RadiaLX 2008 website is up

The RadiaLX 2008 radio art festival is happening between September 20 and 28 in Lisboa, gathering a set of artists, instigators and producers which will deliver public interventions, performances, workshops, radio broadcasts, discussions and conferences. Curated by Paulo Raposo and Ricardo Reis, RadiaLX will among others feature Gilles Aubry performing live and broadcasts by Crónica, …

Neural reviews “Up, Down, Charm, Strange, Top, Bottom”

This atypical album is divided into four tracks of unusual and disparate lengths – the first lasts more than twenty minutes, the second and third are less than two minutes long, and the last stretches out to more than forty minutes. ‘Up, Down, Charm, Strange, Top, Bottom’ by Miguel Carvalhais and Pedro Tudela, aka @C, …

Ran Slavin’s “Nocturnal Rainbow Rising” due soon

Ran Slavin‘s new unlimited release in Crónica, “Nocturnal Rainbow Rising” is now in the final stages of production and will be available for free download very soon. This is Slavin’s third full-length release in Crónica, following 2004’s “Tropical Agent / Ears in Water” and last year’s “The Wayward Regional Transmissions” that was awarded an honorable …

Pure’s “Ification” is in production

Pure‘s new CD release in Crónica, “Ification” — with wonderful cover art by Jan Rohlf — is now in production and copies are expected soon. In the meantime, you can have a sneak peak here. This release, mastered by Martin Siewert at Motone Sound Services in Vienna, comprises 7 trackswith collaborations from Christoph De Babalon, …

Chão: LX Factory, Lisboa 18-20 September

A long (and interesting) program featuring Osso Exótico, Carlos Santos, Emídio Buchinho, André Gonçalves, Nuno Moita, Paulo Raposo, The Beautiful Schizophonic and many others. (Not much) more information at projectochao.blogspot.com.

Cem Güney interviewed by tokafi.com

Cem Güney is the first to admit that Turkey still has a long way to go in terms of radically progressive music and Sound Art. Admittedly, there are hotspots, clearly confined oases of demanding sonic experimentation. But overall, the main focus still seems to be firmly placed on maximising profits and importing ideas instead of …

Martijn Tellinga performs Xenakis

For this year’s Night of the Unexpected festival, part of Gaudeamus’ Muziekweek, Martijn Tellinga has produced a performance of Iannis Xenaki’s revolutionary Mycenae Alpha, work for computer that was generated with The UPIC system. The UPIC enabled Xenakis to compose grahically and transform visual information into sound. The UPIC system was conceived by Iannis Xenakis …