The avant-garde choral supergroup Valby Vokalgruppe will release the album SOLIDS FOR VOICES this November and celebrate it with a release concert at ALICE. On the same night, Anders Lauge Melgaard will play a solo set, and Jaleh Negari and Johan Carøe will DJ.

Valby Vokalgruppe creates music rooted in the voice. Their work springs from intense focus and deep concentration combining extreme precision with softness in an exploration of trance-like vocal patterns and open, playful improvisations. This November, they will release the album SOLIDS FOR VOICES on the French/British label Hands in the Dark, marking the occasion with a release concert at ALICE, and invited Anders Lauge Melgaard to do a solo set, as well as Jaleh Negari and Johan Carøe, who will be the DJ’s of the night. SOLIDS FOR VOICES consists of shorter, concentrated pieces aiming to create a clear state of mind, recognizing the importance of sustaining attention and focus in an increasingly fragmented and incoherent reality.

Valby Vokalgruppe is made up of Lil Lacy, Sonja LaBianca, Laura Marie Madsen, Cæcilie Trier (currently not performing live), and Anja Jacobsen, the group’s leader. They all work as singers, musicians, and composers, and have participated in countless projects and collaborations, such as Selvhenter, a, frk. jacobsen, ilinx, LM Madsen, CTM, Sonja LaBianca, Lil Lacy, and SOLW. Valby Vokalgruppe is also part of the creatively cross-pollinating art collective eget værelse. The group has composed four large-scale cross-aesthetic works, which have included dancers, classical singers, and text projections. With SOLIDS FOR VOICES, Valby Vokalgruppe returns to their point of origin: Exploring vocal patterns that, through repetition, transcend both performers and audience into another world.