Marc Behrens’s “Clould” reviewed by Anxious

Tytuł Clould łączy w sobie słowa “cloud” (chmura), wskazując na fascynację ludzkości rzekomymi nadprzyrodzonymi istotami, które żyły w chmurach lub je tworzyły, oraz “could” („mogłoby”). Historyczne mitologie zostały umieszczone w kontekście XXI wiecznego masowego transportu powietrznego, który napędza duże grupy ludzi – pasywnych siłą – przez przestrzeń, która kiedyś należała do mitologicznych istot i energii. I oczywiście do chmur. Cykl utworów elektroakustycznych Clould i jego preambuła Aiear (Crónica 218~2024) składają się łącznie z 95 minut muzyki, …

New release: Marc Behrens’s “Clould”

After the recent release of Aiear, we’re now immensely happy to present the second and final part of the Clould cycle, in a limited-release CD with a 16-page booklet. The title Clould convolutes the words cloud, hinting at humankind’s fascination of supposed supernatural beings that lived in clouds or created them, and could, a potentiality. Historical mythologies …

Marc Behrens’s “Clould” reviewed by Vital Weekly

Marc Behrens was more active with releases a long time ago, the first decade of this century and the last half of the decade before that, but these days may have shifted his work into sound installations – who knows? Maybe he releases his music online mostly. There is a ‘preamble’ release for ‘Clould’, called …

New release: Miguel A. García & Àlex Reviriego’s “Heralds de l’hivern”

Miguel A. García and Àlex Reviriego have long careers in experimental music, free improvisation, electronics and the most risky metal. In recent years they have collaborated in various projects with other musicians, but this album is their first project as a duo. García and Reviriego act as guides, like Stalkers, on a sonic journey divided …

Bruno Duplant’s “Écouter les fant​ô​mes“ reviewed by Vital Weekly

When I sometimes write that people like Bruno Duplant (or Celer or Machinefabriek) appear almost every week in Vital Weekly, I am doing this in a loving and joking way. I like their music, and there’s an abundance out there, so what’s not to enjoy? I say this fully, realising I’m not the one buying …

New release: Marc Behrens’s “Aiear”

Airplane noise interrupted my early outdoor sound recording attempts in the forests around Frankfurt. And so, after a while, I figured I would kick the pastoral, turn the concept upside down, and specifically record the airplane noise instead. Aiear was planned as a field recording project since 1996. In 2023 I resumed the project and composed …

New release: Síria’s “Mahe Man / Mau Jeito”

Síria is back! After the two fantastic albums Boa-Língua and Cuspo, Diana Combo’s Síria is back with two new tracks, Mahe Man, composed with Jeremy Young after the Persian song Bote Chin by Ali Akbar Sheyda, and Mau Jeito, composed by Kaveh Sarvarian and remixed by @c. Mahe Man / Mau Jeito is now available to …

Philippe Petit’s “A Divine Comedy” reviewed by Felthat

Philippe Petit took up on a truly epic endeavour – both Dante Aligheri’s Divine Comedy and Gustave Dore illustrations for this classic work have been an inspiration for his newest work beautifully released as a double cd by Portuguese label Crónica based in Oporto, Portugal. It is a long set of narrative pieces which Philippe …

Jos Smolders’s “Textuur 2” reviewed by Anxious

Ten album jest drugą częścią serii, w której badam procesy usuwania dźwięków z ich oryginalnego kontekstu i cięcia ich na małe kawałki. W ten sposób dźwięki zostają oddzielone od swojego źródła i tym samym oderwane od tego, co pierwotnie reprezentowały. To, co jest dla mnie interesujące i stanowi wyzwanie w tym projekcie, to znalezienie obszaru, w którym reprezentacja znika, a dźwięk staje się abstrakcją. Gdzie to jest, zależy od oryginalnego …