Gintas K’s highlights of 2009

piotr kurek – lectures (cronica) anthony pateras & robin fox – end of daze (emego) evol – punani rubberist (entr’acte) machinefabriek + andrea belfi – pulses & places (korm plastics) tomoko sauvage – ombrophilia (and/OAR) v/a – Dirt Beneath The Daydream (Wire Magazine) v/a – Baku: Symphony Of Sirens. Sound Experiments In The Russian Avant …

“Ification” reviewed by Kwadratuur

Peter Votava (aka Pure) is een Oostenrijkse, in Berlijn residerende oude rot in de elektronische muziek. Hoewel hij begin jaren ’90 zijn sporen verdiende in de opkomende hardcore- en technoscene en later heel wat succes oogstte als de helft van het raveduo Ilsa Gold, houdt Votava zich de laatste tien jaar vooral bezig met minder …

Only 15 discs left of Janek Schaefer and Stephan Mathieu 5″ split

The split 5″ vinyl by Janek Schaefer and Stephan Mathieu is almost sold out. Only 15 discs are left in stock so order your’s now. This 5″ vinyl disc is only available directly from Crónica, for 30€ (post included).

Hans Bernhard’s highlights of 2009

My digital diary 2009 Hans Bernhard UBERMORGEN.COM Recently Bookmarked on del.icio.us http://mohrizm.net/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5YvuHCG2WM http://www.ubermorgen.com/2007/mixtapes/This_Must_Be_Wrong_Mix_Tape_by_Wendy.mp3 http://www.extraspazio.it/cms/ http://www.alzado.net/ http://www.cringely.com/2009/09/the-peoples-republic-of-google/ http://fact.co.uk/whatson/detail/?infoID=3350969457521346265 http://blog.koehntopp.de/archives/2665-Das-Google-Missverstaendnis.html http://www.kunstradio.at/ http://www.uzh.ch/news/articles/2009/herr-der-gene-am-latsis-symposium.html http://www.artisopensource.net/zones/ http://911.wikileaks.org/ http://laponies.fr/tabcomm/en.php5 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/24/aafia-siddiqui-al-qaida http://www.itnewsonline.com/showprnstory.php?storyid=76265 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Derek#Political Music Wrong by Depeche Mode (& Video) Other listening materials include Lady Gaga, Turkish Turbo Folk Music, from the country corner: Dixie Chicks and Tanya Tucker, and from …

Miguel Carvalhais’s highlights of 2009

Records: Florian Hecker, “Acid In The Style Of David Tudor” Tortoise, “Beacons of Ancestorship” Mika Vainio, “Black Telephone of Matter” Ben Frost, “By The Throat” VA, “Crónicasters” This Immortal Coil, “The Dark Age Of Love” Morten Riis, “Digital Sound Drawings” Oriol Rosell, “EP 1” The Beautiful Schizophonic, “Erotikon” Cruz, Pedro Almeida, Pedro Tudela, MC, “Futurónica …

Lawrence English’s highlights of 2009

Plus Halting of Dolphin hunting in Taiji (even if only temporary) see savejapandolphins.com Official room40 possum moves in Guggenheim House Okinawa Nago Milk South Torin Pumplings Claudio Sinatti and Deaf Centre Lillevan and Fennesz Köner/Tietchens Frankly! Raven Rooks of Torun Performing at Soup, Tokyo (a sound system with no end!) Grouper live abandoned minefields nice …

The Beautiful Schizophonic’s highlights of 2009

Two thousand and nine was a wonderful year for my ears and for my heart. First things first. The Beautiful Schizophonic’s second full length album on Cronica – ‘Erotikon’ – and the collaboration with composer and multi-instrumentalist from Tokyo Yui Onodera – ‘Radiance’ – on Basses Frequences, were released in the beginning of the Summer. …

Steinbrüchel’s highlights of 2009

giuseppe ielasi, aix, 12k atom tm, liedgut, raster noton stephan mathieu, the key to the kingdom, dekorder nana april jun, the ontology of noise, touch mark wastell, after hours, cathnor nils frahm, the bells, kning disk rickard jäverling, the valleys, kning disk in the country, whiteout, rune grammofon billy gomberg, comme, moar attila faravelli, beneath …

Janek Schaefer’s top 10

My top 10’s seem to change slowly over time, and to find 10 new amazing things and remember them each year has never been an ability of mine. I used to love reading, but that was back when I commuted across London to the part time architecture job last century… For most of this century …