Features/reviews

  • A woman singing and playing an electric guitar on stage in a church with a candle on a stand nearby.

    Record Turnover coverage

    Record Turnover covered INTONAL 2025 over several features, find them all via link.

  • Screenshot of a Swedish news website, Sydsvenskan, with an article titled 'Intonal festival can be intensive, dissonant and utterly wonderful,' about a music festival.

    Festival Review 2025 - Sydsvenskan

    Sydsvenskan reviewed INTONAL 2025. Text in Swedish!

  • A person with long blonde hair is playing a violin on stage, with the stage filled with smoke. Text overlay in Danish discusses making Malmö a European hub for experimental music and stopping festival expansion.

    Festival Review 2025 - Seismograf

    Seismograf reviewed INTONAL 2025.
    Text in Danish!

  • Event poster for HYMNS, focusing on experimental 2025 music and the role of art music in today's cultural climate.

    Hymn on INTONAL 2025

    Intonal 2025 – en essä om konstmusik och konstmusikens roll i dagens kulturklimat. Text in Swedish!

  • Poster for 'Mutant Radio: Shape International,' an artist residency project with colorful, distorted text and graphic design elements.

    Mutant Radio x INTONAL - SHAPE+ 2025 Residency Mixes

    Our 2025 SHAPE+ Residencies made mixes for Georgia’s Mutant Radio.

  • Three women wearing headscarves and traditional clothing, raising their hands, with text about an event or exhibition involving syncretic rituals, IRENE BIANCO, and ADELE TORNBERG, with logos of Swiss Arts Council pro Helvetia, and the European Union.

    Synced rituals with Irene Bianco, 55 Cancri e, Adèle Tornberg

    Born from a SHAPE+ and Inkonst-supported residency, this Malmö–Copenhagen trio unites percussionist Irene Bianco, synth-guitarist Sara Hausenkamp (aka 55 Cancri e), and visual artist Adèle Tornberg. Guided by a shared pull toward ritual and transformation, they explore sound and image as evolving states. Expect whimsical percussion, emotive synth layers, and eerie visual dreamscapes—an abstract meditation on becoming.

  • A poster with a pink and yellow color scheme featuring a graphics of a shotgun barrel, pills labeled 'Pfizer', and a lipstick kiss mark. Text reads 'Shotgun wedding with Statoil, Sanna Blennow, Tobias Toyberg-Franzen.' Logos for Shape, Prohelvetia, and the European Union are at the bottom.

    Shotgun wedding with Statoil, Sanna Blennow, Tobias Toyberg-Frandzen

    Interview.

    An Öresund extravaganza brought together three artists from across disciplines for a sweaty mash of grit and riffs music, dance, and visuals — the result of a SHAPE+ supported residency at Inkonst. Over five days, Statoil, Sanna Blennow, and Tobias Toyberg-Frandzen built something from scratch: part performance, part experiment, and fully alive in its instability.

  • Screenshot of a webpage with a promotional image for 'Intonal 2025,' an event celebrating ten years of daring artistic moves, scheduled for April 22, 2025, by Ivna Franic. The webpage features a circular logo, a title in large bold text, a subtitle in italic, event details, and black and white photos of two performers.

    Passive/Aggressive Preview

    Intonal 2025 –Ten years of gutsy moves
    A preview of INTONAL 2025

  • Cover page of an article titled "Irene Bianco — Finding beauty in decay (interview)" by Ivna Franic, published on April 7, 2025, featuring a woman with long dark hair in a black shirt standing in front of a dark blue background.

    Passive/Aggressive interview

    Irene Bianco –Finding beauty in decay . An interview with the artist prior to their appearance at INTONAL 2025.

2024

2024

  • Concert scene with silhouetted audience watching a brightly lit stage with a performer, colorful posters reading 'Solstice 2024 International Live Recordings' at the bottom, and decorations with red, green, blue, and yellow lights.

    Digge Shim at Solstice Festival 2024

    Hear the live recording of Digge Shim's lush liveset combining modern and new-age instruments, at Solstice Festival (Rukatunturi, Finland) on june 20th 2024.

  • The image features a grainy, color-filtered photograph of a person with a cap, possibly at a sports court or outdoor setting, with basketball hoops visible. Overlaid are colorful, stylized text and graphics mentioning 'solstice 2024' and 'live recordings,' along with various dotted and circular markings, some with green, blue, yellow, and red accents. The overall design appears promotional, combining photographic and graphic elements.

    Rivet at Solstice Festival 2024

    Hear the live recording of Malmö native Rivet "nail a three-deck, three-hour mix of dizzying variety and undeniable fun, effortlessly combining everything from heady rhythmic ambient and subtle experimental music to junglist bangers and live-wire grime". From Solstice Festival (Rukatunturi, Finland) on june 20th 2024.

