Albrecht Loops, Alexandre Soares and Pedro Almeida will be performing at Fórum da Maia (café-concerto) one more experimental non-fixed improvised guitar session of “Guitarras Variáveis” “Guitarras Variáveis” (Variable guitars) is an experimental project that approaches and explores the improvised side of the guitar as an instrument of sound creation. It aims to gather musicians, despite …
Author Archives: Miguel Carvalhais
“Ab OVO†reviewed by A Closer Listen
These are not normal puppets, and this is not a normal soundtrack. @c‘s Ab OVO is a recreation of themes for the home listener, a condensation of ideas that were first used to augment the puppet theatre of Porto. Highly original, incredibly dense and occasionally maddening, the new score creates its own intrigue. What exactly …
“Residual Forms†reviewed by Carnage
‘Deriva’, termine chiave dell’ultimo lavoro di Monty Adkins uscito per l’etichetta Crònica. Il lavoro viene introdotto come di seguito: ‘una deriva urbana / con sentieri labirintici di beatitudine intossicante / forme residuali / danza della retina / di un sogno troppo stanco’ . Il sentore di una revérie ossidata, un vagare che ha poco a …
“Quark: How Does The Invisible Sound?†launches
Quark: How Does The Invisible Sound? is a media project born with the specific intent of exploring the possible inter-relationship between sound and the invisible, strictly related to science and physics. It relies on monthly digital releases and a MaxMSP custom software called Cconfin, inspired by elementary particles interactions and a physical phenomenon known as …
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“Ab OVO†reviewed by Musik an Sich
Das aus Porto stammende Experimental Elektronik Duo @C existiert seit 2000. Sein neues Album AB OVO ist das Resultat einer Soundtrack Produktion die sie für ein experimentelles Puppenspiel der Portugiesischen Künstlergruppe Teatro de Maronetas do Porto kreierten und Aufnahmen. Wie dieses Soundgebilde ein Puppenstück untermalen kann ist schwer Vorstellbar, aber es wird wohl funktionieren bzw. …
Gintas K live in Berlin
Next Friday, February 28, Gintas K will perform live with Klaus Felitz and Ernst Markus Stein in Berlin at the aquabitArt Galerie at Auguststrasse 35, 10119 Berlin.
“Meubles†reviewed by Onda Rock
La proposta del compositore lituano Arturas Bumsteinas è di adottare i più tipici stilemi di folktronica e poptronica e di estenderli in lunghe composizioni da camera anziché rinchiuderli in arrangiamenti per canzoni tradizionali. L’ultimo “Meubles†(a seguire i vari “Stories from Organ Safariâ€, “Heap Of Languageâ€, “Three Sixteens†etc.) è un esempio lampante di questo …
“Ab OVO†reviewed by Sonic Seducer
Seinen Ursprung hat “Ab Ovo†in der musikalischen Begleitung für eine Aufführung des Puppentheaters der portugiesischen Stadt Porto. Nach der Premiere Anfang 2012 machten sich die beiden Urheber, Pedro Tudela und Miguel Carvalhais, daran, den Soundtrack zu erweitern und aus dem Kontext der Aufführung zu lösen. Hieraus entstand “Ab Ovo†— ein Säurebad elektronischer Kompositionen. …
Futurónica 108
Episode 108 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, February 21st. The playlist of Futurónica 108 is: David Vélez, Caudal (2013, Yoi, Unfathomless) Simon Whetham, In Many Ways, Trapped (2013, Yoi, Unfathomless) You can follow Rádio Zero’s broadcasts …
“Ab OVO†reviewed by Neural
Miguel Carvalhais & Pedro Tudela began work on this new project edited by Crónica Electronica in May 2012, finishing in July 2013. The composition originates from work by @c for the soundtrack to OVO, a pièce of puppet drama by Oporto, developed between the end of 2011 and the beginning of 2012. Starting from an …