“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 …

“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, …