Next Thursday, October 18th, the 73rd episode of Futurónica will be broadcasted live from Maus Hábitos, in Porto, during the first night of the Futureplaces festival. Miguel Carvalhais, Pedro Almeida, João Cruz and Marc Behrens will run the special four hour long emission, centered in Crónica but expanding far beyond it. Be sure to catch …
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Crónica winter promotion
The first rains have arrived and, although it’s still not technically winter, it certainly starts feeling like it. To warm the spirit to face the cold weather, there’s nothing quite like new good music… Knowing that, we are happy to offer another of our customary winter promotions: from now until the end of December, all …
Soon in Crónica: “Eiffelâ€
Micromelancolié’s Crónicast 94 reviewed by Disquiet
The Crónica podcast is a steady source of abstract sound, but abstraction comes in many forms. To listen to the fragments that comprise the latest entry in the long-running series — it is number 94, and is by Micromelancolié, aka Poland-based musician Robert SkrzyÅ„ski — is to hear slim noises, bright crunches, whizzes of passing …
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“eins bis sechzehn†reviewed by Vital Wekly
The other new project on Cronica is more an art like project dealing with ruins of hotels. Julia Weinmann did the photography of them, while one Ephraim Wegner made recordings in these abandoned places. Waking up and down those stairs, large empty rooms of bare concrete. There is not of processing going on here, although …
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Nicolas Bernier’s “frequencies (a)â€
frequencies (a) | nicolas bernier from Nicolas Bernier on Vimeo. Nicolas Bernier is premiering a new performative work using mechanically triggered tuning forks with light synchronisation. The work will kickoff on October 10 at Electric Fields Festival (Ottawa, Canada) while the European premiere will be launched on October 25-26 at Lab30 (Augburg, Germany) and October …
Futurónica 72
Episode 72 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, October 5th. The playlist of Futurónica 72 is: Wang Changcun, King Of Image 1995 (2006, The Mountain Swallowing Sadness, Sub Rosa) @c, 89 (2012, Re:Fujaco, Galaverna) Lawrence English, Ghost …
Tropa Macaca at Mercedes
Next Friday night, Mana‘s residence at O Meu Mercedes É Maior Que O Teu, in Porto, will return with a performance by Tropa Macaca! Tickets are available at Matéria Prima (Porto) e Jo-Jo’s Music.
New podcast: Gintas K
It’s always a great pleasure to announce a new collaboration with Gintas K! Crónicast 099 presents a recording of Gintas K performing live in Vienna last May. Download here or subscribe to the podcast in iTunes.
“Calyforniaâ€, a performance by Susana Mourão and Jorge Mantas
Next Saturday, September 29th, Susana Mourão and Jorge Mantas (aka The Beautiful Schizophonic) will perform a cinema-concert at the S. Vicente church in Évora. More informatio.