Pedra Contida live in Porto, Lisboa and Coimbra

The Pedra Contida quintet — Marcelo dos Reis, Angelica V. Salvi, João Pais Filipe, Nuno Torres, Miguel Carvalhais — will be presenting performances in Porto, Lisboa and Coimbra throughout the next week. Starting in Thursday 19 in Passos Manuel in Porto (with Vitor Joaquim opening), they will follow to Lisboa’s Desterro on Friday the 20th …

Today: Zero’15 with @c, Ricaro Jacinto and Jonathan Saldanha in Coimbra

Included in the program of Ano Zero, the Coimbra biennial, [zerodB] is a series of performances curated by Pedro Tudela on November 13 and 20. Tonight’s performances will feature Ricardo Jacinto, @c (Miguel Carvalhais and Pedro Tudela) and Jonathan Uliel Saldanha. The series closes with Marçal dos Campos, Haarvöl and Susana Chiocca next Friday. More …

“Positions” reviewed by Bad Alchemy

Musik wird meist als Kunst in der Zeit betrachtet, auch wenn manche sie ins Zeitlose zu dehnen versuchen und dann von ‘deep’ raunen oder von einem Theatre of Eternal Music. Wagner fand für das Zeitlose die Formel: Zum Raum wird hier die Zeit. Der Raum ist also mit im musikalischen Spiel, auch wenn die site-specific …

“Gamelan Descending a Staircase” reviewed by Loop

Arturas BumÅ¡teinas es un compositor, artista sonoro e improvisador lituano que trabaja en los campos de la música experimental y electroacústica, del radio arte e instalaciones. Desde 1997 trabaja en solitario con su nombre editando más de 30 discos, también bajo el seudónimo de Refuse y tiene varias colaboraciones con artistas locales e internacionales. El …

Futurónica 153

Arturas BumÅ¡teinas’s “Gamelan Descending a Staircase” is Crónica release 100! We celebrate with a full episode of Futurónica dedicated to it. Episode 153 of Futurónica, a broadcast in Rádio Manobras (91.5 MHz in Porto, 18h30) and Rádio Zero (21h GMT, repeating on Tuesday at 01h) airs tomorrow, November 11th. The playlist of Futurónica 153 is: …

New release: “Gamelan Descending a Staircase”

Crónica is very proud to announce it’s 100th release, Arturas BumÅ¡teinas’s “Gamelan Descending a Staircase”! Arturas BumÅ¡teinas (aka Refusenik) is a composer of acoustic and electronic music (graduated from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater), performer, sound artist, and a founding-member of Quartet Twentytwentyone, the Works & Days, Wolumen and Zarasai ensembles. His various …

Ano Zero’15: @c in Coimbra

Included in the program of Ano Zero, the Coimbra biennial, [zerodB] is a series of performances curated by Pedro Tudela, taking over the magnificent Salão Brazil on November 13 and 20. The first evening will feature performances by Ricardo Jacinto, @c (Miguel Carvalhais and Pedro Tudela) and Jonathan Uliel Saldanha. The series closes with Marçal …