Futurónica 138

Episode 138 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, April 17th. The playlist of Futurónica 138 is: Porcje RosoÅ‚owe, Gryllotalpa Talpa (2015, Insects 4-7, Crónica) Porcje RosoÅ‚owe, Metua Tympanis (2015, Insects 4-7, Crónica) Carlos Santos & Jorge Valente, …

“Unfurling Streams” reviewed by 5:4

From one black box to another: large, black and—unless you tilt it to the light—anonymous, within which is contained Unfurling Streams, a new sound/image work created by Monty Adkins and Stephen Harvey. The two collaborated on last year’s Rift Patterns, and this new work displays the same close attention to the intricate, intimate marriage of …

“Transmissions” reviewed by Chain DLK

The mechanical syntagms and the cycles where the transformation of potential energy into kinetic ones by old looms that Mathias Delplanque recorded at the museum of textile in Cholet, France, in 2008 for the first half of this release and by many different tools and machines that some students who took part to his workshop …

“Insects 4-7” reviewed by raz/uchem/raz/okiem

Chyba nigdy dotÄ…d, żaden muzyczny eksperyment, bardziej adekwatnie nie oddawaÅ‚ terminu “owadzia elektronika”, jak elektroakustyczny koncept duetu Porcje RosoÅ‚owe. To twierdzenie mogÅ‚oby być zasadne, gdyby nie pewien szkopuÅ‚. Owadów tu nie ma. W marcowym wydaniu Kwartalnika Kulturalnego “Opcje”, ukazaÅ‚ siÄ™ intrygujÄ…cy tekst RadosÅ‚awa Sirko “DźwiÄ™k w kontekÅ›cie post- i transhumanizmu. Muzyka zwierzÄ…t, roÅ›lin, komputerów”, bÄ™dÄ…cy …

New podcast: Luís Antero

Live recording of Luís Antero’s performance at Natal dos Experimentais 2013, December 13 at Passos Manuel, Porto. Performance with manipulated field recordings of the watch and bell of the “Torre da Paz” (tower of peace) at the village of Benfeita (Arganil) and with the millstone of the water mill of São Gião (Oliveira do Hospital). …

“Unfurling Streams” reviewed by Ambient Blog

If you check the back catalogue of Monty Adkins (which I definitely think you should), you’ll find that he often chooses a single instrument to work with and then starts exploring its possibilities and manipulating its sounds. And while the starting point and sounds are very different to begin with, he manages to create a …