Author Archives: Miguel Carvalhais
Sun Dog’s “Col des Tempètes” reviewed by Salt Peanuts
eRikm (aka Erik Matt) is a French sound artist, electronics player, composer, improviser and visual artist, who has made a life-long habit of crossing all territories and «world-systems» deemed «independent», «institutional», and is known for his collaborations with Christian Marclay, Thurston Moore, Otomo Yoshihide and vocal artists Phil Minton, Catherine Jauniaux, Natacha Muslera and Dalila …
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Haarvöl + Xoán-Xil López’s “The Uncanny Organization of Timeless Time” reviewed by Blow Up
New release: Sun Dog’s “Col des Tempètes”
We’re proud to announce the release of Sun Dog’s debut release, “Col des Tempètes”, featuring Isabelle Duthoit on voice and ErikM on electronics, available as a limited-release CD, download, or stream!
Sun Dog’s “Col des Tempètes” reviewed by African Paper
Der Musiker und Künstler ErikM und die renommierte Vokalistin Isabelle Duthoit bringen unter dem Namen Sun Dog ein gemeinsames, auf experimenteller Stimmperformance und einer vielfältige, nicht minder experimentierfreudigen Elektronik basierendes Album heraus. “Col des Tempètes” entstand nach ausgedehnten Wanderungen der beiden in eher unwegsamen Gegenden in Island und Frankreich und unter dem Eindruck lokaler Naturphänonene …
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New release: Haarvöl + Xoán-Xil López’s “The Uncanny Organization of Timeless Time”
We’re proud to release the new album by Haarvöl and Xoán-Xil López, created from organ improvisations in an 1801 Iberian pipe organ and further reworked with electronics and field recordings. “The Uncanny Organization of Timeless Time” includes four tracks that are involved by a counter-narrative of a strange familiarity that surrounds them and is embodied …
Bruno Duplant’s “Sombres Miroirs” reviewed by Audion
Although the promo blurb tells me “Bruno Duplant is a prolific composer and a musician living in the north of France. He has collaborated with many musicians around the globe and has also made solo works” he’s one of many younger musician/composers in the contemporary field that I’d never heard of before (at least to …
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Budhaditya Chattopadhyay’s “Withering Field” reviewed by The Wire
Haarvöl + Xoán-Xil López’s track “The Previous Extant of the Hereafter” reviewed by Ambient Blog
A bold statement in the liner notes: ‘There is no progress in art’. (I personally would have added an exclamation mark). This is followed by some philosophical musings about the relationship of art with time, and ‘with its time.’ And about the fact that the ‘sounds we hear on this album are grouped in a harmonious relationship’, are ‘a deliberate escape from …
Budhaditya Chattopadhyay’s “Withering Field” reviewed by A Closer Listen
How do we manage the process of loss and alienation when looking from the perspective of the soon to be lost? What kind of empathy should we develop as listeners towards an effaced, or soon to be effaced, habitat? What is an ecological crisis in an era where an accelerated need to improve, industrialise and …
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