now conjures a soundworld that is both exceptional and unparalleled.

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