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

2025

Nic Krog: "Better Failing" (Foul-Up)

EP – cassette/digital

Bandcamp

Nic Krog: "Reproaching the Absurd" (Foul-Up/Opal Tapes)

Album reissue – cassette/digital

Bandcamp

Nic Krog: "Perfect Pattern" (Psychic Liberation)

Audio play – CD/digital

Bandcamp

2024

Nic Krog: "Love Under Will" (Industrial Coast)

Track on compilation – cassette

Bandcamp

2021

Misantrop: "Reproaching the Absurd" (Opal Tapes)

Album – cassette/digital

Bandcamp

Misantrop: "Song for Aaron Livesy" (Lime Lodge)

Track on compilation – digital

Bandcamp

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

Track on compilation – cassette/digital

Bandcamp

2020

Splash Pattern & Misantrop: "Idée Fixe" (self-released)

EP – digital

Bandcamp

Misantrop: "Untitled V.5" (Infinite Waves)

Track on compilation/reinterpretation of Grøn recordings – cassette/digital

Bandcamp

Splash Pattern: "Savved (Misantrop Remix)" (self-released)

Remix – digital

Bandcamp

2018

Glass Knot: "Anxiety Belief System" (The Wire)

Track on compilation – digital

The Wire

Glass Knot: "Present Tense" (Foul-Up)

Album – cassette/digital

Bandcamp

2016

Misantrop: "Limerence" (Foul-Up)

EP – 12" vinyl/digital

Bandcamp

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 *

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