Il y a un peu plus de six mois, on découvrait Heimir Björgulfsson, déjà chez Cronica aux côtés de Pimmon et Helgi Thorsson pour un live à trois, arrangé par Main. Au sein du trio, on avait un peu de mal à dissocier le travail de chacun, mais il s’agissait là de l’un des disques …
Author Archives: Miguel Carvalhais
“Essays on Radio†reviewed by The Wire
Essays on Radio: Can I Have Two Minutes of Your Time? is curated by Porto based media artist Miguel Carvalhais. Each of the 39 tracks, from contributors such as Freiband, Pita, Heimir Björgúlfsson and Carvalhais himself, clock in at the two minute mark, primarily so as to invite as many artists as possible, it seems, …
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“Happiness Will Befall†reviewed by epok
Ceux qui sont restés nostalgiques des années ambient de Brian Eno et de sa discreet music devraient sans nul doute jeter une oreille plus qu’attentive à ce très bel album du musicien et artiste sonore, Lawrence English. À l’aide de guitares retraitées, de nappes et d’effets électroniques, de sonorités issues de l’environnement naturel et urbain, …
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“Essays on Radio†reviewed by Bodyspace
O ritual repetia-se ocasionalmente. Quando, aos sábados, as cabeças andavam pelo ar e as garrafas de cerveja tinham já passado à condição de tara perdida, o mais necessitado dos “junkies†de ruÃdo ajoelhava-se perante um rádio Blaupunkt. Entre a testa contra as colunas e uma franja colada ao rosto, procurava pela mais enervante frequência AM …
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“Essays on Radio†reviewed by Etherreal
Pour sa 20ème sortie, Cronica propose une compilation conceptuelle. On n’en attendait pas moins de la part du pointu label portugais. Comme le suggère le titre, le concept tourne autour de la radio, thème choisi à l’heure de la multiplication des canaux de diffusion, comme étant le plus ancien medium électronique, le seul dépourvu d’images …
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“Essays on Radio†reviewed by Vital
The Portuguese label Crónica is now 2 years old, and they’re celebrating this with a new release which is available as a CD and a DVD. The CD (can’t say much about the DVD) has 39 tracks that are each 2 minutes long. In a time of webcasts and internet-based information traffic it’s a very …
“Essays on Radio†reviewed by Loop
This is the second compilation of this label that already turns two years publishing to artists of the experimental electronic music. Thirty nine are the musicians showing in two minutes time their vision on the radio. This medium in spite of the technological advances that some could foretell a happy end, still prevail as a …
“Essays on Radio†reviewed by Wreck This Mess
Un brouhaha de fréquences. Un concerto d’interférences. Un gargouillis de bruits parasites… Une fois de plus le label portugais Crónica nous livre un étrange document sonore. Une sorte de manifeste audio autour de la radio; comme medium et comme générateur d’onde. Un projet collectif. Forcément collectif. Ainsi que le soulignent les initiateurs de cette anthologie, …
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“Happiness Will Befall†reviewed by Noripcord
The sound of Lawrence English’s most recent solo recording is a polar journey between the harsh yet compelling sounds of dedicatedly minimalist computer music and the subtle organicism of post-classical instrumentalists. Another way of expressing this bicephalous creation is to say that his music sounds a lot like ambient works by Aphex Twin, Boards of …
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“Essays on Radio†reviewed by Sands Zine
L’etichetta portoghese (o la media label) Crònica, per festeggiare il suo secondo anno di attività , ha deciso di realizzare una doppia uscita in CD e DVD di materiale attinente al medium radiofonico: il media elettronico più antico e nonostante questo ancora presente nella nostra vita di tutti i giorni e ben vivo nel nostro immaginario …
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