The Waste Land has been issued in digital recording and audio cassette and has its origins in a 20 minute soundtrack for a documentary movie. The Italian-Swiss composer and sound artist doesn’t give any other details about it. However, it works as an exceptional amplifier of auditory perceptions and stimulates a kind of precise narration …
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Mathias Delplanque’s “Témoins†reviewed by Silence and Sound
Mathias Delplanque est un sculpteur de sons, agençant les field recordings et les notes sporadiques sur son nouvel album Témoins. Il est l’assembleur de vérités unies par le collage de contrastes mouvementés et de quiétude nocturne, desquels s’échappent les bruits de faunes enfouies derrière les grandes herbes de la poésie. Témoins possède une narration radiophonique …
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Simon Cummings’s “間 (ma)†reviewed by Vital Weekly
The only time before the name Simon Cummings was mentioned in Vital Weekly was when a CD by Kenneth Kirschner was reviewed in these pages (Vital Weekly 989), for which Cummings wrote a text. He studied composition, conducting and organ and later on also at Sonology in The Hague and his focus is upon “gradual …
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Ifs’s “Manifold Basketball†reviewed by Polifonia
Z mniejszÄ… pewnoÅ›ciÄ… podchodzÄ™ do duetowego materiaÅ‚u Fischerle z Krzysztofem Ostrowskim (wystÄ™puje jako Freeze i reprezentuje bydgoskÄ… scenÄ™ elektronicznÄ… – tu nie chodzi o CKOD) wydanego dosÅ‚ownie kilka dni później w portugalskiej Crónice pod szyldem Ifs. To króciutki album z wypeÅ‚niajÄ…cymi przestrzeÅ„, a może raczej kreÅ›lÄ…cymi i projektujÄ…cymi wÅ‚asnÄ… przestrzeÅ„ kompozycjami. A wÅ‚aÅ›ciwie najwyraźniej improwizacjami, …
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Soon in Crónica: Simon Cummings’s “間 (ma)â€
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Mathias Delplanque’s “Témoins†reviewed by Chain DLK
“Témoins†comprises three pieces of sound art composed and compiled between 2011 and 2014- or just the first two pieces if you opt for the cassette rather than the download. Conceptually they are post-production-light layerings of organic recordings from three different locations that were given to Delplanque as though they were instructions, on top of …
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New release: Mathias Delplanque’s “Témoinsâ€
Témoins is Mathias Delplanque’s third release in Crónica, after the acclaimed Passeports (Crónica 048~2010) and Transmissions (Crónica 088~2014). A series of commissioned works, each connected to a location given to me. The sites were used as recording studios for creating multilayered compositions with minimal to none post-production. All instruments were played on site. Roz was …
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15 years
15 years ago today! February 1, 2003. The launch of the first two Crónica releases — Hard Disk and Là Où Je Dors — at the unforgettable Aniki Bóbó in Porto.
Mathias Delplanque’s “Témoins†reviewed by Rockerilla
Quale autentico scultore della materia sonora, Mathias Delplanque è stato più volte incaricato di veri e propri lavori “su commissioneâ€, da parte di istituzioni artistico-culturali. Témoins raccoglie due di questi lavori realizzati tra il 2011 e il 2014, ciascuno intorno ai venti minuti di durata, nei quali l’artista francese lascia letteralmente parlare gli ambienti di …
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Mathias Delplanque’s “Témoins†reviewed by Aural Aggravation
Mark E Smith has died. It shouldn’t come as a surprise. In fact, the surprise should be that he didn’t die sooner. But I can’t help but be shaken by the news. It doesn’t feel appropriate to post any music reviews: my social media streams are aclog with tributes to Smith, and it feels wrong …
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