Over the course of a full day and night, Lasse Marhaug moves through a sweeping survey of his career as one of Norway’s most uncompromising noise artists. Noise does not resolve. It does not lead you anywhere, offer a melody to hold onto, or reward patience with a payoff. It pushes against you, refuses to make sense. As a genre, it has been many things: provocation, community, philosophy of listening. Noise challenges the idea that sound should be beautiful, legible, or easy. What it demands, above all, is time and presence – and both are at stake here. For 24 hours, Marhaug does not stop. Each section of the concert draws on a different method from his practice: turntable collage, harsh electronics, drones, cassette loops, multichannel field recordings, and analogue oscillators. The audience can come and go, stay for a while, or sleep through the night. The music can be brutal, fragile, precise, open, physical, slow, funny, beautiful and disturbing – sometimes all at once. Store Studio at NRK is where these 24 hours will unfold, and the choice is not accidental. As a child, Marhaug visited the building and was struck by what he found. More than the physical space, it was the radio itself that mattered. A broadcaster that took his unusual musical interests seriously, gave airtime to music few knew existed, and told him, without quite saying so, that his way of hearing the world was legitimate. That debt is repaid at volume. NB. For those who do not live in Oslo: the entire 24-hour performance will be broadcast live on NRK Jazz. Concert playlist As a warm-up for the concert, listen to the playlist Lasse has put together featuring music that has been central to him throughout his 30-year career as an artist.