Author Archives: Miguel Carvalhais

Francisco López’s “DSB” reviewed by Felthat

By Miguel Carvalhais | Published: 1 March 2021

Francisco Lopez is a man institution. Creatively active in the field recording and musique concrete, he elevated the art of both to something completely different. His newest album is no different but definitely somewhat of a surprise.  The processing of the field recordings is his trademark – you might be surprised how nuanced and elaborate […]

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New release: Francisco López’s “DSB”

By Miguel Carvalhais | Published: 16 February 2021

This is not music? Says who? Try to imagine an astonishing reversal of the traditional widespread subservience of sound to storytelling: instead of sound effects providing realism to a narrative, the open shell of an apparent narrative becoming sound work… or perhaps even a new form of weird experimental music that only requires a willingness […]

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Francisco López’s “DSB” reviewed by Aural Aggravation

By Miguel Carvalhais | Published: 11 February 2021

From the very opening seconds, Francisco López’s latest offering assails the ears and scorches the brain: the first track – which hits the magical running time of twenty-three minutes – is nothing short of explosive – literally. Opening with a roaring blast of brutal harsh noise, it soon separates into a series of samples and […]

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Jos Smolders’s “Submerge-Emerge” reviewed by The Wire

By Miguel Carvalhais | Published: 10 February 2021

<a href=”https://cronica.bandcamp.com/album/submerge-emerge”>Submerge-Emerge by Jos Smolders</a>

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Pedro Rebelo’s “Listen to me” reviewed by Neural

By Miguel Carvalhais | Published: 10 February 2021

What do nanotechnologies, innovative industrial food safety processes and experimental music have in common? Is the ‘charm’ of certain sound environments alone enough to inspire an entire album of contemporary experimentation? Yes, if the formal result is so rich that it almost conceals the fact that its essence is simple field recordings. A residency in […]

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Francisco López’s “DSB” reviewed by The Wire

By Miguel Carvalhais | Published: 10 February 2021

<a href=”https://cronica.bandcamp.com/album/dsb”>DSB by Francisco López</a>

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Øyvind Brandtsegg’s “Nancarrow Biotope” reviewed by The Wire

By Miguel Carvalhais | Published: 10 February 2021

&lt;a href=”https://cronica.bandcamp.com/album/nancarrow-biotope”&gt;Nancarrow Biotope by Øyvind Brandtsegg&lt;/a&gt;

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“GML Variations” reviewed by Vital Weekly

By Miguel Carvalhais | Published: 9 February 2021

The Robotic Gamelan of Casa de Musica is just as cool as you’d imagine it is. In fact, Google it right now. Check out some photos of the thing, then meet me back here… see, isn’t that a neat thing? Gamelans are cool… robots are cool… and so a robotic gamelan is very cool. Pedro Tudela and […]

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“Submerge-Emerge” reviewed by Vital Weekly

By Miguel Carvalhais | Published: 9 February 2021

Jos Smolders was inspired to write “Submerge- Emerge” by a teenage encounter with an 1897 poem called “Un Coup de des Jamais N’Abolira le Hasard” by Stephane Mallarme. As art tends to do when a receptive kid encounters it for the first time, the poem stuck with Smolders for decades afterwards. He continued to think […]

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Pedro Rebelo’s “Listen to me” reviewed by The Sound Projector

By Miguel Carvalhais | Published: 29 January 2021

We last heard Portuguese composer Pedro Rebelo in 2011, when he played stiff classical piano on Faint for the School of Music and Sonic Arts of Queen’s University in Belfast. He’s here today with Listen To Me(CRONICA 161-2020), a process based electro-acoustic thing which seems to continue the academic lineage to some degree. The starting point is scientific research conducted at […]

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