Author Archives: Miguel Carvalhais
Diogo Alvim’s ”Música para Mysterious Heart” reviewed by Music Map
”Música para Mysterious Heart”, uscito per Crónica Records, è un lavoro creato per un’esibizione di danza della coreografa Tânia Carvalho, che si muove in una dimensione sospesa, intima e quasi cinematografica, confermando Diogo Alvim come un artista capace di trasformare emozioni sottili in paesaggi sonori evocativi. Il disco si presenta come un percorso interiore, più …
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Machinefabriek’s “Spelonk” reviewed by Gonzo Circus
Durán Vázquez + Kloob’s “Vinum Sabbati: In the Dawn of Science Fiction” reviewed by Nitestylez
Released on November 11th, 2k25 via the ever active Portuguese label that is known under the name of Cronica is “Vinum Sabbati: At The Dawn Of Science Fiction”, the first full length collaboration album conceived by Duran Vazquez and Kloob which had known eachother for almost a quarter of a century before actually starting to work on …
Diogo Alvim’s ”Música para Mysterious Heart” reviewed by Il Manifesto
Matilde Meireles’s “Four Tales” reviewed by A Cabine
A artista sonora Matilde Meireles regressou à Crónica no passado dia 10 de março para lançar o seu novo álbum, “Four Tales”. O disco é fruto de uma performance ao vivo e está, como não poderia deixar de ser, repleto de field recordings trabalhados ao longo de mais de 1h. O álbum articula som e …
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Machinefabriek’s “Spelonk” reviewed by Neue Musikzeitung
Eine kleine EP mit drei Tracks elektronischer Computer-Musik (6, 17 und 18 Minuten). Wenn man nicht wüsste, dass diese Kompositionen erst kürzlich realisiert worden sind, dürfte man Schwierigkeiten haben, dies zu erraten. Natürlich ist da die Klarheit der modernen Aufnahmetechnik zu merken, die ganz wunderbar die Klangideen im akustischen Raum staffelt. Also da die Dauertöne, dort …
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Matilde Meireles’s “Four Tales” reviewed by Research Music
The trickling, bubbling, and gurgling movements of water bodies have been a recurring motif for as long as ambient music and field recordings have existed. Yet, UK-based Portuguese artist Matilde Meireles has a gift for reshaping the known into the unexpected. Based on DRIFT, a site-specific floating pavilion created as part of the Belfast 2024 …
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New release: Diogo Alvim’s ”Música para Mysterious Heart”
Mysterious Heart is a dance piece by choreographer Tânia Carvalho, created for Tanzmainz at the Staatstheater Mainz in 2023–24. The music composed for this project was conceived from the outset with a certain autonomy from the choreography. The initial idea, taken from a practice already familiar in Tânia’s choreographic work, involved exploring and characterising different emotions …
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