Why do so few improvised recordings feature vocals? Here’s a theory. Part of improv’s appeal is the vulnerability of the artists involved. On-stage or in-studio, it requires a degree of self-assuredness that few of us can muster. This is what’s so often misunderstood about improvisational performance. The absence of written music does not make it …
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Boa-LÃngua is the second album by SÃria. It departs from her former work, Cuspo, using it as a foundation for structure and duration, while following very different pulses. Boa-LÃngua was made from recordings of practice sessions that were not originally intended to be used or worked as songs. Boa-LÃngua means “good tongueâ€, used in opposition to “má-lÃnguaâ€, literally “bad tongueâ€, a Portuguese …
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So wie einem die besten kreativen Gedanken oft beim Gehen oder in der Badewanne kommen, entstehen die Releases von Sängerin Diana Combo alias SÃria meist als Nebenprodukte kleinerer Arbeiten, die ganz unerwartet ein Eigenleben erhalten. So wie sich ihr erstes Album aus einer Auftragsarbeit heraus verselbstständigt hatte, ist “Boa-LÃngua†das Resultat einer der Stimmübungen, die …
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‘Boa-Lingua’ is the follow-up to ‘Cuspo’ (see Vital Weekly 1151). Siria is the work of Diana Combo and her main instrument is the voice, in combination with vinyl records, field recordings “and other sound sources”. The press release also mentions “Boa-LÃngua was made from recordings of practice sessions that were not originally intended to be …
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Arturas BumÅ¡teinas started the Organ Safari project in 2007, compiling recordings of various church organs into a growing sound archive. These recordings are later used in various contexts, such as performances, installations, radio programmes, and releases such as this. The organ sounds in this album were collected in February 2017 in Saxony, Germany, when Arturas BumÅ¡teinas, GailÄ— GriciÅ«tÄ— …
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En el mundo de las grabaciones de campo el australiano Philip Samartzis junto al francés Eric La Casa trabajaron en el Parque Nacional Kruger ubicado al noreste de Sudáfrica. Allà Eric La Casa y Philip Samartzis estuvieron realizando registros de campo durante diez dÃas para el álbum “Captured Spaceâ€.Philip Samartzis es un artista sonoro con …
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What is the role of wilderness in the imagination? Is wilderness still wild if it is walled? In a preserve, who are the captors, and who are the captives? These are only a few of the questions asked by Philip Samartzis and Eric La Casa as they record the soundscape of South Africa’s Kruger National Park. The …
Mise_En_Scene is het project van de Israëlische geluidstechnicus Shay Nassi, alwaar hij zijn opgedane vaardigheden gebruikt om op subtiele wijze elementen van minimalisme en noise in zijn muziek te gieten. De streepjes in de titel van zijn laatste werk -O-R-G-A-N- lijken te beduiden dat hij het woord wil ontleden. Zo is het Engelse woord ‘organ’ …
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