Lawrence English’s “Ghost Towns” [Room 40] was a personal revelation to me. This Australian sound artist basically visited a number of ghost towns in the back lands of his native land to uncover sounds that are barely audible to the human ear. This time around, his newest release “Happiness Will Befall” is more concerned with …
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I regret I don’t know English’s back catalogue, which ranges from concrete music to electronica to guitar-based compositions, as this album on Crónica is a real treat. Recorded in his native Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and South India, and lavishly accompanied by Aki Onda’s photographs, “Happiness Will Befall” is a collection of intimistic minimal music …
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Sarà la primavera.. anzi sarà che è già estate.. fatto sta che anche la portoghese Crónica avverte quest’aria solare, calda e gioiosa e anche i suoi artisti rispondi agli umori estivi con prodotti altrettanto estivi.. e per un attimo ci si stacca dalla sperimentazione grigia e surreale per gettarsi tra le onde più fresche e …
Heimir Björgúlffsson und Jonas Ohlsson leben beide in Amsterdam und auch sie haben sich experimentelleren elektronischen Klängen verschrieben. Man kann sich “King Glitch” gut als Klangwelt zu einer etwas irritierenden Industrie-Kunstinstallation vorstellen, im Schwingsessel zwischen verstrahlter Optik. Stammelnde Laute über stolpernde Elektronik, in die teils Piano und Knarzen eingewoben sind und Platz für anderes lassen. …
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Auch wenn der Albumtitel eine gewissen Nähe zu einem bestimmten Genre elektronischer Musik nahelegt, so bewegen sich die beiden Songwriter – ja, man sollte sie durchaus als solche sehen – in einem sehr viel eklektischeren und hybrideren musikalischem Feld, als dies der Begriff Glitch umreißen könnte. Hier darf es schon mal ganz ordentlich zirpsen und …
Lawrence English, artiste multifacette australien (écrivainm artiste multimédia, compositeur, plasticien) nous entraîne dans un circuit dont la carte est mentale: une flânerie qui se déroule em Océanie, depuis Brisbane, Auckland, Adelaide, Bangalore, Budi Koti jusqu’à Singapour. auréolé de la présence d’Aki Onda et de James English, cet album évoque la mythologie des lieux, un hommage …
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L’Australiano Lawrence English pubblica questo nuovo lavoro partorito in 2 mesi nel suo tour in Asia. Una raccolta delle esperienze vissute, e trasposte in musica alla sua maniera. Un laptop, una chitarra e pochi altri strumenti suonati dal vivo. I suoni sintetizzati al massimo, le atmosfere cupe e rarefatte. Largo spazio all’immaginazione, che si perde …
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“Music is a memory bank for finding one’s way about the world”, says Arkady Volchok in Chatwin’s The Songlines. It could be a fitting description for much recent field recording based electronic music y the likes of Michael Rüsenberg, Loren Chase, Eric La Casa and Aki Onda, whose photography graces the cover of Australian sound …
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Der Stilluppsteypa- & Fire-Inc.-Mann HEIMIR BJÖRGÚLFFSON, 1975 in Reykjavik geboren, operiert seit einiger Zeit von Amsterdam aus und steuerte zur Crónica-Electronica schon die Liveperformance Still Important Nor Normally Seen (-> BA 45) bei. In Amsterdam fand er auch seinen Duopartner, den 37-jährigen im schwedischen Orebro geborenen JONAS OHLSSON. king Glitch (Crónica 018~2005 + data track) …
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È frutto del viaggio, il nuovo disco di Lawrence English. Un viaggio che lo ha condotto dalle parti dell’Oceano Pacifico e per la precisione nella sua terra natia (l’Australia), in Nuova Zelanda, nel sud dell’India e a Singapore. Un viaggio in cui ha collezionato suoni, pur se poi il contenuto di “Happiness Will Befall” non …
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