About
Nic Krog is a musician and sound artist whose signature is a volatile blend of bass-heavy club music intertwined with subversive sound art and diaristic spoken word. Their work deals with themes of isolation, identity, and transformation. Krog’s early releases as Misantrop on Opal Tapes and their own Foul-Up label traced the effects of life in the hedonistic capital of Berlin on the self-proclaimed introvert from small-town Denmark. With the release of the audio play “Perfect Pattern” (Psychic Liberation, 2025), the artist shed their former alias and focused in on a raw and self-aware kind of sonic self-portraiture, taking cues from 20th century experimental music, 90s queer house tracks, and the storytelling style of soap operas and Jean-Luc Godard’s “Le Mépris”, resulting in something all their own. The artist’s debut album “Reproaching the Absurd” has also recently been reissued by Opal Tapes and Foul-Up under their own name. Krog’s latest EP, “Better Failing”, takes the listener on a journey out of frustration and disillusionment into a newfound joy over the wreckage of old patterns.
The artist has performed across Europe alongside acts like The Body & Dis Fig, Richie Culver, and Wolf Eyes in venues including KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Säule at Berghain, and Intonal Festival. Krog’s work has earned recognition from publications like The Wire, The Quietus, and Crack Magazine, as well as from artists including Puce Mary, Helm, Loraine James and Laurel Halo. Krog was selected for the 2024/2025 artist roster for SHAPE+, a platform for innovative music and art in the EU, and hosts a regular show on Noods Radio. They hold a masters degree in Sound Studies and Sonic Arts and live in Berlin, Germany.

Releases
2024
Splash Pattern & Misantrop: "Body Above the Law" (Petrola 80)

Track on compilation – cassette/digital
BandcampMisantrop: "Untitled V.5" (Infinite Waves)

Track on compilation/reinterpretation of Grøn recordings – cassette/digital
Bandcamp2018
Installations
2023
”Interior, Chris’s Apartment – Day” – Sound Art Lab (Struer, Denmark)

Generative sound installation with 8 audio channels and 2 video channels
2022
"Perfect Pattern" – Collegium Hungaricum (Berlin, Germany)

8 channel audio play
2021
”Not Your Night, Parasite” – Universität der Künste (Berlin, Germany)
Interactive 4 channel installation
Residencies
2025
SHAPE+ Platform x Skaņu Mežs
2024/2025
SHAPE+ Platform
2024
SÍM Residency – Reykjavík, Iceland
2023
Sound Art Lab – Struer, Denmark
Inkonst – Malmö, Sweden
Selected Appearances
2025 – 13.09
FORTHCOMING
Alter Festival – Aarhus, Denmark
featuring Jeremy Coubrough
2025 – 28.06
FORTHCOMING
Mutant Radio – Tbilisi, Georgia
2025 – 27.06
FORTHCOMING
TBA – Yerevan, Armenia
2025 – 25.06
FORTHCOMING
Holy Matrimony at Bar Neun – Berlin, Germany
2025 – 31.05
Paavli Kultuurivabrik – Tallinn, Estonia
2025 – 30.05
Bar Tÿpo – Helsinki, Finland
2025 – 28.05
Skaņu Mežs x SHAPE+ Platform at 1983 – Riga, Latvia
with Andrejs Zālītis
2025 – 24.05
MABOCA Festival x Skaņu Mežs x SHAPE+ Platform at Autobusu Parks – Madona, Latvia
with Andrejs Zālītis
2025 – 14.05
Holy Matrimony at Bar Neun – Berlin, Germany (DJ)

UK Tour April 2025 *
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2025 – 20.04
Sunday School at Low Profile Studios – London, UK *

2025 – 19.04
The Lubber Fiend – Newcastle upon Tyne, UK *

2025 – 17.04
Sensitivity Sound Program at Cafe Kino – Bristol, UK *

2025 – 16.04
Baked Beans on the Doorstep at The Old Hairdresser’s – Glasgow, UK *

2025 – 15.04
PuppiGutz at Wharf Chambers – Leeds, UK *

2025 – 14.04
Study of a Dog x Industrial Coast at Disgraceland – Middlesbrough, UK *

