Jacob Kirkegaard performed his 4 Rooms with ns16 during the ZXZW festival in 2007. His performance was recorded during the festival, and we have the recordings online for you to listen! It’s divided in two parts, with little over 25 minutes of play time. We hope you enjoy it!

‘It deals with a sonic experience of time, absence, and change – in an area haunted by an invisible and inaudible danger, amidst the slowly decaying remains of human civilization.’

4 Rooms explores the phenomenon of radiation using the medium of sound. It’s a musical piece that wants to capture the sound of four abandoned spaces inside the Zone of Exclusion in Chernobyl. Kirkegaard deliberately picked four deserted rooms that were once an active meeting point for people. An audiotorium, a gymnasium, a church in the village of Krasno and a swimming pool in Pripyat. He tried to capture the decay and invisible radioactivity in sound and video. He recorded the sound of empty rooms, replayed that recording in the same room and recorded it again. After several rerecordings, each room produced a different drone.

Jacob Kirkegaard – Part I 

Jacob Kirkegaard – Part I (Live in Tilburg 2007) by incubate

Jacob Kirkegaard – Part II

Jacob Kirkegaard – Part II (Live in Tilburg 2007) by incubate