Berlin
Christian Stadsgaard, also known as his solo moniker Vanity Productions, has become a crucial figure in the contemporary Nordic electronic and experimental music scenes in the past decade.
Emerged in the early 2000s in the experimental noise music scene, Stadsgaard is known for his innovation and elaborate expressive style. As Vanity Productions he turned to fuse together noise elements with introverted melodies and hereby creates desolated soundscapes and grand tales of modern turbulent conditions. Often with an existentialist touch and blurry sensibility, Stadsgaard paints sonic canvases of modern day melancholia. Under the banner “Broken hearts and broken electronics” Vanity Productions is oscillating between electronic experimentation, noise exploration and elevated melodic elaboration, directing tender forces with an assertive and impulsive streak.
Standing at the helm of the label Posh Isolation with Loke Rahbek, Stadsgaard is responsible for one of the most consistent and compelling labels to both define and elaborate the many productive sides of the underground in the last decade. As a performing and recording artist his work with Rahbek as Damien Dubrovnik was a critical project in the contemporary noise milieu throughout the 2010s. More recently his collaborative work with Jonas Rönnberg and Isak Hansen as The Empire Line has gained significant notoriety. However, it's in Vanity Productions that the full breadth of the emotive intensity of Stadsgaard's work is expressed. His collaboration with the seminal artist Merzbow in 2019 led to 'Coastal Erosion' album for iDEAL Recordings, prefacing a recent series of works that take their cues from minimalist composition.
Booking: michelle@potnia-theron.de
Christian Stadsgaard, also known as his solo moniker Vanity Productions, has become a crucial figure in the contemporary Nordic electronic and experimental music scenes in the past decade.
Emerged in the early 2000s in the experimental noise music scene, Stadsgaard is known for his innovation and elaborate expressive style. As Vanity Productions he turned to fuse together noise elements with introverted melodies and hereby creates desolated soundscapes and grand tales of modern turbulent conditions. Often with an existentialist touch and blurry sensibility, Stadsgaard paints sonic canvases of modern day melancholia. Under the banner “Broken hearts and broken electronics” Vanity Productions is oscillating between electronic experimentation, noise exploration and elevated melodic elaboration, directing tender forces with an assertive and impulsive streak.
Standing at the helm of the label Posh Isolation with Loke Rahbek, Stadsgaard is responsible for one of the most consistent and compelling labels to both define and elaborate the many productive sides of the underground in the last decade. As a performing and recording artist his work with Rahbek as Damien Dubrovnik was a critical project in the contemporary noise milieu throughout the 2010s. More recently his collaborative work with Jonas Rönnberg and Isak Hansen as The Empire Line has gained significant notoriety. However, it's in Vanity Productions that the full breadth of the emotive intensity of Stadsgaard's work is expressed. His collaboration with the seminal artist Merzbow in 2019 led to 'Coastal Erosion' album for iDEAL Recordings, prefacing a recent series of works that take their cues from minimalist composition.
Booking: michelle@potnia-theron.de