Besides a handful of abstract and experimental musicians, Portugal based Crónica media label is a home to its founders and one of the most interesting acts, @c (pronounced “at-câ€). Originally a trio, @c formed in 2000, and is currently made up of Miguel Carvalhais and Pedro Tudela. Their fourteenth (by my count) release is actually …
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Crónica is very proud to present the new release by LuÃs Antero, “(ANT(i)SOM)â€, now available as a free download. (ANT(i)SOM) by LuÃs Antero The basis of (ANT(i)SOM) is formed by field recordings with ants at the villages of Piódão (Arganil) and Alvoco das Várzeas (Oliveira do Hospital), at the heart of Beira Serra in Portugal. …
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Not to be confused with those lovely primates living in the island of Madagascar – Lemurs in Po Valley could be an oddity for zoologists indeed -, even if the name of this album could be puzzling as Lemuria is also the name of the hypothetical “lost land” where lemurs came from and the first …
The conceptual framework of the play OVO by the Puppet Theare of Porto (Portugal), which started from a sparkling idea by Eric De Sarria, pivots on the contemporary declension of everlasting crisis of mankind and supposedly those abstract and sometimes enticing ideas of progress or evolution that nourish collectivism or alternatively individualism till their gradual …
Episode 109 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, March 6th. The playlist of Futurónica 109 is: Iannis Xenakis, Polytope de Cluny (1972) Florian Hecker, B1 (2010, 3 Track 12â€, eMego) Pita, Untitled (1999, Get Out, Mego) You …
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 …
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 …
‘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? 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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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. …
