Author Archives: Miguel Carvalhais

“Lovely Banalities” reviewed by Tokafi

“Lovely Banalities” is the second Gintas K-CD released by “Cronica Electronica”. Both collaborations of this Lithuanian sound artist and the Portuguese label specialising in electronic music seem to foster fascinating outcomes that are real discoveries for admirers of digital music rooted in various branches of microsound. This time, it is an album intended for careful …

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“Ification” reviewed by D-Side

Inclassable, l’Autrichien Pure n’a jamais cessé, au fil d’une discographie longe et aventureuse, marquée par une pléthore de collaborations, de refuser toutes les frontières et toutes les chapelles. Tour à tour proche du glitch, du hardcore, du jazz expérimental, de la musique concrète et même du dark ambient, Pure est partout, et surtout lè où …

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“Ification” reviewed by Audiodrome

Pure è il progetto dell’austriaco di stanza a Berlino Peter Votava, giunto qui al suo quarto album. Peter è in giro dal 1992 e ha partecipato a un’infinità di progetti legati alla musica elettronica e forse è grazie alla sua vasta esperienza che ha dato vita a un album davvero eccellente. “Fire” è una scarica …

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“Berlin Backyards” reviewed by D-Side

Résident berlinois depuis sept ans, Gilles Aubry s’est naturellement intéressé à l’espace sonore de sa ville d’adoption, et a choisi de se concentrer sur ses aspects les moins “glamour”, les moins signifiants et chargés d’histoire, que sont les arrière-cours, ces lieux interstitiels entre deux réalités. Considérés comme des non-sites dans l’architecture, ces espaces sont pourtant …

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“Ification” reviewed by The Gap

Auch auf seinem vierten Solo-Studio-Album, immerhin sechs Jahre nach “Noonbugs”, präsentiert sich Pure gewohnt kompromisslos und eigenständig. Die sieben Stücke haben gemeinsam, dass sie zu einem unerwartet großen Anteil auf Live-Instrumenten beruhen, wie etwa der Opener “Fire” mit Christoph de Babalons lauten Gitarren. Später wird “Ification” droniger und fiepsiger und bezieht seine Bedrohlichkeit aus anderen …

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New Crónicaster: “On the Concept of History” (An Introduction / 2008 Top 16)

78RPM Transcriptions by Stephan Mathieu. Monaural re-recordings made with a mechanical HMV 102 gramophone, Decca Cactus Needles and a customised Oktava MK-319 microphone. This selection is part of an upcoming series of transcriptions by Stephan Mathieu. Telephone Effect #1 Standard Sound Effect Records #903 mid 1930s Kelly Harrell Oh Molly Dear, Go Ask Your Mother …

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