Author Archives: Miguel Carvalhais
David Lee Myers interviewed by Loop
David Lee Myers, that recently released the wonderful “Reduced to a Geometrical Point” in Crónica was interviewed by Guillermo Escudero for the Chilean web zine Loop: http://www.loop.cl/content/view/1941/26/
Matilde Meireles’s “Life of a Potato” reviewed by Vital Weekly
The field recordings used here by Matilde Meireles are literally homegrown. It deals with the life of a potato, growing near Pewsey, in the Southwest of England. I had not heard of Matilde Meireles before. In her garden, she grows her vegetables, plants, and potatoes. She made her field recordings in her garden, in the …
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Francisco López & Miguel A. García’s “Ekkert Nafn” reviewed by NOmelody Magazine
Dos nombres ineludibles de la música experimental patria, Francisco López y Miguel A. García, elaboran un trabajo en el que estudia la estética del sonido, utilizado como materia prima grabaciones de campo procesadas concienzudamente con la intención de generar escenarios acústicos que sorprenden por su ejemplar vistosidad. Existen discos que se alejan deliberadamente de las …
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Miguel A. García’s “Evhiblig” reviewed by Bad Alchemy
Sein baskischer Kollege Fernando Ulzión nennt, angeregt durch MIGUEL A. GARCÍAs Evhiblig (Crónica 178~2021, digital), die Wahl zwischen the terror of silence und the terror of noise eine bloß scheinbare. Denn was den einen als Skylla und Charybdis, Pest oder Cholera, vorkommt, ist die Konfrontation mit einem Zwillingspaar oder, denkt an Vollmond und Neumond, sogar nur den Phasen von ein und …
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Máquina Magnética reviewed by A Cabine
Quatro monstros do experimentalismo português juntos – Gustavo Costa, Rodrigo Carvalho e o duo @c. É preciso dizer mais? Ouçam e viajem. via A Cabine
David Lee Myers’s “Reduced to a Geometrical Point” reviewed by Loop
David Lee Myers is a New York based sound and visual artist, who since 1987 has been producing electronic music under his own name and with the moniker of Arcane Device. Today he owns a discography of 20 albums on Generator, ReR, Silent, RRRecords, Staalplaat, among other labels. Lee Myers has collaborated with renowned artists …
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New release: Miguel A. García’s “Evhiblig”
“Is it possible to choose between the terror of silence or the terror of noise? Is emptiness more intoxicating? Does presence welcome us into its bosom, or does it expel us, usurping our place? The boundaries, if there are any, are blurred and, like false doubles, interchangeable. Sound and silence are conjoined twins. Those same …
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Jos Smolders’s “Submerge-Emerge” reviewed by Nieuwe Noten
Voor het bijna twee uur durende ‘Submerge-Emerge’ liet Smolders zich eveneens inspireren door een kunstwerk, nu het gedicht ‘Un Coup De Des Jamais N’Abolira Le Hasard’ van Stéphane Mallarmé. Al veertig jaar is Smolders gefascineerd door dit gedicht, maar pas na meer onderzoek naar de achtergronden, was hij in staat om er ook muzikaal iets …
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Dan Powell’s “Four Walks at Old Chapel” reviewed by RNE 3 Atmosfera
Dan Powell es un artista sonoro que utiliza grabaciones de campo, electrónica hecha a mano y percusión afinada. El foco principal de su trabajo es explorar lugares que tienen una resonancia personal particular. Ha participado activamente en la improvisación electroacústica en Londres y Brighton, especialmente con Gus Garside en The Static Memories y Chris Parfitt …
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