New release: Monty Adkins’s “Shadows and Reflections”

Crónica is proud to present “Shadows and Reflections”, Monty Adkins’s new tape. Shadows and Reflections develops from an audiovisual collaboration between Monty Adkins and the painter Andy Fullalove exhibited at Bradford Cathedral in October 2016. The exhibition comprised a series of fourteen paintings and sound that responded to the newly restored altarpiece by William Morris …

“Shadows and Reflections” reviewed by AmbientBlog

With his impressive back catalogue, Monty Adkins has become one of my favourite artists (if you’re not familiar with his work, don’t forget checking out Four Shibusa, Rift Patterns, Borderlands and Unfurling Streams). So it’s great news when two new albums are released almost simultaneously: The first of these two is Shadows And Reflections, released …

Futurónica 200

The last episode of Futurónica, a broadcast in Rádio Manobras (91.5 MHz in Porto, 18h30) and Rádio Zero (21h GMT, repeating on Tuesday at 01h) airs tomorrow, September 1st. The playlist of Futurónica 200 is: Coil, Things We Never Had (2004, Black Antlers, Threshold House) Coil, Free Base Chakra (2000, Constant Shallowness Leads To Evil, …

“Juryo: Durée de la vie de l’ainsi-venu” reviewed by Neural

The connections between the radio-drama and the experimental music should be an object of study. Some mature reader may remember the strong relationship between these fields, especially during this age where the offline fetishism re-activates forgotten or obsolete formats. The Paris composer Emmanuel Mielville studied sound engineering in a cinema school and later learned the …

Futurónica 199

Episode 199 of Futurónica, a broadcast in Rádio Manobras (91.5 MHz in Porto, 18h30) and Rádio Zero (21h GMT, repeating on Tuesday at 01h) airs tomorrow, August 18th. The playlist of Futurónica 199 is: Otomo Yoshihide, Untitled (2002, Iannis Xenakis – Persepolis + Remixes Edition I, Asphodel) Francisco López, Untitled 113 for Iannis Xenakis (2002, …

“Digital Junkies in Strange Times” reviewed by RNE 3 Atmosfera

Tenemos el último trabajo de Ran Slavin “Digital Junkies in Strange Times”, un disco de 59 minutos que contiene tan sólo 4 tracks con duraciones que oscilan entre el minuto y medio y el universo sonoro de 41 minutos del tema “Moonlight Compilation”. Nosotros esta noche os proponemos un pequeño montaje en el que escucharemos …

“The Waste Land” reviewed by Gonzo Circus

Het is de consequentie als je dezelfde titel gebruikt die T.S. Eliot aan zijn wereldberoemde lange gedicht uit 1922 gaf. Onwillekeurig vraag je je af of er een relatie tussen beide werken is. Moest Luca Forcucci aan Eliots meesterproef denken, toen hij het basismateriaal voor een compositieopdracht ontving? Hij was gevraagd om bij een documentaire …