TOWN PORTAL

SATURDAY

PX3 STAGE

18:00 - 18:55

Copenhagen trio, Town Portal, have spent more than a decade carving out a niche within the realm of instrumental rock music. Fusing angular polymeters with jazzy playfulness and melodic sensibilities of 90's noise rock and post-hardcore, their songs unfold as continuous struggles between dissonance and harmony, chaos and groove.

Over the years, Town Portal have released music through labels such as Subsuburban (DK), Small Pond (UK), and Art As Catharsis (AUS). When Small Pond ceased label operations in 2023, the band founded their own imprint, Dream Bureau, to reissue their back catalog and self-release Grindwork. The creation of Dream Bureau fulfills a long-time fantasy of having the band’s DIY ethos reflect in the entire lifecycle of creating and releasing music.

As a live band, Town Portal have toured extensively across Europe, with standout performances at festivals such as ArcTanGent (2016, 2017), A Colossal Weekend (2016, 2019), Duna Jam (2018), and Portals (2024). In 2024, they supported Thrice (US) on their European tour, adding to a list of notable support slots that also includes legends like The Dillinger Escape Plan, Polvo, and Kowloon Walled City.

Town Portal’s discography spans their debut EP Vacuum Horror (2011) and albums Chronopoly (2012), The Occident (2015), Of Violence (2019) and Grindwork (2025). Initially formed as a quartet in 2009, Town Portal was reduced to a trio after the release of their debut EP and has consistently performed and recorded as a three piece since then. Town Portal are Christian Henrik Ankerstjerne (guitar), Malik Breuer Bistrup (drums), and Morten Ogstrup Nielsen (bass).