Author Archives: Miguel Carvalhais

Hugo Paquete releases “Phonon”

Hugo Paquete has just released “Phonon”, 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 …

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Mono #2 is now available

Mono #2: Cochlear Poetics: Writings on Music and Sound Arts is a publication of the Research Institute in Art, Design and Society (i2ADS) of the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto. This issue of Mono is dedicated to music, sound arts and sound in the arts and media. Guest-edited by Miguel Carvalhais …

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Futurónica 104

Episode 104 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, December 27th. The playlist of Futurónica 104 is: Mikel R. Nieto, Untitled #18 (2012) Marc Behrens, A/B Rain/Compressor (2011, Apparatus, Agxivatein) Lionel Marchetti, Dans la montagne (Ki Ken Taï) …

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“Queendom Maybe Rise” and “Never so Alone” reviewed by Skug

(…) all das schlägt der Hörerin in diesem elektroakustischen Soundteppich mit luftigem Fieldrecording-Support entgegen. Dasselbe gilt übrigens auch für die CDs »QueendomMaybeRise« von Marc Behrens und »Never So Alone« von Simon Whetham (beide auf Cronica erschienen). Düster sphärisches Flirren, schön gediegen, schön ereignislos, bei Whetham eine Spur ziselierter noch, darum auch ansprechender. via Skug

Pedra Contida live in Aveiro and Porto

Pedra Contida, the quintet of Marcelo dos Reis (guitar), João Pais Filipe (drums and percussion), Miguel Carvalhais (computer), Angélica V Salvi (harp) and Nuno Torres (alto sax), will perform in Aveiro and Porto this next weekend. Aveiro’s Associação Cultural Mercado Negro will host the Friday evening (22h) performance and Porto’s Maus Hábitos the Saturday afternoon …

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“Ab OVO” reviewed by Vital Weekly

Its been quite a while, I believe, that we last heard something from Portuguese laptop improvisers @C, Pedro Tudela and Miguel Carvalhais. Maybe they too are less interested in releasing CDs and otherwise engaged in the production of music? This new release hints at such, as this is the soundtrack of “Ovo, a play by …

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