Author Archives: Miguel Carvalhais

“Erotikon” reviewed by Boomkat

Jorge Mantas follows up his Cronica debut album Musicamorosa with this brand new selection of micro-drones and digitised textural ambience. As with the last one, Mantas’ leanings toward befuddling conceptual presentation obscures his point slightly – the explanatory blurb surrounding his last album strived to link his music to Proust, while this time around the …

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“Lovely Banalities” reviewed by D-Side

S’il utilise principalement l’électronique, le Lithuanien Gintas K, n’est pas, comme d’autres artistes oeuvrant dans la sphère IDM, réfractaire au monde extérieur. Au contraire, dès lors qu’il décide de faire de Lovely Banalities une sorte de journal de sa vie quotidienne, c’est bien dans celui-ci qu’il tire la matière de son travail de retraitement, enregistrant …

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“Lovely Banalities” reviewed by aemag

Feldaufnahmen heutzutage nach eigenem Gutdünken zu verarbeiten ist lange kein Kunstgriff mehr, umso erstaunlicher mutet da Gintas K’s Titel von »lieblichen Banalitäten« an. Schätzt der eigenen Künstler seine Musik so gering ein, oder verweist der Name des Albums eher auf das vielbeachtete Verarbeiten diffuser Außengeräusche hin? Banal ist die Musik sicher nicht, dazu steckt zuviel …

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“Ification” reviewed by Goddeau

Zuiverheid is een betrachting van velen en de oorzaak van onnoembaar en talloos leed in deze wereld. In een ijdele poging de wereld te redden en te zuiveren van al wat onrein is, heeft menig ideoloog diezelfde wereld in een stinkende hel getrokken. De weg erheen is immers geplaveid met goede voornemens. Onder het pseudoniem …

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“Ification” reviewed by Loop

Peter Votava aka Pure Austrian native and based in Berlin has been active since 15 years releasing over 30 releases on CD and vinyl under different monikers and collaborations in labels such as such Mego, Staalplaat, Praxis, and his own labels dOc, Atmosfear, Loop and Sub/Version. Portuguese base Cronica Electronica label released in November 2008 …

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“Berlin Backyards” reviewed by Loop

Swiss soundartist Gilles Aubry explores field recordings with organic and synthetic sounds of Berlin backyards. It’s amazing the many and the variety of sonorities produce by the city that can be the place where one lives or in other words, noises that citizens are responsible of; electric hum, metal beats, mechanic and repetitive movements, drones, …

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“Praxis” reviewed by Loop.cl

Cem Güney is a Turkish-born sound artist who started within the jazz music field playing the trumpet. He studied music in California and he’s a DJ since 1994. “Praxis” is the debut album on Portuguese Cronica Electronica label, furthermore a compilation appearance on “V/A Mus….c”, (Cronica, 2008). Güney works both synthetic and recorded sound as …

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