In My Arms Many Flowers

00:00-01:16: Chopper - Intro (excerpt)
01:16-05:35: Chopper - To Cook, To Chew, To Swallow
05:35-06:27 : Bright Young Future - Bright Young Future
06:27-12:52: Quiet Sonia - This Tender Violence (excerpt)
12:52-16:13: Homesickness - Your Fire Must Dance Again
16:13-20:42: Bright Young Future - I Saw You Flying
20:42-25:25 : Quiet Sonia - No Weeping Melts the Armor (excerpt, part II)
25:25-29:34: Chopper - Living Alone
29:34-36:04: Homesickness - Ascension
36:04-42:09: Quiet Sonia - In My Arms Many Flowers (excerpt)
42:09-47:28: Bright Young Future / Tettix Hexer - End Summer in the Sun 

From the 2022 albums: 

Chopper: The Wonderful and Wicked World of Chopper
Bright Young Future: Life on the Bridge
Quiet Sonia: Wild and Bitter Fruits
Homesickness: Blood Rush, Tempest Oceans
Quiet Sonia: All Black Horses Came Thundering

2022 PCC Mixtape

"Wounded" is a movingly mournful, fluid and warm improvisational composition by saxophonist, singer and multi-instrumentalist Zeki Zindyl (on this track particularly excelling on the EWI), situated in an astral-projected atmosphere between ambient jazz, alt-R&B and electronic music. Inspired by the out-of-body spiritualism explored by legends such as Alice Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders, and bearing similarities to contemporary acts such as Joseph Shabason, Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah and Nala Sinephro - their music at once synthetic and organic, celestial and earthly, sensual yet glassy - “Wounded" is a nocturnal piece for dreaming and solitary walks, moving seamlessly, full of opaque colours. As "Wounded" spirals upward into a head-spinning emotional climax, we sense a power that’s hard to dismiss: a noisy flower, dynamic unpredictable melodies in a warm, saturated dreamscape - trance-like with a deep sensuality. “Wounded" is another spellbinding introduction to the adventurous, genrebending, yet accessible and emotionally visceral music of Zeki Zindyl.

Zeki about the single:
“For years, I had explored the possibilities of wind instruments with effects, always envying pianists and guitarists for their ability to accompany themselves while singing. This curiosity led to an unconventional discovery: by setting the breath input on my EWI to zero, I found a way to sustain a constant tone without blowing. This became the foundation of Wounded - a composition built around the interplay of two monophonic sound sources: voice and EWI expanded through effect pedals.

I originally wrote the song at the request of film duo Kristian Foldager and Mathias Døcker for a live-session recording of two tracks from the album. On the second take, something special happened - Wounded was performed in a single, uninterrupted take, with no overdubs, no edits. I felt that the take from the live session was so powerful that it ended up as the final album version, captured authentically by sound engineer Simon Mariegaard and visually by Foldager and Døcker.

Lyrically, Wounded delves into the weight of holding onto pain when there seems to be no space for it. It explores the unhealthy mental patterns of measuring and justifying suffering - questioning who is "allowed" to feel sorrow, discomfort or distress. In a world where pain can feel like a competition, Wounded is a reminder that all emotions deserve space. Even the smallest wounds can grow in silence - but acknowledging them can make them fade.” 

Credits:
Mix: Simon Mariegaard & Zeki Jindyl
Artwork: Tobias Holmbeck
Recording: Zeki Jindyl

Performance:
Zeki Jindyl: Vocals, EWI, synths

Video live session: Kristian Foldager & Mathias
Døcker 

Wounded (Radio Edit)

"Impending," the first single from Taxidermy’s upcoming EP, "Let Go" - the follow-up to last year’s underground favorite, "Coin" - is a complex, brooding post-rock/post-hardcore composition that significantly expands the band’s sonic palette and artistic ambitions. Throughout "Impending", the Copenhagen-based band shifts between ethereal, melancholic soundscapes and warped, abrasive passages that recall the noisy, hardcore-infused sound associated with Steve Albini and his affiliates. Lead vocalist Osvald Reinhold describes the song as "a moment of clarity; a detached, fleeting overview of the limited nature of existence, on the brink of being overtaken once more by oblivion and habitual repetition.” As the song unfolds, the underlying tension of the atmospheric verses erupts into a barrage of distorted, explosive sound - only to unravel and collapse into a throbbing, chaotic rhythm, underscoring the track’s manic, disorienting essence. "Impending" is a bold, atmospheric and emotionally charged piece that serves as a powerful introduction to what’s to come from "Let Go".

Songwriters: Osvald Reinhold & Toke Brejning Frederiksen
Producers: Johan Knutz Haavik & Taxidermy

Performers:
Osvald Reinhold (vocal, guitar, vibraphone)
Toke Brejning Frederiksen (guitar)
Joachim Lorck-Schierning (bass guitar)
Johan Knutz Haavik (drums)
Patrick Rathburn (violin, viola)
Jakob Toet Jorsal (trumpet)

Mix: Johan Knutz Haavik
Master: Knut Haavik 

Impending

Wild and Bitter Fruits is the debut-EP of Quiet Sonia. Blending indierock, folk, post-rock and shoegaze - with inspiration from jazz, techno, ambient and modern classical - the result is a kaleidoscopic, multi-colored, genre-defying, almost mosaic-like listening experience, brimming with details and rewarding repeated listenings. Singer and guitarist Nikolaj Bruus has written, recorded and mixed Wild and Bitter Fruits almost entirely on his own (with the exception of much appreciated help from single bandmates and sporadic professional assistance), learning many things from scratch, and the result is an exercise in an almost dogma-less work with all the control and detail-work that follows.