2025 – 12.04
Gut Level – Sheffield, UK *

2025 – 11.04
Braw Gigs at Legends – Edinburgh, UK *

2025 – 24.01
Kultur im Bunker – Bremen, Germany

2025 – 23.01
BEEK – Hamburg, Germany
2025 – 04.01
Roter Salon (Volksbühne) – Berlin, Germany
2024 – 28.11
Jolene – Copenhagen, Denmark

2024 – 11.10
UH Fest at Gólya – Budapest, Hungary
2024 – 10.10
T3 – Bratislava, Slovakia
2024 – 28.08
SHAPE+ Meet-up at MeetFactory – Prague, Czechia

2024 – 01.08
Total Black at OHM – Berlin, Germany
2024 – 20.07
Mayhem – Copenhagen, Denmark

2024 – 29.06
Bravó – Reykjavík, Iceland (DJ)

2024 – 25.06
Mengi – Reykjavík, Iceland
2024 – 20.06
Smekkleysa – Reykjavík, Iceland

Tour: Italy with Forster *

2024 – 04.05
Klang x Hyperacustica at Al Muretto – Rome, Italy *

2024 – 03.05
C3 at CSOA COX18 – Milano, Italy *

2024 – 27.04
Holy Matrimony at 8MM Bar – Berlin, Germany (DJ)

Tour: UK with Nick Klein *
2024 – 13.04
Industrial Coast at Disgraceland – Middlesbrough, UK *
2024 – 11.04
Cluster Node X CLOT Magazine at The Glove That Fits – London, UK *

2024 – 22.02
The Lubber Fiend – Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

2024 – 21.02
Baked Beans on the Doorstep at The Old Hairdresser’s – Glasgow, UK

2024 – 10.02
Stray Signals at 90mil – Berlin, Germany

2023 – 01.12
Holy Matrimony at 8MM Bar – Berlin, Germany (DJ)

2023 – 30.11
Psychic Liberation at Säule (Berghain) – Berlin, Germany (DJ)

2023 – 14.10
Hell is Other People at Grove Berlin – Berlin, Germany
with Adam Campbell
2023 – 06.10
BEEK - Hamburg, Germany
2023 – 01.09
Hell is Other People at Grove Berlin – Berlin, Germany (DJ)
2023 – 29.07
arkaoda – Berlin, Germany
2023 – 29.04
Intonal Festival at Inkonst – Malmö, Sweden

2023 – 21.03
CPH:DOX at Alice at Stairway – Copenhagen, Denmark
with Matija Lujic
2023 – 02.02
Poetry of Misc x CTM Vorspiel at arkaoda – Berlin, Germany
2023 – 07.01
Codex Club at arkaoda – Berlin, Germany

2022 – 14.12
8MM Bar – Berlin, Germany
2022 – 25.10
HÖR – Berlin, Germany

2022 – 26.03
CPH:DOX at Kunsthal Charlottenborg – Copenhagen, Denmark (DJ)
2021 – 04.12
Proton at Ved Siden Af – Copenhagen, Denmark
2020 – 30.11
SoundsAbout at Zwitschermaschine – Berlin, Germany
2020 – 30.04
Pogo Bar at KW Institute for Contemporary Art – Berlin, Germany
2020 – 28.01
Saint Hollywood at Control Club – Bucharest, Romania (DJ)
2020 – 17.01
Sonic Curiosities at Villa Kuriosum – Berlin, Germany
with Jeremy Coubrough
2019 – 13.12
Mayhem – Copenhagen, Denmark

2019 – 14.09
Ved Siden Af – Copenhagen, Denmark
2019 – 03.08
The Changing Room at ACUD MACHT NEU – Berlin, Germany

2019 – 27.07
Sound Dialogue at Visite Ma Tente – Berlin, Germany
with Haku Sungho
2019 – 13.07
Force Field at Loophole – Berlin, Germany

2019 – 17.05
Power Play at private off location – Berlin, Germany

2019 – 16.03
Force Field at Loophole – Berlin, Germany
