Luca Forcucci’s piece Terra, from the album with the same name, has been included in the 160th edition of the Mind the Gap compilation published by Gonzo (Circus).
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Luca Forcucci’s “Terra” reviewed by Loop
Swiss/Italian artist Luca Forcucci is a composer and musician who on this record is in charge of live electronics, field recordings, drifts, and production.Forcucci works in the fields of installations, performances, electroacoustic music, video, photography, and text. His compositions include solo works and collaborations with contemporary musicians, indigenous musicians, record players, electronic music pioneers, dancers, …
Luca Forcucci’s “Terra” and @c + Drumming GP’s “For Percussion” on A Closer Listen’s Spring Music Preview
Sun Dog’s “Col des Tempètes” reviewed by Kathodik
Elettronica (ErikM) e voce (Isabelle Duthoit), a cercarsi fra movimenti materici e fissità sibilanti.Tra microinceppi e ricordi di azioni fisiche (Glacière), cupi crepacci in cui scivolare (Radome), echi, di quel che pare un flebile canto in lontananza, come ululato trasfigurato dal vento (Rocher de cire), ascolto di una pausa interiore (Trois faux), attesa e osservazione …
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New release: TAMTAM’s “Stromschauen Live”
The inspiration and the recordings for the piece Stromschauen (view/look current/power) were formed during walks in Berlin/Pankow in the last days of December 2020. In a situation of urban sound environment slowed down by the Covid rules and the holidays in general, various power boxes and their whirring and humming became more noticeable. The AC …
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Sun Dog’s “Col des Tempètes” reviewed by Freistil
@c + Drumming GP‘s “For Percussion” reviewed by Vital Weekly
The Portuguese duo of Miguel Carvalhais and Pedro Tudela have already been working together for over twenty years. They can be seen as both pioneers and prophets of all things laptops. Much of their music finds its roots in interacting together, with software, hardware and sounds. Here, they do something unusual for them: working with …
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New release: Marla Hlady & Christof Migone’s “Swan Song”
Continuing the celebration of Crónica’s twentieth year during 2023, we are proud to present the second release of the year, Marla Hlady & Christof Migone’s monumental “Swan Song”. Two stills from a whisky distillery were retired on June 28, 2019 after serving for 12 years. They were removed through the roof by a crane and …
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Pedro Tudela and Miguel Carvalhais’s “Installations / Instalações” reviewed by Neural
Pedro Tudela and Miguel Carvalhais (known as @c) are a prolific duo of musicians and sound artists. As founders of the groundbreaking Crónica label, they have performed captivating audiovisual sets on countless occasions since the early 2000s and have continuously produced a series of short-lived installations. Nineteen of these installations are documented and discussed here. …
Luca Forcucci’s “Terra” reviewed by Vital Weekly
@C are also the people who run Cronica Electronica, and they just released a new album by Luca Forcucci. Many of the releases on Cronica may have their roots in computer technology, but it is not exclusively devoting its time to that. From Forcucci, we reviewed various releases before (Vital Weekly 1353, 1216, 1071 and 883). ‘Terra’ is a five-part …
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