Author Archives: Miguel Carvalhais

Síria’s “Boa-Língua” reviewed by Neural

By Miguel Carvalhais | Published: 29 November 2020

Boa-Língua in Portuguese literally means “good tongue”. This expression is often used in contrast to “bad tongue” that is “small talk”. For his second album Siria used structures of his former work, Cuspo. She used them as organising principle for the structure (9 songs in one sequence, the final one being a repetition) and length […]

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New release: Nicola Di Croce’s “Deus Sive Natura”

By Miguel Carvalhais | Published: 24 November 2020

“Deus sive Natura” is a latin expression later used by philosopher Baruch Spinoza to reflect upon the identity of God and Nature: “Individual things are nothing but modifications of the attributes of God, or modes by which the attributes of God are expressed in a fixed and definite manner” (Spinoza, Ethics, pt. 1, proposition 25, […]

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Roel Meelkop’s “Crossmodulated” reviewed by Silence and Sound

By Miguel Carvalhais | Published: 13 November 2020

Ça commence par des frottements, peu à peu rattrapés par une forme d’énergie bourdonnante, parasitée par des ondes radio grésillantes… Crossmodulated de Roel Meelkop est une entité sombre, un trou noir dans l’espace avalant les étoiles et le magma du temps, déversant le chaos sur le monde qui l’entoure dont il est lui même le créateur et le […]

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New release: Roel Meelkop’s “Crossmodulated”

By Miguel Carvalhais | Published: 3 November 2020

Roel Meelkop (1963) studied visual arts and art theory at the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. During a post-graduate course at the same academy, he decided to dedicate his work to sound and music. His musical activities date back to the early eighties when he started THU20, together with Jac van Bussel, Peter […]

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Øyvind Brandtsegg’s “Nancarrow Biotope” reviewed by Vital Weekly

By Miguel Carvalhais | Published: 27 October 2020

Conlow Nancarrow “was an American-born composer who lived and worked in Mexico for most of his life. He became a Mexican citizen in 1956. Nancarrow is best remembered for his Studies for Player Piano, being one of the first composers to use auto-playing musical instruments, realizing their potential to play far beyond human performance ability. […]

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Síria’s “Boa-Língua” reviewed by The Sound Projector

By Miguel Carvalhais | Published: 24 October 2020

Last heard Síria with her 2018 solo cassette Cuspo, and she’s here today on the same label with a new tape called Boa-Língua (CRÓNICA ELECTRONICA 155-2020). Diana Combo created this work using much the same methods as before – her own voice being the most prominent feature, along with field recordings, sampled records, and found recordings, all processed in the studio according […]

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Rutger Zuydervelt & Bruno Duplant’s “L’incertitude” reviewed by Bad Alchemy

By Miguel Carvalhais | Published: 23 October 2020

L’incertitude by Rutger Zuydervelt & Bruno Duplant

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Síria’s “Boa-Língua” reviewed by Bad Alchemy

By Miguel Carvalhais | Published: 23 October 2020

Boa-Língua by Síria

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New release: “Deriva” compilation

By Miguel Carvalhais | Published: 13 October 2020

Deriva (Drift) [from French dérive] is the perpetuating movement that strides from the known to the unknown, to the absurd and the unplanned. This is a condition that is generated by the observers themselves and implies a distancing from historical events. The cultural Drift, in ethnology, is a transformation induced by internal factors within the group […]

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“Crossmodulated” reviewed by Vital Weekly

By Miguel Carvalhais | Published: 6 October 2020

It should be no secret that I know mister Meelkop pretty well and therefore I know that some two or three years ago he was looking for ways to break away from working with a laptop for his musical compositions and at the recommendation of Jos Smolders, he looked into the use of modular synthesizers […]

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