  • A black and white poster advertising a music event called 'Retreat Radio x MUTANT RADIO' scheduled for April 26-27. The poster features a collage of a person with an open mouth and a hand holding a pen, with text indicating the event will be live at Whose Museum and streamed online.

    Mutant x Retreat x Intonal Broadcasts

    Archive of the live streamed DJ sets at INTONAL 2024

    Digge Shim
    SAATANS KVINNA
    forlorn
    Denzel
    Vio Lino
    Thomas Bush
    juliettehenriu
    gab_i

  • DJ performing on stage at a concert with a crowd watching, stage equipment, and lighting.

    Passive/Aggressive Review

    Mens jeg banede mig vej gennem mængderne af skånske teens med A.G. Cook-frisurer og bdsm-halsbånd, noterede jeg mig en uprætentiøs og åben feststemning uden den cerebrale selvbevidsthed, som ellers nemt får eksperimentalmusikfestivaler til at føles lidt kropsfjendlige. Her rakte eksperimenterne og ambitionerne ud over det musikalske og længere ind i det sociale. For eksempel i form af en mærkbar bestræbelse på at skabe mere inkluderende og mere queerede rum, uden af den grund at have behov for at udbasunere det som arrangør.

  • A person conducting a choir or orchestra inside a large, ornate church or cathedral with high ceilings, stained glass windows, and wooden pews, during a performance or rehearsal.

    Sydsvenskan Review

    Intonal är en given, årlig höjdpunkt för musikälskare som drar åt det mer experimentella hållet. Den första sammankomsten sker i år i Johanneskyrkan. Ett lika smalt som starkt startfält står redo, men en akt sticker ut, och bevisar att less is more.

  • Two musicians performing on stage with dramatic lighting and fog, one playing electronic equipment and the other playing a violin.

    HYMN Reports

    “Intonal dag 1 och 2 – festivalens rum i fokus

    Experimentlusten på årets upplaga av Intonal i Malmö sträcker sig bortom musiken. Flera av akterna, under festivalens två första dagar, sätter rummen där spelningarna…”

  • Black and white photo of a man wearing glasses and a cap, standing outdoors with rocky background, next to a graphic with lines and the text 'INTER ARTS CENTER'.

    Robert Willim - Fields Of Unknowing

    “On April 28th 2024 I performed Fields of Unknowing as part of the festival INTONAL in Malmö, Sweden. The performance is based on simple waveforms, sounds from site-specific recordings, of electro-magnetic fields and meandering feedback loops. These sounds are mixed with manipulated vocals and storytelling.

    Fields of Unknowing is a proposal to imagine differently about everyday life with incomprehensible technologies. Vague memories are merged with uncertain futures. This is an invitation to contemplate and emotionally drift away for a while, to let the mind go to an alternative yet familiar place.”

  • A black and white image with a person with curly hair and a beard, looking downward, with the words 'MUTANT RADIO' at the top and 'IN' and 'NOLA' partially visible in the background. The overlay text reads 'local' in large letters and 'SHARP' in smaller letters.

    Mutant Radio x Intonal: bela

    An 1hr of bass-massage worthy selections that have been bugging bela’s mind for some months.

    They dive from 145 to 119 BPM on 3deck - in mutable electro, dubstep, DnB and delectable hand-drum goodies.


    This is a collaboration of the SHAPE+ platform for innovative music and interdisciplinary art, co-funded by the European Union.

    Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.

  • Black and white promotional poster for a Maxine Denuc music event, featuring a person with a headset playing a keyboard, with the text 'Mutant Radio' and 'Sharpe'.

    Mutant Radio x Intonal: Maxime Denuc

    The Brussels-based electronic music composer is the co-founder of Plapla Pinky, a duo noted for their atypical approach to club music, somewhere between rave, baroque and contemporary music. However, for some years now, his solo work has focused on church organs. In 2020, he released Solarium on the Belgian label Vlek: this organ-centric record relies on the emotional potency of sunrise to spawn an experience that is both musical and social. Two years later, he presented Nachthorn, a new LP for MIDI church organ. Critically acclaimed – notably by Boomkat which selected it in their top ten records of 2022 – it was also chosen as the soundtrack for the Chanel Haute Couture fashion show in January 2023. For this edition of Intonal, the SHAPE+ artist will perform on the MIDI organ of St Petri Church.


    This is a collaboration of the SHAPE+ platform for innovative music and interdisciplinary art, co-funded by the European Union.

    Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.

