Ciò che però in buona sostanza manca alle due opere citate è calore e capacità di emozionare (ed emozionarsi). Qualità che ritroviamo invece nel nuovo album del compositore portoghese Vitor Joaquim. E se, in effetti, Flow è il titolo della traccia video ad opera di Lia, il flusso che attraversa il disco è – come …
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“Flow†reviewed by chaindlk
Cronica is back with a couple of releases, a better exposure and the usual good quality of their outputs just to say that if you haven’t noticed that, Portugal like Spain is an epicentre for what concerns electronic music nowadays. As you can see from their back catalogue Cronica is not one of those label …
“Flow†reviewed by Bad Alchemy
Flow (Crónica 025 + quicktime video) bringt ein Wiederhören mit VITOR JOAQUIM, einem der maßgebenden Köpfe der portugiesischen Electronica, der schon einmal mit A Rose is a Rose (dOc recordings) meine Schwurbelmaschine angeworfen hat (BA 45). In dicht verschlungener Mehrspurigkeit lässt er jeweils mit ganz unterschiedlichen Geschwindigkeiten langschweifige und kurzwellige Pulsfrequenzen ineinander rotieren, dunkle Tupfer …
“Flow†reviewed by D-Side
Compositeur ayant beaucoup oeuvré dans le cadre d’événements culturels à Lisbonne, mais aussi de ballets, le Portugais Vitor Joaquim est aussi depuis quelques années, actif dans le champ de la musique électronique, qu’il ne cesse finalement de remettre en question, comme si son passé imposait une présence humaine à confronter aux machines. Pour Flow, c’est …
“Flow†reviewed by Loop
This is a well-known Portuguese electronic musician who started as a music improviser in 1982. He works in many art forms such as video, musical compositions for cinema, dance, theatre, installalations and multimedia. His works has been released in several labels such as Crónica Electrónica, dOc, Ananana and he has composed the piece ‘Sensations Maker’ …
“Flow†reviewed by chaindlk.com
Portuguese multimedia artist Vitor Joaquim has traced a singular path over the last 25 years starting with improvised music in 1982 and then composing for dance, theater, cinema, video, installations and multimedia. “Flow” is his latest work on the Crónica label. The main concept here is the confrontation between voice and computer and in almost …
“Flow†reviewed by Phosphor
Each song title of Vitor Joaquim’s latest album contains the word “momentsâ€. The concept of Flow is the possibilities and impossibilities of relationships. A concept that is difficult to translate or incorporate by means of electronics. But the spoken texts by Filipa Hora make up for this. Vitor Joaquim’s music is built upon abstract, relatively …
“Flow†reviewed by Big Load
Eine akademisch leicht angetrocknete Beschreibung des “Flow” geht von einer optimalen Herausforderung an das Wissen und Können eines Menschen und seiner damit einhergehenden Absorption in der Tätigkeit, oft mit erhöhtem Lebensgefühl verbunden, aus. Umgelegt auf die Rezeption (oder auch Erzeugung) von Musik, würde ich meinen, dass es sich um einen Idealzustand zwischen Kontemplation und Herausforderung, …
“The Wayward Regional Transmissions†reviewed by De:Bug
In der Welt des digital-arabischen Stakkatodrones ist Slavin nach wie vor ungeschlagen. Das demonstriert diese CD in höchst komplex variabler Form erneut mehr als deutlich. Musik die sich gelegentlich anhört wie Oval aus Jericho, oder Glitch für Marrakesch. Ich bin jedenfalls vom ersten Track an völlig eingenommen. Perfekt um sich einen völlig eigenen Horizont der …
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“The Wayward Regional Transmissions†reviewed by Vital Weekly
The first time we got introduced to the music of Ran Slavin was on his ‘Product 02’ CD release for the very same label that now releases ‘The Wayward Regional Transmissions’. Slavin hails from Israel, where he produces digital music, experimental cinema and video art. On his latest CD he approaches ‘Oriental Middle Eastern Music …
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