Gintas K live at the Ground Zero festival in Vilnius

Ground Zero is a centre of explosion, and explosion is an effective evening of a well-forgotten day, an unthought idea, an unfulfilled (war) promise, a sound wave that surpassed its own frequency. The 13th block of the former factory on Å evčenkos street, the covert birthplace of some of the most advanced radio devices of the …

“Berlin Backyards” reviewed by Terz

Darauf muss man erstmal kommen: Aubry, der seit 2002 in Berlin lebt, nahm während des Winters 2006 tatsächlich die Innenhöfe der Stadt auf und zeigt hier in 8 Beispielen bester konkreter Musik, dass diese überaus lebendige Klang- und Resonanzräume bilden. Dieser ’Gesang der Gebäude’ als Raum zwischen öffentlich und privat ist ein faszinierendes Audiodokument, dem …

New unlimited release: UBERMORGEN.COM && Nussbaumer’s “1001 Songs of eBay”

Crónica is delighted to present the “1001 Songs of eBay”, its longest ever Unlimited Release, running to a total of 2 days, 3 hours, 41 minutes and 26 seconds, or over 4 GB of free to download generative funkiness. “Forget the technology, it’s lustful entertainment, baby!” “The Sound of eBay” is an UBERMORGEN.COM project with …

New limited release: UBERMORGEN.COM’s woodcuts on paper

“The Sound of eBay — Do you know who the father is?” and “The Sound of eBay – It’s getting big?” are two woodcuts on paper issued by the Black Box Gallery Copenhagen and also offered directly by Crónica as the limited counterpart to UBERMORGEN.COM && Nussbaumer’s unlimited release “1001 Songs of eBay”. Each of …

New CD release: Piotr Kurek’s “Lectures”

“Lectures” was initially composed in 2007 for a live performance in Warsaw, during a Cornelius Cardew music festival that was part of the series of events “Zakrzywienia IgÅ‚y”, organized by MichaÅ‚ Libera. The original idea was to perform Cardew’s pieces but this later evolved towards an improvisation based on sounds appropriated from various Cardew recordings, …

LEM Primavera, three nights of Portuguese sound art in Barcelona

For three tuesdays, Portuguese sound art can be heard at the MACBA in Barcelona with João Martins and Miguel Cabral (May 5), Ulrich Mitzlaff and Miguel Mira (May 12) and @c (Pedro Tudela and Miguel Carvalhais, May 19). These performances are co-curated by Gràcia Territori Sonor and Granular.

The Sound of eBay at ZKM Karlsruhe

The Sound of eBay (interactive installation/sound/visual installation) will be shown at ZKM Karlsruhe’s Medienmuseum, in an exhibition “YOU_ser 2.0: Celebration of the Consumer”, from May 1st to August 30th 2009. The opening date coincides with Crónica’s release of “1001 Songs of eBay” by UBERMORGEN.COM && Nussbaumer in the Unlimited Release series. Stay tuned!

“Berlin Backyards” reviewed by BodySpace

É estranho descrever a premissa nos seguintes termos, mas Berlim toca-se a si mesma em Berlin Backyards. Fá-lo sob a orientação de Gilles Aubry, o suíço que aproveitou o Inverno de 2006 para efectuar um levantamento dos sons que dominam as traseiras da cidade de Berlim. Depois de colher diversos sons (obtidos aos pássaros, à …