The name Cem Güney sounds like a name I heard before, but I have no idea when and where. He hails from Turkey, where he taught himself how to play the trumpet and he studied in California. There he got interested in sound art and started to play electronic music. That’s the basic stuff I …
Author Archives: Miguel Carvalhais
New CD release: Gilles Aubry’s “Berlin Backyardsâ€
Swiss sound artist Gilles Aubry is no stranger to Crónica, having collaborated in two of the label’s compilations, “Essays on Radio†and “Mus*****câ€. We are now very pleased to present his first CD in Crónica, the exquisite “Berlin Backyardsâ€.
“Hidden Name†reviewed by Jazz e Arredores
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 …
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New Crónicaster: The Sound of eBay
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 …
Spiritual Archives reviews Berlin Backyards
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 …
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What’s this blog for?
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, …
Moving in
Never mind the mess, we’re still installing… But please, be welcome!
“Täuschung†reviewed by Etherreal
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 …
“Up, Down, Charm, Strange, Top, Bottom†reviewed by Touching Extremes
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 …
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Limited release: Unique Clouds by Miguel Leal
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 …
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