19.11.25: Final Descent: Goblin Band (UK) + Cuirass (DK)

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19.11.25: Final Descent: Goblin Band (UK) + Cuirass (DK)
Contemporary takes on medieval tunes

Prepare for a night of medieval melodies, 16th-century dances, and modern takes on traditional English folk songs, as UK queer folk group Goblin Band shrouds Basement in mystery and madness with their charismatic, ragged, and defiantly inclusive interpretations of centuries-old tunes. Local bardcore duo Cuirass sets the mood with a solid dose of finely crafted banquet music.

Wednesday 19.11.2025
Doors: 19.00
Show: 20.00
Price: 130 dkr + fee
Venue: Basement, Enghavevej 42, 1674 København V

Goblin Band (UK)
Goblin Band is a queer, London-based folk group reimagining England’s musical past with unruly joy and unflinching sincerity. Formed in the wake of the pandemic out of informal sessions among a circle of young folk obsessives, the band quickly grew into a collective of multi-instrumentalists whose sound is as much inspired by medieval and early music as it is by the living traditions of Britain and beyond.
Rooted in the radical potential of English folk song, Goblin Band offer an alternative lens on the nation’s social and political histories—working-class struggle, industrialisation, colonialism—while celebrating the ecstatic, communal spirit at the heart of traditional music. Their arrangements fuse harmony singing with fiddles, squeezeboxes, recorders, hurdy-gurdy, and more, producing a sound that is charismatic, ragged, and defiantly inclusive.

Their debut EP Come Slack Your Horse! (2023) dives into repertoire stretching back to the seventeenth century, revitalising well-travelled songs with a restless energy that speaks to the present as much as the past. Tracks like the jubilant opener “Black Nag” or the raucous take on “Widecombe Fair” showcase the band’s infectious sense of play, while other material uncovers unsettling echoes between centuries-old lyrics and contemporary life.

Emerging from the vibrant scene around Hobgoblin Music in central London, Goblin Band are part of a new wave of artists reshaping English folk for a generation of young listeners. Their music is a reminder that tradition is never fixed: it is a living, breathing force, capable of both riotous celebration and sharp political resonance.

Cuirass (DK)
The Copenhagen-based label Dybdestegte has, over the past few years, carved its own path in the city’s underground music scene with a mixture of vile black metal, eurodance, dungeon synth, experimental rock, and avant-garde folk. Last year they released the debut of the medieval folk project Cuirass—a conceptual album telling the tale of the life and death of Sir Lars Dufwa, a most humble hero, with words by Count Fnugg.

Behind the bardcore duo Cuirass stand label founder CCsquele and Joos. Their self-titled debut tape offers a string of finely crafted banquet tunes, where sweet yet intricate keyboard melodies and delicately fingerpicked acoustic guitars weave in and out of shifting moods and tempos.

On the one hand, Cuirass evoke the feeling of loading screen music from a Heroes of Might & Magic game, yet beneath this surface of ’90s computer game nostalgia, the music unfolds into a wealth of beautiful layers, captivating melodies, and striking details.


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19.11.25: Final Descent: Goblin Band (UK) + Cuirass (DK)
Traditionel engelsk queer folk og kontemporær middelaldermusik

Glæd dig til en aften med middelaldermelodier, dansemusik fra det 16. århundrede og moderne fortolkninger af traditionelle engelske folkesange, når det britiske queer folk-kollektiv Goblin Band indhyller Basement i mystik og galskab med deres karismatiske, punkede og inkluderende take på århundreders engelske musiktraditioner. Den lokale bardcore-duo Cuirass sætter stemningen med en solid omgang middelalderballader.

Onsdag 19.11.2025
Dørene åbner: 19.00
Show: 20.00
Pris: 130 dkr + fee
Venue: Basement, Enghavevej 42, 1674 København V

Goblin Band (UK)
Goblin Band er en London-baseret, queer folkemusikkvartet, der rekontekstualiserer Englands musikalske arv med lige dele ufiltreret glæde og humor – men altid med en kompromisløs dedikation til traditionens håndværk. Gruppen blev dannet under Covid-pandemien, hvor medlemmerne mødte hinanden gennem uformelle jam-sessions arrangeret af et ungt miljø af folkemusikere omkring instrumentbutikken Hobgoblin Music i London. Kvartetten består af fire sangere og multiinstrumentalister, der henter inspiration i den engelske sangskat og middelalderlige melodier.

Gennem den engelske folkemusik fremhæver Goblin Band paralleller mellem tidligere tiders og nutidens politiske spændinger og sociale udfordringer. Klassekampen og de politiske fløjes modsætninger er fortsat højaktuelle, og gruppen formidler disse temaer med stor overbevisning gennem flerstemmig sang, harmonika, drejelire, violin og et væld af andre traditionelle instrumenter – altid med en blanding af humor, alvor, indlevelse og teknisk kunnen.

I 2023 udgav de deres debut-EP Come Slack Your Horse!, hvor de dykker ned i sange og melodier fra det 17. århundrede. Med et glimt i øjet bruger de 300 år gamle tekster til at kommentere nutidens politiske spændinger. Som MoofMag skrev om udgivelsen:
“In short, ‘Come Slack Your Horse!’ is one of the most magnificent things this listener has heard in a long, long time. Folk music isn’t just safe in Goblin Band’s hands, it thrives, takes new and old shapes alike, and is in thrillingly healthy form. Whatever they do next, be on board.”

Cuirass (DK)
Det københavnske label Dybdestegte har de seneste år skabt sin egen form for normcore på byens undergrundsscene med et eklektisk og humoristisk katalog, der spænder fra hidsig lo-fi black metal og eurodance til dungeon synth, eksperimenterende rock og avantgarde-folk. Sidste år udgav de middelalderfolkprojektet Cuirass’ debutbånd – et konceptalbum om den ydmyge helt Sir Lars Dufwas liv, skrevet af Count Fnugg.

Bag bardcore-duoen Cuirass står labelboss CCsquele og Joos. Deres selvbetitlede debut byder på en række fornemt eksekverede middelalderballader, hvor enkle men smukke keyboardmelodier danser med delikate guitarmotiver henover et tæppe af skiftende stemninger og tempi.

På den ene side lyder Cuirass som baggrundsmusik til et Heroes of Might & Magic-spil, men under den nostalgiske overflade af 90’er-computerspil udfolder musikken sig i et væld af lag, med bjergtagende melodier og en imponerende detaljerigdom.