Marc Behrens releases “The Religion of Toxins”

Marc Behrens’s new mini-album “The Religion of Toxins” was released as a digital edition. The work was first presented as a sound installation at Museu Serralves, Porto, Portugal, May 30–31, 2015, during “Serralves em Festa 2015”, inside the Serralves chapel. “The Religion of Toxins” is now available to stream and buy in Bandcamp.

Futurónica 148

Episode 148 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, September 4th. The playlist of Futurónica 148 is: Martijn Tellinga, Branching into Others, for a large instrumental field (2015, Positions, Crónica) Martijn Tellinga, Three Modulators, for trombones (2015, Positions, …

New release: Martijn Tellinga’s “Positions”

You could light a space with fire. It would burn for as long as there was flammable material and oxygen. It would leave ash for you to clean up (sweeping the floor with a large broom). It would provide heat. It would smell bad – and perhaps set off fire alarms. But for a while …

Futurónica 147

Episode 147 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, August 21st. The playlist of Futurónica 147 is: Darius Čiuta, pau-KR (2012, pau-Kr, self-released) You can follow Rádio Zero’s broadcasts at radiozero.pt/ouvir and Rádio Manobras at radiomanobras.pt.

Futurónica 146

Episode 146 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, August 7th. The playlist of Futurónica 146 is: Boca Raton, Further (2005, Enzo/Further, Spekk) Boca Raton, Circles ‘4 to ‘8 (2005, Product 5, Crónica) Boca Raton, Enzo (2005, Enzo/Further, …

“Lanificio Leo” reviewed by Rumore

Vitale e ingegnoso, il disco parla la lingua ritmica delle macchine. Novellino e Rosi ne ascoltano e registrano la voce, dediti a magnificare i suoni prodotti in questo antico stabilimento tessile nei presso di Catanzaro. Trattasi di field recordings: puri e semplici nella prima parte (testimonianza audiofila e timbrica da manuale), re-inventati in chiusura. Magnifico …

“Ma·Org Pa·Git” reviewed by Neural

There aren’t many cases in which a musical instrument is imbued with the characteristics of architecture and environment in addition to sound production. The organ is essentially a tool of location and has a special connection to liturgical music. It was described as the king of musical instruments by Pope Benedict XVI at the unveiling …