During a long stay in Lisbon, Portugal, Bristol sound artist Simon Whetham and now based in Colombia records the city ambiance and its outskirts. He captures the geography and architecture of the city of Lisbon, its people, weather and his emotional state. For this Whetham used different types of microphones like Sennheiser shotgun microphone and …
Author Archives: Miguel Carvalhais
Lemures live in Venice
Tomorrow evening, the Teatro Fondamenta Nuove in Venice presents performances by Lemures — the collaboration of Enrico Coniglio and Giovanni Lami —, Zbeen and Nicola Ratti. More information at teatrofondamentanuove.it
New podcast: Piotr Cisak
“Memoria†was created using a Tascam handheld recorder, an electric guitar and bow, without overdubs. Piotr Cisak aka Kepa Yew comes from Gdansk, but in 2009 he moved to Cracow. He organized a series of events called Prima-Materia and led the radio broadcasts from Radiofonia for a year (2011–12). Kepa Yew promotes music like ambient, …
Futurónica 82
Episode 82 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, February 22nd. The playlist of Futurónica 82 is: Guiseppe Ielasi, 04 (2012, Untitled, Entr’acte) Mise_en_scene, 443.3 (2013, 443, Crónica) Machinefabriek, 15/15 A (2012, 15/15, Worm Records) Guiseppe Ielasi, 05 …
“Never So Alone†reviewed by Vital Weekly
In 2010 the volcano Eyjafjallajokull erupted and made air traffic impossible for some time in Europe. Simon Whetham was in Portugal and has to extend his stay. He decided to capture the sounds of the city, using a Sennheiser shotgun microphone, two Tram lavalier mics, contact microphones and hydrophones, and later on composed pieces of …
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New release: “443†by Mise_en_scene
The first part of the process was an improvisation recording with a grand piano and found objects made by mise_en_scene and Andrey at the Jerusalem National Theater in front of an empty hall during the Summer of 2008. The second part, later that year, was mise_en_scene’s feedback recordings with 4 PCC microphones in an empty …
“frequencies (a)†by Nicolas Bernier at Electric Spring
Nicolas Bernier is presenting his electrified tuning forks project, frequencies (a), at the Electric Spring Festival in Huddersfield, UK. From February 20th to 25th, the event bring together cutting edge sound artists: Franck Vigroux (FR), John Wall (UK), Francis Dhomont (FR), Nicolas Bernier (QC), Julio D’Escrivan (VZ), Benjamin THIGPEN (FR), Jean-François Laporte (QC), Eryck Abecassis …
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Angelica Vazquez Salvi and Miguel Carvalhais perform at Sabaduos
Tomorrow, Saturday 16th, Angelica Vazquez Salvi and Miguel Carvalhais will premiere their duo performance at Sabaduos #24 at A Vizinha, in Rua Duarte Belo in Lisbon. Entrance is free! More information at FB
“Never So Alone†reviewed by De:Bug
Einen durch den Ausbruch eines isländischen Vulkans und die damit verbundene Stilllegung europäischer Flughäfen bedingten Zwangsaufenthalt in Lissabon nutzte der Klangkünstler Simon Whetham für ausgiebige Feldaufnahmen. Urbanes iberisches Treiben hat er dabei außer Acht gelassen, sein Interesse galt eher normalerweise unhörbaren Vibrationen und Unterwasserklängen, die er mit Kontaktmikrofon, Hydrophon und Tonabnehmer aufzeichnete. Dadurch ergeben sich …
“Never So Alone†reviewed by Monsieur Délire
Album de musique électroacoustique très délicate, sur fond d’enregistrements de terrain souvent ténus. Certaines ambiances sont bien réussies, et la recherche sonore de Whetham pousse l’oreille à chercher de nouveaux types de liens entre les sons, mais à 77 minutes, Never So Alone pèche par excès. François Couture via Monsieur Délire