“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 …

New Crónicaster: Jorge Haro

Jorge Haro is a sound and audiovisual artist based in Buenos Aires. He is the director of LIMb0, a series of concerts in Buenos Aires, the co-director of the ExperimentaClub + LIMb0 project and of the Sudamérica Electrónica label. Recorded on May 9, 2008 at the Offf festival in Lisboa. Download it here or subscribe …

“Nocturnal Rainbow Rising” reviewed by Sound Proector

Очень приятный подарок от португальского лейбла Crónica и израильтянина Рэна Славина в виде полноценного альбома Nocturnal Rainbow Rising, доступного для свободного скачивания. Ð’ целом, не поменяв стиля звучания и концепции, Рэн демонстрирует звуковые зарисовки большого ночного города. Глубокого, как океан и мрачного, как уставшее от смога небо… Ð’ таком огромном объеме “цивилизации”, идя на свет …

“The Wayward Regional Transmissions” reviewed by Sound Proector

Израильский музыкант Ran Slavin и португальский лейбл Crónica подготовили очень изящный по своему музыкальному составу выпуск, получивший название The Wayward Regional Transmissions. Культура среднего востока, представленная музыкальными инструментами стран этой местности, предстает здесь в содружестве с шероховатой glitch обработкой и эффектами. Звучание такого теплого аудио коктейля можно описать как смесь цифровой пост музыки, пережившей все …

“Is That You?” reviewed by Earlabs

RATED: 8,5 / 10 The Italian duo Tu M’ offers us a pleasant listen with their new, free available, mp3 release Is That You? Three tracks of pure ambient and droning music that goes well on repeat during a long train travel. It’s a Sunday afternoon in September and I am sitting in the train. …

“Up, Down, Charm, Strange, Top, Bottom” reviewed by Earlabs

Miguel Carvalhais and Pedro Tudela forge their revolutions in the studio and not the street. In their miniaturized, air-conditioned studio-space, a penumbra of field recordings and improvised recordings are shorn of their substance, and then placed in a reified orbit. The sounds, like objects in a realm devoid of gravity, float off in every which …

Munich Instant 4

Next Thursday, October the 2nd, the fourth edition of Munich Instant, will gather a large number of musicians at the Museum Villa Stuck. The program includes several pieces, performed by Miguel Carvalhais, Neil Davidson, Heinz Friedl, Leopold Gmelch, Margarita Holzbauer, Una MacGlone, Markus Muench, Rich Laughlin, Harald Lillmeyer, Ulrich Müller, Irmela Nolte, Christoph Reiserer, Sigi …