praise for Moth/FlamE
Norwegian singer Aron Dahl’s songs, which mingle gentle synth-pop with occasional acoustic guitar pieces, are quietly straightforward and approachable, but the subject matter sets them apart. They are literate, precise lyrics about his love life and sex life as a gay man, filled with diaristic detail that unexpectedly finds “quiet tenderness” in clubland sex dungeons, as well as a multitude of observational brilliance. It’s a beautiful album that offers an unlikely heartfelt window into aspects of life which seldom make it onto vinyl.
Why the experimental country songs of the queer Norwegian songwriter Aron Dahl is one of the highlights of the music year: He looked for love in all the wrong places.
Composer/filmmaker Aron Dahl has shared the most charming track of the year, with ‘Ficken -3000’. If you like this then you’re in luck: Aron has a whole bank of previous releases ready for you to dive into.
press hightlights
DE: Schall, Moth/Flame Album Review, Nov 2024
DE: Pure Vinyl, Moth/Flame Album Review, Nov 2024
DE: Classic Rock, Moth/Flame Album Review, Nov 2024
DE: Kulturnews, Moth/Flame Album Review, Nov 2024
DE: Visions, Moth/Flame Album Review, Nov 2024
DE: Mint Magazine, Moth/Flame Album Review, Nov 2024
DE: Rolling Stone Magazine, Moth/Flame Album Review, Nov 2024
The Arts Desk, Album Feature Moth/Flame, Nov 2024
NO: BLIKK Interview Feature, Nov 2024
DE: Siegessaeule, Ficken-3000, June 2024
Overblown Magazine, Review of Ficken-3000 June 2024
Nordic Music Central, Single Feature Ficken-3000 June 2024
Ballade premierering music video for Lock&Key, March 2024
1883, Review of Lock&Key, March 2024
NO: BLIKK, Lock&Key Video Premiere, March 2024
DK: Bands Of Tomorrow, Review of Lock&Key March 2024
Franfurter Almeine Quarterly April 2021
Nuts and Bolts Podcast, Interview with Nuts and Bolts
The Musicians Journey Podcast, Interview with Ragnhild Wesenberg
Alt Flyter on DR Danish National Radio
Meet An Artist Monday: Zach Dorn by Shana Nys Dambrot
RedCat New Now Festival, July 25th 2019
The Lake Radio ALICE: Danielle Dahl, interview by Louise Tandrup Esbensen
Loosening Orion's Belt Review in Politiken, review by Lucia Odoom
Danielle Dahl’s Debut Solo Album Loosening Orion’s Belt review by Tracy Monaghan, I Care If You Listen
Loosening Orion's Belt Review by Mads Kjeldgaard Nielsen for Passive/Aggressive
Danielle Dahl: Loosening Orion’s Belt by Søren Søndborg, review Undertoner
The opening concert for this year's Klangfestival stood beautifully in the room in the concert hall in the old radio house with its four meticulous, silent works. The largely unknown composers - Mads Emil Dreyer, Aron Dahl, Kirsten Milenko and Tyler Futrell had come into the hands of two soloists and the experienced, Copenhagen ensemble Athelas, and it left a beautiful impression of a bunch of young composers who will touch the audience and sharpen our attention to the details and nuances of the sound world. -Politiken
Dahls debut er et netværk af berøringer, der bevæger sig over huden fra det dybeste, mest private traume til den højeste seksuelle transcendens, men altid med et helt ekstremt potentiale til følge. -Passive/Aggressive
The listening experience of entire record is uncomfortable, sonically and in subject matter, but not in the way that we are accustomed to the occasional uneasiness of art music. It’s not disjointed, it’s not angular, it’s not thorny. Dahl’s exploration of psychoacoustic phenomena clutters the senses, and the deeply personal and vulnerable essay is socially illicit. The two ideas match each other and form a cohesive, abstract work. Loosening Orion’s Belt manages to be at once familiar and foreign, mysterious and accessible, taboo and wholesome. — I Care If You Listen