“The Mediterranean Drift” reviewed by Terz

Slavin, seit über 15 Jahren auch ein umtriebiger Klangaktivist, ist u. a. bekannt für seine (alp)traumhaften Erzählungen zwischen der fernen Vergangenheit und der nahen Zukunft. Sein aktuelles Album, über Crónicaelectronica.org als free download erhältlich – Spenden werden natürlich gerne genommen -, ist wie geschaffen für eine politische Metapher für die Gegenwart. Unplakativ, unsloganhaft und indirekt, …

“Passeports” reviewed by Blow Up

Molti sono i punti a favore de Mathias Delplanque all’analisi ravvicinata del sua nuovo album “Passeports”. Innanzittuo l’autore francese appare assai abile nella documentazione e nell’elaborazione dei materiali che costituiscono la struttura portante per i sette segmenti dell’album (si tratta di registrazioni sul campo relative all’ambito del trasporto: stazioni, porti, parcheggi e altre zone di …

Drumming present a new work by @c

Next Sunday, November 7th, at Teatro Aveirense, the Drumming Percussion Group presents a program of contemporary percussion works that includes the premiere of “88” a new work for percussion commissioned to @c (Pedro Tudela & Miguel Carvalhais). More information at Festivais de Outono or Teatro Aveirense.

Futurónica #21

Episode 21 of Futurónica, a broadcast in Rádio Zero (every two weeks, on Friday nights, repeating on Tuesdays at 01h) airs tomorrow, November 5th at 21h (GMT). The playlist for Futurónica #21 is: David Maranha, Berceuse pour Ema (2006, Atlantic Waves) Osso Exótico, Ciclo #2 (1997, V, Ananana) Osso Exótico, Untitled (1999, VII, Drone Records) …

“Crónica L” reviewed by Loop

Este compilado celebra la edición número 50 del sello de Porto, Portugal, dirigido por Miguel Carvalhais and Pedro Tudela, quienes invitaron a 18 artistas del sello para que colaboraran entre ellos porduciendo nueve temas. La primera pista es por el italiano Enrico Coniglio y el artista sonoro británico Janek Shaefer que es una pieza de …

Crónica releases are now available at various online stores

Several Crónica disc releases are now available through various online stores, besides Boomkat, through which store we have been distributing our releases for the last couple of years. You can currently find most of the latest releases available for purchase and download through outlets as iTunes, Amazon, emusic, Fnac, Napster, Juno, among others. Nicolas Bernier’s …

Nicolas Bernier releases “courant.air” in ahornfelder

courant.air is the continuation of the work begun in 2007 with the guitarist Simon Trottier in which we intertwine improvised electroacoustic and folk music. I wanted to explore this further within a formal compositional context. I imagine myself on the banks of the St. Lawrence river, this estuary to which I owe the history of …

“Crónica L” reviewed by Textura

Crónica celebrates its fiftieth release with a compilation featuring nine collaborations by Stephan Mathieu, Janek Schaefer, Lawrence English, Marc Behrens, Stephen Vitiello, Tu M’, and others. Crónica L’s material is emblematic of the type of bold experimentalism the label has remained faithful to since its inception more than seven years ago. It’s an hour of …