Das neue Album “Closing Our Eyes” von Philippe Petit erscheint am 1. April bei Crónica. Es vereint elektronische und akustische Elemente zu einer Serie von Kompositionen, die laut Label dazu anregen sollen, eigene innere Bilder entstehen zu lassen. Petit setzt damit seine Auseinandersetzung mit Klang als viefältiges Ausdrucksmittel fort und entwickelt die Ansätze früherer Arbeiten …
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Sin dai suoi primi anni di attività, Kunrad, artista olandese di stanza a L’Aia, ha creato composizioni e installazioni per restituire valore ai suoni più quotidiani. Si inserisce in questo stesso solco anche la sua ultima fatica discografica (uscita per Crónica Records), “Kleine Geluiden”, che in italiano si potrebbe tradurre con “piccoli suoni”. Ad alimentare …
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Qadira, she who is capable, is both the title of this album and an apt moniker for Argentinian cellist Cecilia Quinteros. Over the past decade and a half this Buenos Aires native has played with creative music luminaries in her native land as well as European artists. She has performed compositions commissioned for her, in …
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If the world were a little quieter, perhaps we’d hear it breathing. Kunrad, the Dutch artist who listens more intently than most, has spent years amplifying the hushed murmurs of everyday materials – water, paper, brass, and stone – transforming them into poetic gestures of sound. “Kleine Geluiden” (“Small Sounds”) is not just an album …
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Diffraction explores the idea that emptiness and form are inextricably linked. Every sound emerges in interaction with the silence that precedes and follows it. Yet even in supposed silence, something remains audible—a faint murmur, a subtle vibration, an echo of the surroundings. Pauses here are not empty spaces but active forms that shape the context for …
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Some albums come across as something subtle and almost unnoticeable. Not in a negative way, on the contrary. Kunrad’s new cd released by the Portuguese label Crónica is a great example of how a sound art modal can be blended with art installation and field recording. It is an important aspect of his work – …
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KUNRAD arbeitet als Klangkünstler in Den Haag mit Metall, Papier und Lehm und bei seinen Installationen etwa mit 1.000 kleinen Messingröhrchen, ins Wasser geworfenen Steinen oder Gummihämmern mit einer Brücke als Klangskulptur. Das hört man als ‘Brass & Sand’, ‘Stones & Water’ und ‘Bridge & Hammer’ auf Kleine Geluiden (C 230), neben der 3-teiligen ‘Water & Paper …
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For Percussion is a collection of six electronic tracks with various acoustic elements incorporated into the recordings. Some of these tracks were recorded live during performances from 2002 to 2008, while others have been recently revisited in 2022. The electronic components and core compositions were created by @c a duo composed of Miguel Carvalhais and …
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Some years ago Miguel A. García informed me he was starting to work with string ensembles and classical players, directing musicians who can sight-read music to play his scores or execute directions in music devised by him. This represented quite a departure from his usual solo work with laptops, mixing desk, and processed recordings. I keep hoping …
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