Sixième compilation de la série Product initiée par le label Cronica electronica, celle-ci rassemble 4 projets soucieux de varier le propos d’une ambient expérimentale parfois trop rigoriste. L’enjeu, pas impossible, demandait pourtant d’autres efforts. Ouvrant le bal, Pawel Grabowski imbrique field recordings et drones, reverses et larsens, dans le but d’illustrer cette étrange fatalité, qui …
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“Product 06†reviewed by Touching Extremes
Sixth in the “Product” series, here comes a beautiful split CD which is rather different from the usual criteria of this ever-so-surprising label, being mostly centred around hypnosis and bewitching soundscapes, with engrossing effects on the psyche as a primary consequence. Ireland-based, Poland-born Pawel Grabowski presents a long composition called “But I’m not”, where obfuscated …
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â€Lengvai / 60 x one minute audio colours of 2kHz sound†reviewed by Monochrom
Gintas K presents both the most exciting and the most tedious example of what the label calls “experimental digital post techno” on this double release. But it is also sort of like the victory of the organic and naturally flowing musical structure over the completely structural and structurally constructed approach towards music. But, let’s get …
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“Lengvai / 60 x one minute audio colours of 2kHz sound†reviewed by Balsas.cc
Gintas K (Gintas Kraptavicius) – one of the most renown artists in Lithuanian sound art and experimental electronics scene – had crossed another one nomadic circle through international internet and physical collaboration networks, and in spring of 2006 exported his new release. It‘s a double CD „Lengvai“ (eng. „Easily“) and „60 x One Minute Colours …
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“King Glitch†reviewed by Black
Release 18 und 19 des portugiesischen Labels Cronica Electronica beweisen, wie unterschiedlich doch Arbeiten im eigentlich doch sehr eng gesteckten Feld, was man gut mit “Glitch-Electronic” betiteln möchte, sein können. BJÖRGULFSSON und OHLSSONs “King Glitch” wirkt verspielt, teilweise sogar mit poppigen oder zumindest Songstruktur ähnelnden Anleihen, die Arbeiten von FREIBAND/BOCA RATON hingegen bewegen sich teilweise …
“Essays on Radio†reviewed by Autres Directions
Agé de deux ans, et fort de 19 références, le label portuguais Cronica a su séduire les amateurs de musiques électroniques expérimentales et bruitistes, du moins ceux qui réussissaient à se procurer leurs disques. De notre côté, la joliesse de Tilia nous avait charmés mais la plupart des compilations éditées par le label, nous avait …
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“Happiness Will Befall†reviewed by Octopus
Lawrence English ou l’art de cultiver les paradoxes, tel pourrait être le sous-titre d’un album étonnant. Car de toute évidence, la musique de l’artiste australien n’évoque jamais les plages pour surfeurs ou les zones infestées de crocodiles de son pays. A cent mille lieues de là , c’est dans les contrées froides et brumeuses que cet …
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“Happiness Will Befall†reviewed by Loop
This is the debut album on Porto’s Crónica Electrónica label of Lawrence English, a musician, writer and sound artist who is based in Brisbane, Australia. In his works he plays guitar, software design, field recordings, cassettes, turntables and other electronic devices. His sound approach it’s related with concrète musique, minimalism and noise. He creates spectral …
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“Essays on Radio†reviewed by Bad Alchemy
Ein Konzeptwerk zum 2-jährigen Bestehen des portugiesischen Labels, das sich ganz um das Medium Radio dreht. Ein Medium, das einem seit Jahrzehnten die ersten Erfahrungen mit Betthupferln, Nachtmixen, Zapping, Detuning, Radiophonie, Kurzwellensalat, White Noise, dem Großen Rauschen beschert. Die Assemblage von 39 Beiträgen allein auf der Audio-CD, allesamt auf 2 Minuten begrenzt (Konzept!), stellt wie …
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“Happiness Will Befall†reviewed by Vital
The name Lawrence English is a new one for me, despite his concerts with David Toop, Ami Yoshida, Oren Ambarchi, Marina Rosenfeld, and many more. English also produced albums for Tujiko Noriko and The Rational Academy. On ‘Happiness Will Befall’, English plays guitar, computer and some additional instrumentation (electronics, cassettes and turntables). There are some …
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