The Danish/Norwegian duo Ida Urd & Ingri Høyland have created one of the most beautiful ambient releases of 2025 with “Duvet” (Balmat). A warm and tender work that, through embracing electronic compositions, offers a sonic haven for immersion and rest. “Duvet” was highlighted by Bandcamp as one of the year’s standout releases and has received widespread acclaim both internationally and at home. In April, the album can be experienced live in Copenhagen for the first time when Ida Urd & Ingri Høyland perform at ALICE.

Ida Urd & Ingri Høyland regard music as an extension of the immediate, sensory space around them. “Duvet” was created in a winter-clad summer house by the coast—surrounded by snow-covered gardens, sea mist, and shimmering stillness. Here, the two composers shaped a work that revolves around nesting as both movement and state: creating a sense of safety amid change, moving a table toward the light, gathering flowers, opening a window, finding home within the temporary. Through a quiet and attentive compositional process, the music becomes a soft architecture—a space for play, writing, caregiving, and rest.

Sonically, “Duvet” balances abstraction and melody. Wordless voices, breathing, rustling textures, and glimpses of Ida Urd’s electric bass are interwoven with electronic modules, wind instruments, and electroacoustic tones. Co-producer and mixer Birk Gjerlufsen Nielsen (Vanessa Amara) has, with a gentle hand, added depth and warmth—often through analogue tape machines that lend the music a particular glow. Both artists are graduates of the Rhythmic Music Conservatory in Copenhagen and have, over several years, refined a shared method grounded in trust and presence, where composing becomes a form of conversation—suggesting, listening, and saying yes. The music unfolds as a delicate weaving of moods, thoughts, and textures. Come and experience it live when Ida Urd & Ingri Høyland perform “Duvet” at ALICE.