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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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 …
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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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
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 …
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
Slithering low frequencies, oxidised sounds, dull tumbles, subdued shouts and a general feeling of decay impregnate the first part of this one track album by Quarz, a Wien-based collective project assembled by versatile musician Alexandr Vatagin, member of Tupolev and Port-Royal and label boss of Valeot Records, who involved many musicians of the lively artistic …
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Episode 81 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 8th. The playlist of Futurónica 81 is: Durán Vázquez, Pictures From The Atlantic City Of Vigo (2009, Home, Sweet Home, Crónica) Miguel A. GarcÃa, Monnom (2013, Monnom / …
Gintas K has just announced two new releases, “Greit†by ILSE in the USA and “Slow†by Baskaru in France.
