Author Archives: Miguel Carvalhais
From @c: Ljubljana, day five. Getting everything ready: the performance is in the evening.
Netlabels & News reviews “Compilation Works 1996-2005â€
Si ya los propios estilos musicales son polémicos y discutibles en cuanto a su exactitud y alcance, resultando la mayorÃa de las veces solo vagas y aproximadas etiquetas orientativas; hay un debate que todavÃa va mas allá: ¿que puede considerase música y que ruido? La pregunta es mas compleja de lo que puede parecer, ya …
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From @c: Ljubljana, day three
Reminder: @c lecture and perform in Ljubljana
This afternoon, @c (Miguel Carvalhais and Pedro Tudela) lecture at the Gakerija JakopiÄ in Ljubljana, in the Sonica:Post program. Next thursday, in the same venue, they will present a sound performance developed during their residency at MoTA.
From @c: Ljubljana, day two
From @c: Ljubljana, day one (part two)
“Compilation Works 1996-2005†reviewed by The Sound Projector
From same label, Compilation Works 1996-2005 (CRÓNICA ELECTRONICA 041) is an astonishing compilation of music by the great Marc Behrens, one of the most severe and dessicated electronic minimalists working in this area and one for whom I have a lot of time. This 19-track collection amounts to two CDs’ worth of music, and it …
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From @c: Ljubljana, day one
“Lovely Banalities†reviewed by The Sound Projector
From the Portuguese Crónica label, there’s the Lithuanian player Gintas K with Lovely Banalities (CRÓNICA ELECTRONICA 040), an appealing collection of minimal electronica; what I like about it is that Gintas keeps most of his pieces quite short (nothing over five minutes), and each one explores a single idea relentlessly, despite temptations to widen out …
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