  • Black and white poster featuring three women in profile. The text reads "Intonal Mutant Radio" and "Prins Emanuela & Cucina Povera & Maja Li Härdelin." There is a logo with the European Union flag and the text "Co-funded by the European Union." The bottom right includes the word "SHAPE."

    Mutant Radio x Intonal: Prins Emanuel, Cucina Povera and Maja Li Härdelin

    The Swedish and Karelian-Luxembourgish musicians Prins Emanuel and Cucina Povera, respectively, and the Swedish visual artist and producer Maja Li Härdelin navigate a space between soundsystem-optimized dub, bedroom pop, experimentation, and quotidian life and sounds, refuting the hierarchy between mundanity and avant-garde..

    This is a collaboration of the SHAPE+ platform for innovative music and interdisciplinary art, co-funded by the European Union.

    Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.

  • Black-and-white promotional poster featuring four women with text promoting an interview with Bridget Ferrill, Áslaug Magnúsdóttir, and Olivia Rivière about intentional mutant radio, co-funded by the European Union, and shaped by a design element resembling a line or waveform.

    Mutant Radio x Intonal: Bridget Ferrill, Áslaug Magnúsdóttir and Olivia Rivière

    The long distance duo of Berlin-based Bridget Ferrill and Copenhagen-based Áslaug Magnúsdóttir, accompanied by experimental choreographer/ dancer Olivia Rivière. The existing duo is known for deconstructing classical components, fragmenting and incorporating them into intimate arrangements, pushing the boundaries of composition. Rivière experiments with obscure vocal-techniques, delving into their materiality and sensory resonance.

    This is a collaboration of the SHAPE+ platform for innovative music and interdisciplinary art, co-funded by the European Union.

    Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.

  • Black-and-white promotional poster for Sarah Jansen's album 'Intonal' featuring a woman with long dark hair, wearing a patterned top and accessories, holding a long glove, and an illustration of a running horse.

    Mutant Radio x Intonal: Sarahsson

    Interview and mix with Sarahsson.

    Producer, composer, costume designer, and performance artist, Bristol’s Sarahsson fuses hedonistic club with guttural noise, euphoric trance, and neoclassical composition. Dealing in extremes, she draws inspiration as much from the natural world as from gore and harsh noise: themes of bodies being contorted, ripped apart, and combined anew create beautiful and painful scenarios. Rather than using pre-made samples, she creates her own transforming field recordings of marsh reeds and whispers into percussion; she also built her own daxophone, a bowed instrument which under her ritual conjures monstrous blasts and wails.

    A unique voice in the landscape of electronic music, Sarahsson brings together her distinct ear for melody, rich textural harmony, and dramatic narratives to achieve awe-inspiring timelessness on her debut album The Horgenaith (Illegal Data, 2022). The live rendition of her album is just as intense and immediate, a visceral experience that rejects categorization. Sharing line-ups with the likes of Bendik Giske, Lyra Pramuk, Leya, Oklou, Varg2tm, LSDXOXO, and many more, her soundtrack work spans Acne’s Studios FW23 Paris Fashion Week runway show, Harpies – about Europe's first trans strip club for The ICA – and Welsh folklore horror short film Nânt.

FEATURES 2023

FEATURES 2023

  • A person performing during a festival with a red lighting and an audience watching, at the Intonal festival in Sweden.

    Mixmag Review

    We headed to Malmö to check out Intonal, a nine-year-strong experimental music festival where eclecticism is no mean feat

  • Close-up of a white coral or an underwater sea creature with rounded, tubular structures against a dark background.

    Vincent Bahar - Hamal

    Commision for Intonal Festival 2022

  • A man wearing dark sunglasses with orange lenses, rings, and a patterned scarf around his neck in a close-up portrait.

    Gavsborg live recording

    Listen back to a recording of Gavsborg’s performance at Intonal Festival 2023

  • A woman with dark hair and closed eyes in a dark room with colored lights, possibly performing or at a music event.

    Solid Blake live recording

    Listen back to a recording of Solid Blake's performance at Intonal Festival 2023.

  • A man wearing a colorful headscarf and red jacket looks at a gong or large metal instrument in a dark room, with text overlay about the Intonal Festival 2023.

    Crack Magazine Review

    “At several points over the long weekend of Intonal 2023, the organisers seemed a little uneasy about how well everything was going.”

  • A live music performance at Intonal Festival 2023, with a band playing on stage and an audience watching.

    Passive Aggressive Review

    “Bold Choices”

  • Homepage of The Quietus website with sections for News, Reviews, Features, Books, Art, Radio & Podcasts. Featured article titled 'LIVE REPORT: Intonal Festival 2023' by Patrick Clarke, dated May 4th, 2023, with a partial image below the text.

