“Praxis” reviewed by Tapage nocturne @ France Musique

Autre nouveauté discographique qui utilise l’art du son mais cette fois ci non pas en Angleterre ou aux Etats Unis mais au Portugal avec Cem Güney, un compositeur d’origine turque, né en 1973. Après de sérieuses études musicales en Californie Cem Güney s’est intéressé de très près à l’art du son, aux rapports entre phonétique, …

Ben Frost’s “Music for 6 guitars”

Pedro Almeida (aka paL) will be one of the six guitar players to perform on Ben Frost’s “Music for 6 guitars”, for the TRAMA Performance Arts Festival, today, October 26 2008. This piece, “is very much about the performance and the ability to play a single melodic structure, repetitively, with extreme intensity continuously”. Frost “is …

“Praxis” reviewed by Rockerilla

A meta strada tra il collage dada, I’esercizio di musique concrete e I’opera acusmatica, le 9 composizioni di “Praxis” possono spaventare I’avventore impreparato. La messe di suoni raccolti e prodotti con laptop, live electronics e radio é cosi ingente e variegata che la prima reazione non puo che essere di stordimento. Se poi Güney, sound-artist, …

Martijn Tellinga live at TAC, Eindhoven

Next Wednesday, October 22nd, Martijn Tellinga will perform three of his works for computer and 4 speakers. This performance is part of a three day DNK-amsterdam program, which takes place at the TAC in Eindhoven on October 22, 23 and 24. The event has been realised on kind invitation and in collaboration with Axes, organisation …

“Praxis” reviewed by Freistil

Eine wissenschaftliche Arbeit mit viel Poesie: Das schafft Cem Güney, wenn er das Phänomen der Phonetik als algorithmische Komposition verstanden wissen will. Elektronik, die sich vor allem den Vokalen widmet und auf ein so genanntes, mir gänzlich unbekanntes “Nada Yoga” rückgreift. Ist hier das Nichts alles ? Ich nehme jedenfalls stark an, es handelt sich …

Gilles Aubry performs in Madrid

Next Sunday, the 12th October, Gilles Aubry will be presenting his piece “Stralau 68” at the Teatro de La Escalera de Jacob, in Madrid. If you’re around, don’t miss the chance to hear a performance of Aubry’s most recent work, based on field recordings recorded at the empty rooms of Stralau 68, a former venue …

Grain of Sound releases “Sonic Scope 2008 — Live at Fonoteca Municipal de Lisboa”

Grain of Sound has just released the “Sonic Scope 2008 — Live at Fonoteca Municipal de Lisboa” CD. This compilation features recordings from this year’s Sonic Scope festival, including One-Off, Plan, Sei Miguel, Red Trio, Whit, Curia, Carlos Pereira and the @c + Vitor Joaquim trio in their first recording since De-Tour.

Drumming and @c perform Stockhausen

Next Friday, October 10, the Drumming percussion group and @c will perform Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Mikrophonie I, for tam-tam, microphones and electronics at the Auditorio Nacional de Música, in Madrid. This performance is part of a day-long program dedicated to Stockhausen’s work, where several other of the composer’s pieces will also be presented, such as Gesang …