Dei diapason. Guide quasi morali. Le “linee†a cui fa riferimento il titolo del nuovo suggestivo lavoro di Nicolas Bernier sono “tuning forkâ€, strumenti di accordatura e curiosi spiriti di metallo che riproducono un “puro tonoâ€, a cui anelare. Per un anno e mezzo (settembre 2008-febbraio 2010), Nicolas ha seguito la fascinazione di ciò che …
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Going with my binaural mics on the 21st November 2010 to the Basilica of St. Mary of Health (in italian “Basilica di Santa Maria della Saluteâ€) at Punta della Dogana (Venice-Italy), during the typical feast-day. Thousands of people visit the main altar of the church to give thanks to the Virgin Mary and ask to …
Rádio Zero is preparing a special and colaborative streaming event to comemorate Heinrich Hertz birthday next February 22. Hertz experiments with electromagnetic waves were in the very basis that led to the to the development of the radio. And his name became the term used for radio and electrical frequencies: hertz (Hz), as in kilohertz …
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Auch hier geht es um den Konnex zwischen Audio und spezifischen Räumen. Die 7 Stücke bilden sich um field recordings aus konkreten französischen Orten, in denen es um Transport geht: Bahnhöfe, Häfen, Parkplätze und Transit-Areale. Die Klangerfahrungen werden verdichtet und in Innenräumen zu einem Ambient verdichtet, der Fragen nach Raum und Verortung von Klang stellen …
Episode 27 of Futurónica, a broadcast in Rádio Zero (every two weeks, on Friday nights, repeating on Tuesdays at 01h) airs tomorrow, January 28th at 21h (GMT). The playlist for Futurónica #27 is: Wolf Vostell, Elektronicher Dé-Collage. Happening Raum. (1968, An Anthology of Noise & Electronic Music, Sub Rosa) Giuseppe Ielasi, Polystyrene Box (2010, Tools, …
Nicolas Bernier is another modern composer, based in Montreal. On Strings.Lines (CRÓNICA 053) we hear five compositions of his played by Pierre Yves-Martel and Chris Bartos, on the viola da gamba and violin respectively. At the heart of these works resides an obsession with perfect pitch, as manifested by that simple device the tuning fork; …
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Im Spannungsfeld von improvisierter und elektroakustischer Neuer Musik warten weiterhin derart viele Perlen auf ihre Entdeckung, dass man nur hoffen kann, dass zumindest ein Teil der Akteure irgendwann einmal die Einsicht ereilt, dass der Schritt aus dem selbst errichteten Elfenbeinturm an eine Öffentlichkeit jenseits eines hochspezialisierten Publikums eine sinnvolle Entscheidung wäre. Ein aktuelles und gutes …
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Crónica’s compilation, released in 2010 to mark our 50th edition, was selected as one of the highlights of 2010 by Terje Paulsen at Spiritual Archives. “Crónica L†was freely distributed to all the subscribers of Neural magazine (issue #36, May 2010) and not sold through any of the usual distribution channels. We do however still …
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2010 saw the release of Mathias Delplanques’ Passeports, a study in the sounds of transportation. Using a combination of field recordings of various transit (harbors, planes and train stations) woven together with various organic, electronic and domestic sounds; Delplanque composes a hymn to movement. The seven pieces represented here are Passeport 1 through 7; each …
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