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Henrik Marstal

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Henrik Marstal (born 1966 in Esbjerg) is a Danish musician, composer, producer and author with a PhD in musicology from the University of Copenhagen. He is an associate professor at the Rhythmic Music Conservatory in Copenhagen and has written around twenty books on Danish music history, ranging from the 1960s folk scene to Gnags, Mercyful Fate and the pioneers of electronic music. He also works as a bassist, cellist and electronic musician.

~20
published books on music topics
2006
ph.d. degree from Copenhagen University

What's new

  • 2026

    Marstal publishes an English-language biography of Danish electronic music pioneer Else Marie Pade with the American publisher Bloomsbury.

  • 2026-03

    Marstal gives a lecture about Gnags at Turbinen in Randers together with former Gnags member Jens G. Nielsen.

  • 2025

    The book 'Gnags: Den blå hund' is published - Marstal's portrait of Gnags' iconic album from 1984.

  • 2024-06

    Marstal publishes 'Rock' in Aarhus University Press's series Tænkepauser - a concise introduction to rock's cultural history and current crisis.

  • 2024

    Marstal publishes 'Musik & danskhed' - an investigation of the connection between popular music and national identity concepts.

Tracks

Gnags: Den blå hundMarstal's book (2025) about Gnags' iconic album from 1984, which sold over 100,000 copies
Larmen på StrøgetBook (2023) - the first major study of the 1960s Danish folk scene
Mercyful Fate's Don't Break the OathBook (2022) published by Bloomsbury in the international 33⅓ Europe series
Else Marie Pade (Danske Komponister)Biography (2019) about Denmark's first electronic music composer
Rock (Tænkepauser)Essay (2024) at Aarhus University Press about rock's cultural history and present

😴 Nothing scheduled with this artist in the near future.

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