“Sleppet” reviewed by Sentireascoltare

La foresta nei pressi di Nerben, i ghiacciai più giù a Nord, il lago di Røsskleivvatnet, la Norvegia come contenitrice di ambienti, l’isolamento umano la cui presenza ambientale amplfica i pensieri irrequieti del dentro, la Norvegia come l’avamposto sul nulla e sull’altrove. È questo Sleppet, l’ultimo materiale della ventennale ricerca di Marc Behrens. Da questi …

Futurónica is back

Futurónica is now included in the regular broadcasts of Rádio Zero, every two weeks, on Friday nights, repeating on Tuesdays at 01h. Episode 5 airs tomorrow, April 9 at 21h (GMT). Tha playlist for Futurónica #05 is: Durán Vázquez, Building (from Home Sweet Home) Mathias Delplanque, Passeport 7 (Nantes) (from Passeports) Janek Schaefer, Fifty Inner …

GEAR — Sound and Interactive Media at Covilhã

Teaser gear up from gear-up on Vimeo. GEAR – 1st Workshop for Practice Based Research in Art and Design – is an event based on a series of talks, demos, concerts and work-in-progress works, whose mission is to promote, develop and share practice based research methodologies, experiences and practices in the field of academic research. …

“Berlin Backyards” reviewed by Temporary Fault

This is a fine work, despite its obviously unpretentious nature. It might belong in the category of favourite listens for undisturbed moments in the early morning (now) or late evening, being mostly made with remote urban echoes – the title and the cover photographs say it all – which were recorded in 2006 by Aubry …

“Ification” reviewed by Temporary Fault

One for the dissolution and/or enhancement of the intellect, featuring a couple of somewhat involving episodes and a number of scarcely significant ingredients as far as artistic validity is concerned. Pure works with samples, which he transforms and extends endlessly, at times even beyond the limit of what’s aurally tolerable. When the guidelines of telluric …

“Sleppet” reviewed by Ae Mag

Norwegen ist, wenn man Marc Behrens Glauben schenken darf, zumindest klanglich einer Vielzahl tektonischer Änderungen und Verschiebungen unterworfen. »Sleppet« ist gleichzeitig Hörspiel und Dokumentation einer Reise nach Bergen, Utvær und anderen Tummelplätzen naturaler Sehenswürdigkeiten, die neben Behrens auch Mitreisende wie Jana Winderen, Steve Roden und Chris Watson einschloss. Das sich dabei hauptsächlich Fieldrecording-Künstler über den …

“Sleppet” reviewed by Temporary Fault

Predictability is a very high risk in compositions exclusively based on field recordings, but with Marc Behrens we can always rest assured that the development of any dissertation will introduce numerous factors of interest. Sleppet was recorded between 2007 and 2008 in Norway and Germany to fulfil a commission by Deutschlandradio Kultur. Either via the …