Next Wednesday, May 29th, Tore Honoré Bøe will be in Porto for an artist talk at the Faculty of Fine Arts (17h) and a performance at Miss Opo (22h) where he will present his “Acoustic Laptops†project. Both events are co-organized by Crónica, in association with the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of …
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New release: “The End of Vinyl†by Pure
Crónica’s 78th edition presents Pure’s classic the.end.of.vinyl, originally released by Mego in 1999. Long out of stock, this was Pure’s first output after the switch from analogue hardware to software and also his first work focusing on the pure listening experience instead of dance music. the.end.of.vinyl is not a manifesto against vinyl records, rather a …
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Crónica is in bandcamp
It’s been ten years since we started Crónica in 2003. In that time we published several releases in various formats, a few of which sold out long ago, some of which are still available as CD or vinyl, some as downloads. It’s not often that we have the opportunity to look back at the entire …
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“Queendom Maybe Rise†reviewed by Sound of Music
Marc Behrens frÃ¥n Tyskland är bild- och ljudkonstnär med en diger verklista med utställningar och inspelningar. Queensdom Maybe Rise är hans första pÃ¥ portugiska Crónica, ett skivbolag som formligen vräker ut högkvalitativ elektroakustisk musik. TvÃ¥ kompositioner bjuds här, det drygt 40 minuter lÃ¥nga stycket â€Maybe Rise†med överlagrade fältinspelningar och elektroniska drones som formar ett …
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Nicolas Bernier awarded the Golden Nica at 2013 Prix Ars Electronica
Nicolas Bernier’s project “frequencies (a)†was awarded the Golden Nica at this year’s Prix Ars Electronica. This project was composed in continuity with strings.lines, published by Cronica in 2010.
“Quarz†reviewed by Caleidoscoop
Hiernaast verschijnt er ook de cd Five Years On Cold Asphalt (alweer 5 jaar) van zijn project Quarz, dat in 2006 gestart is. Vatagin draagt zorg voor het concept, de coördinatie, elektronica, synthesizers en samples. Aan zijn zijde bevinden zich tegenwoordig Nicolas Bernier met elektronica en samples, Stefan Németh (Lokai, Radian) op de synthesizer, Alexander …
Futurónica 88
Episode 88 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, May 17th. The playlist of Futurónica 88 is: Pauline Oliveros & Andrew Deutsch, Birds (1999, Springs, Deep Listening) CM von Hausswolf, Mesmer (1995, Mesmer Variations, Ash International) Glenn Branca, …
“Queendom Maybe Rise†reviewed by Dark Entries
Marc Behrens is een multimedia artist die voral bekend is om zijn werk met veldopnamen en zijn elektronische klanklandschappen. Dit zal sommigen klinken als een beschrijving die evengoed bij Francisco Lopez zou kunnen passen -met wie hij trouwens al heeft samengewerkt- maar bij Behrens zijn de herwerkingen van het bronmateriaal minder radicaal en schuilt er …
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Tore Honoré Bøe in Porto
On May 29th, Tore Honoré Bøe will be in Porto for an artist talk at the Faculty of Fine Arts (17h) and a performance at Miss Opo (22h) where he will present his “Acoustic Laptops†project. Both events are co-organized by Crónica, in association with the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto, …