From the lush melodic and concise pop-songwriting of The Go Betweens, Wedding Present and Hüsker Dü - tightly crafted, direct and forceful with a seemingly volcanic furious power and energy - to the warm reflective atmosphere, longer narrative-like compositional structures and dynamic intricate arrangements of Talk Talk and Bark Psychosis, Quiet Sonia draws on a broad palette of eclectic stylistic influences. At times pitch-black, anxious and somber, at times hopeful, dreamy and majestic. The music, though, is always characterized by an emotional urgency; a search for musical catharsis; a wish for communicating something deeply powerful and moving, from severe sonic attacks and harsh punishing bursts of sound to ecstatic beauty and pure bliss. 

Nikolaj Bruus: Lead vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, drums, synths (Juno 60, Korg MS-20), percussion, electric bass, organ, banjo
Frida Rolskov Pedersen: Piano, vocals
Thea Thorborg Pedersen: Violin
Jens Leonhard Aagaard: Percussion (on "This Tender Violence")
Mikkel Trøjborg Fink: Drums (on "This Tender Violence")

Recording engineer: Nikolaj Bruus
Mix/Mix-Bus Processing: Nikolaj Bruus
Mastering: David Elberling
Album-Art: Nikolaj Bruus
Album Graphics: Nikolaj Bruus / Brian Raaby Andersen / Rasmus Jon
Single-Art (This Tender Violence): Anders Bjørn Sprogøe


Wild and Bitter Fruits (Full EP)

“Asunder,” the second single from Homesickness’ forthcoming album Anamnesis (March 21, 2025), is a quietly poignant, emotionally haunting and contemplative chamber-folk and post-rock piece. Asunder was born in the dawn of May 20, 2023, as the artist reflects on the profound impact of two defining relations - both of whom chose to pass into infinity. The struggle to cope with loss, the burdens of inheritance and inner turmoil is palpable, with the artist revealing, “sometimes the pain I hold in my heart feels as if it is too much to carry.” Using instruments such as Rhodes, concertina, clarinet, bells, and cello, in addition to vocals, guitar, and percussion, Junge transforms grief into a powerful tribute: “I wrote this song to them and I wrote this song to me.” Asunder is an act of care serving as a reminder of the beauty within both grief and joy; honoring the legacy of those who have passed, acknowledging both sorrow and gratitude while offering a space for reflection and healing.

Malthe Junge Løvefod: Vocals, acoustic guitar, composition, concertina, lyrics, arrangement

Osvald Reinhold Jensen: Fender Rhodes, arrangement

Jakob Folke Ivarsson: Clarinet, bells,, arrangement

Johan Knutz Haavik: Electric guitar, arrangement

Jacob Kaarsberg: Cello, arrangement

Producers: Johan Knutz Haavik, Malthe Junge Løvefod

Recording technician & mix: Johan Knutz Haavik

Master: Knut Haavik

Music video: Brian Raaby Andersen 

Asunder

My Tjau is Kapow was an experimental electronic post-rock band hailing from the underground scene of Odense, Denmark. The lineup included Jens Christiansen (drums, synths), Nikolaj Bruus (guitar, synths), Alexander Jørgensen (bass, synths), Tobias Frank (mixing, synths), and Carl Emil Brønnum (beats, synths), among others. Combining an indie rock–inspired organic universe - acoustic drums, electric guitars, bass, and analog synths - with synthetic electronic glitch, beats, and loops, My Tjau is Kapow falls somewhere between IDM, shoegaze, post-rock, and indie electronica. Inspired by the likes of Seefeel, Tortoise, Manual, and Autechre, MTIK delivered a sublime, euphoric sound that made you want to dance and cry at the same time.

Primarily active between 2009–2013, and again from 2015–2017, PCC are now happy to retrospectively present My Tjau is Kapow’s lost debut EP, “The Pink Sea” - the first (and likely only) archival material from MTIK. MTIK began when Nikolaj (Quiet Sonia) and Carl Emil (Carlis) met at a young age, trying to combine Nikolaj’s background in shoegaze and post-rock with Carl Emil’s newly acquired skills in DAW-based glitch and beats. As time passed, Carl Emil began focusing more on his solo project, but Nikolaj carried on MTIK, now more heavily involving Jens (Quiet Sonia), Alexander (Sunn Paw), and later Tobias (Sunn Paw).

The six tracks on “The Pink Sea” have gone through many changes over the years, constantly evolving with new sounds, shapes, and forms: bubbly analog synths, pulsating dance beats, and deep, funky acoustic basslines; oceans of intertwined melodies, swirling organs, and charming early-to-mid '00s glitch. This release is a sort of compilation, hand-picking the best material that wasn’t lost over the years. MTIK wishes you a happy listen - and perhaps, hopefully, we’ll hear more from MTIK in the future!  

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