Goodbye 2023. It’s been great to celebrate Crónica’s twentieth. And we wouldn’t like to leave you without leaving just one more thing… So here it is, an end of the year, special release, exclusively through our Bandcamp page, “20 Years × 180 Minutes”, a 21-track mix revisiting Crónica’s history throughout these first two decades. In …
Author Archives: Miguel Carvalhais
Philippe Petit’s “A Divine Comedy” reviewed by Vital Weekly
I didn’t realise: Philippe Petit started DJing on the radio and editing fanzines in 1983, and now, forty years later, he is still active. In between, he ran a record label, Bip Hop, but in recent years, he has only been active as a composer. For his new release, he takes his inspiration from Dante …
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Luca Forcucci’s “Terra” reviewed by The New Noise
Abbiamo incrociato la traiettoria artistica di Luca Forcucci con il precedente e riuscito esperimento di field recording totale De Rerum Natura, esperienza sonora di immersione tridimensionale nella foresta pluviale brasiliana. Nonostante il contenuto acustico in quell’occasione fosse perfettamente intellegibile, già si intuiva una sensibilità “manipolatoria”, desiderio di aumentare le possibilità sonore della realtà attraverso lo zampino …
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New release: @c’s “Installations: Octo _ _ _ _ (2019)”
During their collaboration as @c, Pedro Tudela and Miguel Carvalhais developed several installations, often site-specific and ephemeral works. This series of releases in Crónica is dedicated to revisiting these installation works, occasionally with situ recordings, but also further exploring the computational systems developed for the works, archival materials, and other assets, presenting new compositions that unfold …
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Marla Hlady & Christof Migone’s “Swan Song” reviewed by Neural
There is a whole line of field recordings that are not “found” at all; that is, they are not the result of psychogeographic wanderings, but, on the contrary, are carefully prepared and have well-defined places and situations as their object. During a three-month artistic residency in the summer of 2019 in Glenfiddich (Dufftown, Scotland), Marla …
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New release: Enrico Coniglio’s “Luci Fisse + Luci Erranti“
We’re happy to announce Enrico Coniglio’s new release in Crónica, “Luci Fisse + Luci Erranti”, a work where Coniglio continues to explore sonic territories that blur the lines between ambient, drone and experimental findings. Thsi EP seamlessly builds on the sonic tapestry established in his The Grand Parade of Hostile Winds, released in 2019, and …
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“Lisboa Soa, Sounds Within Sounds” reviewed by Music Map
Lisboa Soa è un festival di sound art, cultura dell’ascolto ed ecologia. L’obiettivo dichiarato di questa rassegna è la valorizzazione della musica contemporanea che abbia anche un significato sociale ed ecologico, in modo da produrre una maggiore coscienza ambientale e dell’impatto determinato dalla nostra presenza. Nel 2021, dopo cinque edizioni, Lisboa Soa ha deciso di …
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Miguel A. García’s “Eraginie” reviewed by Music Map
Chi ha giocato al primo ”Silent Hill”? Un videogioco del 1999 che si incentra sull’orrore psicologico, in cui un uomo si ritrova in una città fantasma, dove accadono cose inquietanti nella nebbia. “Silent Hill” è stato apprezzato anche da David Lynch, tanto per dire che di che atmosfere parliamo. Miguel A. García, che si fa …
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Bruno Duplant’s “Sombres Miroirs” reviewed by The Sound Projector
Another splendid work by Bruno Duplant, one of my current personal favourites of enigmatic and sometimes minimal composition. His Sombres Miroirs (CRONICA 188-2022) is, by his standards, positively teeming with activity and events, and in this floating richness we can hear everything from backwards orchestras to uncertain cosmic gyrations – planets spinning or nebulae drifting into the distance. Profound, …
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