Bjarke Rasmussen

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Bjarke Rasmussen (b. 1985) is a Danish composer and musician. His work explores sound and composition through repetition, minimal instrumentation, and an investigation of the relationship between sound, place, and time.

Using field recordings and an immersion in nature as recurring starting points, he approaches sound not merely as material, but as something that emerges in relation to its surroundings. Field recordings of landscapes, movements, and natural processes are incorporated into his compositions alongside analog tape and loops, acoustic instruments, and synthesizers. His work thus revolves around a form of musical ecology in which repetition, change, and the interplay between man-made and natural sound sources serve as key elements.

Bjarke ran the record label Infinite Waves from 2013 to 2020, releasing ambient music primarily by Danish artists. He has been a member of the Danish Composers' Society since 2019 and previously worked as a booker and curator at Mayhem (2017–2020) in Copenhagen, a pivotal venue for extreme and experimental music.

Over the years, Bjarke has collaborated with a number of artists — often in a duo format — including Mads Westrup, Mikkel Rørbo (Alleypisser, Knækkede Stemmer), Heva Vaupel and Christian Møller Blæhr (Mette Mareridt, Shiggajon, among others). He has toured with Goodiepal and was part of the early stages of what later became Goodiepal & Pals.