Crónica is elated to present the new release from Sam Auinger and Hannes Strobl’s project, TAMTAM, “Urban Dialogâ€, now available as a free download. Sam Auinger (sonic thinker, composer, and sound artist) and Hannes Strobl (bass player, composer, and sound artist) refer to their work as a practice where the sound environment becomes the instrument, …
Author Archives: Miguel Carvalhais
“X-RUN-4 Prismatique†reviewed by Chain DLK
Background noises get typically considered a disturbing element of live recordings, but I won’t say the same for this output, capturing a solo improvisational session by German (even if he resides in Lisbon since a long time) cellist and composer Ulrich Mitzlaff in a spacey hall nearby the motorway close to Humberto Delgado Airport in …
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“Geography†reviewed by Rockerilla
Continua la sequenza di interessanti pubblicazioni della lusitana Cronica che per l’occasione propone il nuovo lavoro di Vitor Joaquim, ispiratissimo artista portoghese che compone anche per documentari, video installazioni e altro ancora. Quando poi dal vivo non è supportato da immagini, Joaquim ama esibirsi completamente al buio proprio perché vuole stimolare la fantasia e i …
Soon in Crónica: Tamtam’s “Urban Dialog”
“6 Elementosâ€, a new installation by Pedro Tudela and Miguel Carvalhais
“6 Elementosâ€, a new work by Pedro Tudela and Miguel Carvalhais (aka @c) is opening tomorrow in Porto, in the exhibitions room of the Rectory of the University of Porto. This new piece was commissioned as a part of the program of events for “Espaço, Corpo, Bem-Estar†and will be shown until November 4th.
“Bittersweet Melodies†reviewed by Kathodik
Album numero undici per il musicista/video artist/film maker israeliano Ran Slavin. “Bittersweet Melodies†mette in circolo materiali persi e sparsi composti nell’ultima dozzina di anni, lucidati e rimasterizzati. Una raccolta che nonostante il divario temporale che separa una traccia dall’altra, denota una discreta personalità , non appariscente ma di solida tensione unitaria. Stratificazione di segnali altamente …
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New in the Corollaries series: Dawn Scarfe’s “Alone Togetherâ€
“Alone Together†is the ninth release in the series Corollaries, that compiles works resulting from Active Crossover: Mooste, a cross-cultural collaborative residency curated by Simon Whetham and hosted by MoKS, in April and May 2015. All works are composed from material compiled in a collective archive during the project. Active Crossover: Mooste had a ‘relay’ …
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Futurónica 176
Episode 176 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 30th. The playlist of Futurónica 175 is: Simon Cummings, Study Nº 1 (2016, Studies Vol. 1) Simon Cummings, Study Nº 9 (2016, Studies Vol. 1) Simon Cummings, Study …
Soon in Crónica: Dawn Scarfe’s “Alone Togetherâ€
“Three-Body Problem†reviewed by Amusio
Das nunmehr sechzehnte Album der portugiesischen Klang-Extremisten @C fußt auf Agapornis, einem Stück des Marionettentheaters Porto, das sich 2014 dem Leben und Werk der Anaïs Nin widmete. Man wäre gerne dabei gewesen, das Dreikörperproblem des Albumtitels dürfte also metaphorisch zu verstehen sein. Dabei vollzieht sich das Album auf drei Ebenen: Als Bühnenmusik, als deren Rekomposition …
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