Final Descent Into Vinterjazz: Portal Pets (DK/HN)

Beauty, sorrow and magic

Portal Pets is a Copenhagen-based trio that inhabits the space where the earthly and the otherworldly dissolve. With roots in the city’s experimental underground, the band crafts a dark and immersive sound world shaped by celestial melodies, gothic atmospheres and raw emotional intensity. Their music moves fluidly between grunge, folk, metal and alt-rock, carried by a haunting interplay of voice, guitar, bass and drums.

Formed by interdisciplinary artists Xenia Xamanek and Emil Palme, and joined by drummer Oliver Laumann, Portal Pets unites three distinct artistic voices into a shared sonic language that feels both theatrical and deeply vulnerable. Their songs explore fragility, devotion and transformation, woven into expansive textures that feel ritualistic, intimate and unsettling in equal measure.

Their lyrical universe shifts between Spanish and English, reinforcing the sense of being suspended between worlds. Portal Pets invites the listener into a dreamlike gothic realm where beauty, sorrow and magic are inseparable, and where emotional intensity becomes a portal rather than a destination.

The band has released two singles, morningsun and ash, with two more to follow ahead of their debut album, scheduled for release in February.

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Final Descent Into Vinterjazz

Two nights, two stages and ten acts exploring the outer edges of jazz – from manic noise rock, complex math and monolithic drone rock to minimalist shoegaze, solo performances, electronic experiments and even a detour to a Ghanaian percussion legend.

Final Descent Into Vinterjazz is a collaboration between Final Descent and HUSET CPH, presenting a deep dive into everything jazz can also be, spread across the two top floors of Huset.

Lineup: Bali Snak (DK) / Basile Bremaud (FR) / Hands on Fire (INT) / Nightmaries (DK) / Nina Garcia (FR) / Nuri (TN) / Okeyrema Asante (GH) / Portal Pets (DK) / Selvhenter (DK) / Tanz Mein Herz (FR)

Date: Friday 13.02.26 & Saturday 14.02.26

Price: 100 DKK for one concert / 150 DKK for one evening / 250 DKK for both evenings

Venue: Musikcaféen & Xenon, Huset Kbh, Rådhusstræde 13, 1466 Copenhagen

Program:

Friday 13/02/2026

18:30 Doors
19:00 Okeyrema Asante (GH)
20:00 Bali Snak (DK)
21:00 Basile Bremaud (FR)
22:00 Portal Pets (DK)
23:00 Nuri (TN)

Saturday 14/02/2026

18:30 Doors
19:00 Selvhenter (DK)
20:00 Nina Garcia (FR)
21:00 Hands On Fire (INT)
22:00 Nightmaries (DK)
23:00 Tanz Mein Herz (FR)

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