O sonho antes de acordar, quando as formas começam a ganhar contornos e a consciência começa a organizar os últimos fiapos de matéria irreal. Em “Hidden Nameâ€, Stephan Mathieu e Janek Schaefer, cúmplices de anteriores apresentações públicas, como os festivais MUTEK/2002 (Canadá) e Musica Genera/2005 (Polónia), tornam perceptÃvel essa passagem de forma plasticamente sedutora, oscilante …
Continue reading ““Hidden Name†reviewed by Jazz e Arredores”
www.sound-of-ebay.com A project by UBERMORGEN.COM Sound coding by stefan Nussbaumer, visual coding by Lia, script coding by Erich Kachel Download it here or subscribe to the podcast in iTunes. Story First there was silence… Then there was data… But there was no story… Just images and sounds… Cities were built and a grid was laid …
In the creative experience of Gilles Aubry (Swiss sound artist living in Berlin) references are a recurring use of field recordings and, at the same time, an evident interest for some characters of musique concrète. Gilles deals also with electronics and computer programming, with results ranging from experimentation to improvisation, matters handled with personal interpretation …
Continue reading “Spiritual Archives reviews Berlin Backyards”
Every now and then we need to (re)think how we communicate. For a few months now, we’ve been considering the idea of creating a blog, something that could focus on the day-to-day news of Crónica and the artists with whom we work, keeping the main website for more permanent information and listing of releases. So, …
Never mind the mess, we’re still installing… But please, be welcome!
Peu d’infos disponibles à propos de Davor Mikan, si ce n’est que l’artiste qui sort cet album sur le fameux label portugais est autrichien. A l’écoute de Täuschung que l’on considérera jusqu’à preuve du contraire comme son premier CD, le lien avec ses compatriotes de chez Mego nous apparaît comme tout à fait naturel, dans …
Miguel Carvalhais and Pedro Tudela recorded these files from 2002 to 2007, assembling the result in a multi-faceted patchwork that fuses improvisation, electronic, sampladelia and musique concrete. Surprisingly, after a couple of headphone sessions – in which, admittedly, this writer admired the quality of the studio work and the clever methods of combination applied by …
Continue reading ““Up, Down, Charm, Strange, Top, Bottom†reviewed by Touching Extremes”
Kant, I think, only looked at the sky in beautiful weather. M. Serres Clouds have always been objects of fascination with their arrogant complexity and their role as catalysts for the imagination. There being no way to precisely measure them or restrict their behaviour to a deterministic regime, they have been frequently seen as amorphous …
Continue reading “Limited release: Unique Clouds by Miguel Leal”
As its 35th installment, Crónica is pleased to add to its well curated catalogue TU M’s “Is That You?” “Is That You?” invites you to become a solo protagonist in an imaginary soundtrack. While embracing you in an ocean of orchestral delight, the delicate arrangements and the overall amplitude of the piece’s resonance carry you …
Austrian sound artist Davor Mikan is not someone I’m all too familiar with. His main purpose in the musical realm is to develop music through a series of algorithmic variables. He admits he uses generative graphic-tools along with granular synthesis in order to transform sound. The pieces on “Täuschung” were developed over the span of …
