“Lectures” reviewed by Vital Weekly

The other new CD is an odd-ball, certainly for a label like Cronica Electronica, who deal with laptop music and electronics. I have no clue as to what Piotr Kurek does to generate his music. Sometimes it seems like improvisations on acoustic percussion (such as in ‘Part 1’) but then something like ‘Tripartite’ could very …

“Erotikon” reviewed by Vital Weekly

Jorge Mantas, the man behind The Beautiful Schizophonic, is a romantic man – at least that’s what I think, as I never met him. For the press release he wrote a long text, dealing with erotics – and thus he creates a dreamworld of his own. His music, through the years he’s been active, is …

“Lovely Banalities” reviewed by Kwadratuur

‘Lovely Banalities’ is de tweede cd-release van Litouwer Gintas Kraptavičius (kortweg Gintas K) op het Portugese Crónica-label. In 2006 bracht hij het dubbelalbum ‘Lengvai / 60 x One Minute Audio Colours of 2kHz Sound’ uit, waarbij hij onder het goedkeurende oog van de verzamelde gespecialiseerde pers een cd met experimentele, minimale microtechno koppelde aan een …

Rif Raf profiles Crónica

Porté sur les fonds baptismaux en 2003, le label portugais Crónica est véritablement issu de la rencontre entre les musiques électroniques et les cultures digitales. A l’instar des multiples installations et collaborations qui entrecroisent monde des arts plastiques, pratiques scéniques et univers musical, la maison de Porto s’inscrit dans une démarche souvent radicale, certes. Elle …