“Praxis” reviewed by The Wire

This debut album by a producer and multi-instrumentalist from Izmir comes replete with an impressively elaborate self-description. It talks of “Phonetics themes”, using phonemes rather than words to tell stories, with digressions into “Nada Yoga” and the claim that the producer is “beholden to the harmoniousness of two essential properties that maintains the forcefulness of …

“Ification” reviewed by Boomkat

Known for pulverising works on the Mego label like Noonbugs and The End Of Vinyl, Austrian sound sculptor and former member of the notorious Ilsa Gold, Peter Votava returns to his noisy oeuvre via the excellent Cronica label, this time toting dark ambience, digitally remodelled guitars (sampled from the fretboard of Digital Hardcore survivor Christoph …

“Praxis” reviewed by Musique Machine

Praxis sits in a strange place between surreal and often slurred electroinca, slow moving musique concrete, bent ‘n’ bizarre ambient soundscaping and touches of improv. Through things start off fairly manic with the track A Phoetics Theme and its rapid fire sampling and comic cut up elements, don’t be deceived by this happy go luck …

“Blackout” by João Samões, with Vitor Joaquim

“Black Out”, a performance by João Samões, with sound processing by Vitor Joaquim, video by João Dias and João Samões and interpretation by João Samões and João Galante, will be presented today and tomorrow at the Temps d’Images festival in Culturgest, Lisbon. Entrance is free until the limit of the room’s capacity. More information at …

Vitor Joaquim live at ARTECH 2008

Tomorrow, November 7, Vitor Joaquim will perform with Hugo Holim at ARTECH 2008, the 4th International Conference on Digital Arts, in Porto. In the same evening, Ajay Kapur and Arne Eigenfeldt will present their “Collaborative Composition for Musical Robots”. Several other talks, keynotes and events are scheduled, check the full program at the ARTECH website.

New CD release: Pure’s “Ification”

After more than ten CDs and several vinyls under different aliases, projects or collaborations that ranged a multitude of musical styles over the last 15 years, Pure’s newest release is now proudly presented by Crónica. Three and a half years later than scheduled, and six years after his previous studio CD release “Noonbugs” on Mego, …

The Mag.net Reader 3 — Processual Publishing. Actual Gestures.

Publishing is no longer a question of ‘readership’ but of resonance. Only lazy, old media add up the numbers of individuals who look at what they publish, and leave their audience research at that. More astute contemporary publishing focuses on resonance and the shifting of forces within unacknowledged collectives and technical networks. — Andrew Murphie …