“Pastoral” reviewed by Cyclic Defrost

Release no. 55 from the esteemed Cronica label sees acoustic/electronic composer Arturas Bumsteinas flexing his experimental muscles by utilising all manners of acoustic instrumentation and then subtly shifting, looping and distorting various passages to create waves and drones of differing complexities. Whilst essentially remaining an organic set of pieces, each is tinkered with just enough …

“Acute Inbetweens” reviewed by Obsküre

Entamée en 2006 en Australie, cette collaboration entre le fondateur du label Room40 Lawrence English et l’Américain Stephen Vitiello, a pris le temps de croître et de se développer de manière organique, chacun s’envoyant par e-mail idées, sons et ébauches de titres pour arriver à un résultat qui combine l’approche “mélodique” de Lawrence English, qui …

New unlimited release: Oriol Rosell’s “Ulrich Seidl E.P.”

Crónica is very proud to present a new release by Oriol Rosell, the “Ulrich Seidl E.P.”, now available as a free download. I love movies, even more than music. So when it came to name my tracks, I decided to pay tribute to some of my favourite cinema directors, although the music has no relation …

“Homem Fantasma” reviewed by Rockerilla

Tre lunghe tracce di 37, 34 e 39 minuti riempiono il nuovo lavoro di Miguel Carvalhais e Pedro Tudela. Titolari della sigla @C, nonché curatori dell’etichetta portoghese Cronica. La loro musica nasce da una profonda conoscenza del suono in tutte le sue forme: da una parte lo studio della composizione come risultato di un processo …