Next Thursday, April 29th, the Plataforma Revólver, in Lisbon, opens the exhibition “Marginalia d’après Edgar Allan Poeâ€, curated by Maria de Fátima Lambert and featuring works from Pedro Tudela, BrÃgida Baldar, Jorge Abade, Mauro Restiffe and Susanne Themllitz. More info at www.artecapital.net/plataforma.php
Author Archives: Miguel Carvalhais
“Sleppet†reviewed by Musique Machine
German born sound & concrete electronic artist Marc Behrens offers up here a collection of surreal, strange & at times jarring & noisy tracks built around manipulated field recordings, computer composition & subtle electronic elements that at times brings to mind Nurse With Wounds more field recording based & unhinged work. All the basic field …
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“Sleppet†reviewed by Etherreal
Déjà 20 ans d’activité pour l’artiste allemand dont nous parlons ici pour la première fois alors qu’il apparaît assez régulièrement sur le label portugais Crónica. Behrens est un musicien touche à tout, notamment auteur d’installations sonores. Sleppet a été composé dans le cadre d’un projet d’art sonore qui s’est déroulé en Norvège courant 2007 avec …
“Sleppet†reviewed by Earlabs
A new release in the catalog of Portuguese label Crónica. This time music based solely on field-recordings. Marc Behrens used a mixture of recordings to create an interesting listening. Crónica is known for its diverse catalog with electro-acoustic music, ambient, minimal music, improvised jazz and field-recordings. In their catalog you can find back a clear …
Futurónica #06
Episode 6 of Futurónica, now a regular broadcast in Rádio Zero (every two weeks, on Friday nights, repeating on Tuesdays at 01h) airs tomorrow, April 23 at 21h (GMT). The playlist for Futurónica #06 is: Cem Güney, A Phonetics Theme (from Praxis) Davor Mikan, Geäst (from Täuschung) Davor Mikan, – (from Täuschung) Davor Mikan, Cleaning …
“Sąsajos†sound art event in Kaunas
Friday evening, in Kaunas, audio_z, Darius Ciuta and Gintas K perform live.
“Sleppet†reviewed by Oro Molido
Sleppet consta de dos fases. Por um lado, un ejercicio de composición realizado con sonidos concretos, y una segunda lectura que consiste en la intensidad sónica de los zumbidos, en los que el abstraccionismo nos hace discernir la realidad de los objectos sonoros. Al analizar el proceso de escucha de Sleppet, quizás habrÃa que discrepar …
Debate on new technologies and the arts
Tomorrow, April 16th, at the Goethe Institute Lisboa and integrated in the Metasonic III cycle, programmed by Granular, Rui Eduardo Paes will moderate a debate about new technologies and the arts with Ivan Franco, Leonel Moura, Miguel Carvalhais and António Saraiva. Free entrance, at 6PM.
New Crónicaster: Michael Rüsenberg + Peter Hölscher
This piece covers an abandoned industrial area in the “Ruhrgebietâ€, Germany, called “Lohbergâ€. The photographs (~250) were taken there in summer 2009 on a cloudy day. The soundtrack is derived from field recordings of the Gdansk dockyard in Poland in November 2009. This somehow is a demo version of the initial piece, which is about …
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“Home, Sweet Home†reviewed by Blow Up
Registrazioni ambientali più o meno trattate e suoni di sintesi, come a dire realtà e finzione dell’universo acustico, nell’opera del compositore galiziano Durán Vázquez liberamente scaricabile dal sito della Crónica. Esiti non impeccabili dacché l’intervento manipolatorio non riesce a dare definizione ad una ripresa del suono troppo informe ef uniforme, con la sola eccezione dell’attonito …
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