    The Quietus Review

    “Intonal’s mission – to provide a platform in which challenging, boundary-pushing, concentration-demanding art can be celebrated to the fullest – has long since been completed.”

  • Musicians performing with colorful light displays in the background at Malmö's experimental festival.

    Lundagård Review

    Only in Swedish

  • A woman with dark hair, wearing a headband, singing into a microphone on stage, lit by warm lighting, with dark silhouettes of audience members in the foreground.

    Sydsvenskan Review of Ambient Assembly

    Only in Swedish

  • A shirtless man with tattoos and bracelets singing into a microphone on stage, with an abstract, colorful background projection of a wide-eyed face with painted makeup and bright pink lipstick.

    Record Turnover coverage

  • A man with thick, voluminous hair and a full beard, wearing a black shirt, is looking directly at the camera. Background features abstract artwork with dark colors and a red circle.

    Cassius Lambert (Bitoi) interview with Sydsvenskan

    Only in Swedish

  • A woman singing into a microphone while playing a keyboard against a dark background.

    The Chimeric world of Vica Pacheco

    Shape+ talk to Vica Pacheco about her inspirations, creative upbringing in Oaxaca and her Intonal/ Inkonst & SHAPE+ residency

  • Black and white photo of a person with curly hair, their face obscured by a large amount of cream or frosting poured over their head, with text overlay reading 'INTERNAL 2023 PLAYLIST' in bold, black and yellow font.

    2023 lineup playlist

  • Young woman wearing a white baseball cap, black jacket, and a white T-shirt with a blue graphic, standing against a plain wall.

    Concept In Practice: Laila Sakini's 'Performance, Life, Lights' Mix

    For If-Only mag

  • A woman standing outdoors in sunlight, wearing a blue jacket, with water droplets around her in a park-like setting with trees.

    5:00 AM MORNING MUSIC MEDITATION WITH FELISHA LEDESMA

    For Swine Daily

  • A promotional poster for an event titled "Vanligt Folk Live" and "Esi Live" with artists including Prins Emanuel and Ulf Eriksson, scheduled for March 25, 2023, at a venue called INTONAL & Mutant Radio, co-funded by the European Union.

    INTONAL x MUTANT RADIO [25.03.2023]

    Live from Tbilisi
    FH HF
    Prins Emanuel
    Esi
    Vanligt Folk
    Ulf Eriksson

  • A DJ wearing glasses, a t-shirt with a graphic, and headphones, working at a DJ booth in a dark setting with spotlights.

    Ulf Eriksson: Intonal incoming

    Interview with International Orange

  • Black and white promotional poster for Intonal Festival featuring Abdullah Miniawy, scheduled for Monday, April 3rd from 22:00 to 23:00 CET. The poster includes the Refugee logo and web address refugee worldwide.com.

    Refuge Worldwide: Abdullah Miniawy

    Ahead of their performance at Intonal Festival, Abdullah Mniawy delivers a one hour guest show.

  • Poster advertising an online music event called Intonal Festival featuring Cassius Lambert, scheduled for Monday, April 3rd from 9:00 PM to 10:00 PM CET, with the Refuge logo and a picture of Cassius Lambert with sunglasses and a beard.

    Refuge Worldwide: Cassius Lambert (of Bitoi)

    Ahead of his performance at Intonal festival, Cassius Lambert delivers a one-hour guest show.

  • Poster for Intonal Festival featuring Maya Shenfeld, scheduled for Monday April 3rd from 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM CET. The poster has a pink background with black and white text and a logo that says Refuge.

    Refuge Worldwide: Maya Shenfeld

    Ahead of their performance at INTONAL Festival, Maya Shenfeld delivers a one hour guest mix.

  • A pink screen with black text that reads 'The Shape of Intonal Festival in 2023' and '10 Minute Read,' above a dark stage with hanging inflatable objects and a crowd of people.

    Ransom Note: The Shape of Intonal Festival in 2023

    Interviews with Ying-Hsueh, RIVET, Maria Bertel and Gregory Vartian-Foss

  • A promotional graphic for the Top Ten Festivals in April 2023 with a camera and lighting equipment silhouetted in the background.

    Resident Advisor: Top Ten April 2023 Festivals

    From experimental sounds in a Swedish church to trance on a beach in Taiwan, here are the best festivals happening in April.

  • Woman with shoulder-length dark hair wearing a black coat standing outside near glass doors.

    The Quietus: The Strange World Of... Phew

    Ahead of Phew's appearance at this year's Intonal Festival and the recent Mute reissue of Our Likeness, Jennifer Lucy Allan offers us ten points of entry into the back catalogue of the Japanese artist, aka Hiromi Moritani