“eins bis sechzehn” reviewed by Liability

Où comment passer d’un statut de Dj à celui d’artiste expérimental. Ephraim Wegner est un de ceux-là. Ils ne sont pas forcément nombreux dans son cas et il aurait été sans doute été plus aisé pour lui de continuer sur ses premières amours afin de connaître un tant soit peu de célébrité. Et pourtant, ce …

“Five Years on Cold Asphalt” reviewed by Liability

A l’initiale, Quarz était un projet mené de front par Alexandr Vatagin et Lukas Scholler, deux transfuges de Tupolev. Scholler quitte assez rapidement le projet laissant Vatagin mener seul la barque. Il ne restera pas seul très longtemps puisqu’il sera rejoint par des figures montantes des musiques nouvelles et aventureuses que sont Nicolas Bernier, Martin …

“Queendom Maybe Rise” reviewed by A Closer Listen

It’s been a while since we’ve heard a new full-length work from Marc Behrens, so it’s great to hear him back in action. Queendom Maybe Rise is an album of two pieces, one long enough to be an album of its own (“Maybe Rise”) and a second, shorter piece whose nature is completely distinct (“Queendom”). …

New podcast: Cem Güney + Ephraim Wegner

The acceleration of technological progess has been the central feature of this century. Predictions are that the pattern of exponential growth (Moore’s Law being the most prominent example) that technology follows will lead to change comparable to the rise of human life on earth, or change so rapid and profound that it will represent a …

Futurónica 84

Episode 84 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 22nd. The playlist of Futurónica 84 is: KTL, Last Spring: A Prequel (2012, KTL V, Editions Mego) Eleh, Spring Mornings 2012 (2012, Weight of Accumulation, Important Records) Morton …

“Queendom Maybe Rise” reviewed by Vital Weekly

It’s been a while since I last heard about Elgaland/Vargaland and I kinda hoped it would all been have passed by now, the kingdom was overthrown by The People’s Republic Of Elga/Varga, but here the ministry of not knowing what to be a ministry of, also known as Marc Behrens, offers a piece that was …

“Monnom / Hertz, Gigahertz” reviewed by Sonidos Restringidos

Este año se celebra un siglo de la publicación del manifiesto L’arte dei rumori (El arte de los ruidos), escrito por el futurista italiano Luigi Russolo en marzo de 1913 (puedes leerlo, traducido al castellano, en este blog), y a buen seguro proliferarán recordatorios y reivindicaciones de las ideas revolucionarias entorno a la concepción musical …

“Monnom / Hertz, Gigahertz” reviewed by Loop

This is a collaboration between Miguel A. García and Durán Vázquez for a split album in Crónica’s Unlimited Series. The piece ‘Monnom’ composed by García lasts 17 minutes approximately and shows a repetitive, mechanic and provocative noise. Drones in the background are the basis of sound design which are articulated in complex software. ‘Hertz, Gigahertz’ …

Futurónica 83

Episode 83 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 8th. The playlist of Futurónica 83 is: Marc Behrens, Unit (2012, Unit, and/OAR) Marc Behrens, Maybe Rise (2013, Queendom Maybe Rise, Crónica) You can follow Rádio Zero’s broadcasts …