Lemures make industrial field recordings. Far from these evoking some sort of pretty pastoral scene they are harsh unrelenting explorations into the dark underbelly of machines. Thanks to the intensity of the vision there is hardly any relief from these foreboding soundscapes. Aspects of it do focus on the natural when necessary but even these …
Author Archives: Miguel Carvalhais
Simon Whetham live in Porto
Next wednesday, January 29th, we will be very honored to welcome Simon Whetham for an unmissable solo performance at Porto’s Passos Manuel. Simon has so far released two albums in Crónica, “Mic.Madeira†(with Hugo Olim, in 2011) and “Never So Alone†(in 2013), as well as the wonderful “Crossovers†compilation, available as a free download. …
“Concret-Sens†reviewed by Monsieur Délire
Voici ce que j’ai entendu de plus convaincant à ce jour de la part d’Emmanuel Mieville. Le titre de l’album est un jeu de mot sur la notion de “concrescence†développée par François Bayle pour parler de la substance concrète des sons. Ainsi, Mieville propose trois morceaux où la source sonore est magnifiée dans sa …
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“Ab OVO†reviewed by Monsieur Délire
@c est un merveilleux duo d’électroniciens portugais (Pedro Tudela et Miguel Carvalhais). En 2012, ils ont réalisé la musique d’un spectacle de marionettes pour adultes intitulé “Ovoâ€. Ils ont ensuite retravaillé ce matériel pour en faire un album (on me dit que le résultat final est très différent de la musique de scène, tout en …
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“Lemuria†reviewed by Blow Up
Il duo composto da Enrico Coniglio and Giovanni Lami utilizza field recordings ed elaborazione digitale per creare soundscapes dai toni avvolgenti estremamente dilatati, che spesso si espandono sino a lambire i territori dell’ ambient. In “Lemuria†la cura del dettaglio nell’ opera di tessitura elettronica si coniuga con efficacia al flusso impressionista generato dalla progressiva …
“Lemuria†reviewed by The New Noise
“Nelle credenze religiose di Roma antica, anima o spettro vagante di defunto che tornava sulla terra per molestare i viviâ€. Così dice il mio Zingarelli del lemure, mentre apprendo da Wikipedia che le “Lemuria†siano delle cerimonie dell’Antica Roma attraverso la quale esorcizzare i morti. Dietro a questo progetto troviamo Enrico Coniglio, ormai sound artist …
“Lemuria†reviewed by Rockerilla
Lemuria è il nuovo progetto di Enrico Coniglio, uno dei più impegnati esponenti del non certo vasto bacino dell’elettronica sperimentale italiana. Ad accompagnarlo in questa nuova avventura è il più giovane Giovanni Lami, che aveva già avuto modo non troppo tempo fa di donare le sue field recordings a gente come Ryan Connor (Sublamp) e …
Futurónica 105
Episode 105 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, January 10th. The playlist of Futurónica 105 is: No Way Out & Sonologyst, Mémoire du Passé (2013, The Double Side of Nature, Sillage Intemporel) Jazznoize, Vinyland o las exploraciones …
New release: “Ab OVO†by @c
There’s no better way to start the new year than with a new CD release, @c’s sixth album in Crónica, “Ab OVOâ€. Ab OVO by @c Composed by Carvalhais & Tudela, May 2012 to July 2013 from the original soundtrack to OVO, a play by the Teatro de Marionetas do Porto (composed by Tudela & …
Hugo Paquete releases “Phononâ€
Hugo Paquete has just released “Phononâ€, an album experiment that started as a call to explore the potentiality of the computer as an automatic machine to generate compositional material and aesthetic contents based on stochastic probabilities. The sonic material, supplied by Anton Mobin, Chris Black, Dezroy Adam, Evan x Merz, Hugo Paquete, Irad Lee, Jaime …