Author Archives: Miguel Carvalhais
@c’s “LMY-7-10â€
LMY-7-10 from Miguel Carvalhais on Vimeo. Pedro Tudela and Miguel Carvalhais’s installation at this year Serralves em Festa, in Porto, is finally documented in a short video. If you didn’t make it there, get your headphones and enjoy the sample. More photos are available at at-c.org. Tudela and Carvalhais are currently working on a new …
“Prevailing Wind, Tangled Under†reviewed by Ambient Blog
For those interested in environmental recordings, the Corollaries series on the Crónica label is a definite must-check. This (sixth) edition in the series is an acoustic exploration of a deserted, metal water tower about four stories high made by soundscape artist John Grzinich. “People are pulled inward upon hearing the depth of the reverberations from …
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Futurónica 172
Episode 172 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 5th. The playlist of Futurónica 172 is: France Jobin and Stephan Mathieu, The Answer IV (2016, Radiance II: Music for the Answer, Schwebung) France Jobin and Stephan Mathieu, …
“Throttle and Calibration†reviewed by Touching Extremes
Jim Haynes produces sulphureous visions from a peculiar brand of ill-defined concreteness; any hint to humanitarianism is canceled as states of feverish awareness announce terrible things to come. Throttle And Calibration may be born from the processing of hybrid recordings by different collaborators, yet it exudes the toxicity typical of the man’s finest outings. In …
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New in the Corollaries series: Jim Haynes’s “Throttle and Calibrationâ€
“Throttle and Calibration†is the seventh 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. All source material in “Throttle …
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“Gamelan Descending a Staircase†reviewed by Nieuwe Noten
Met ‘Gamelan Descending a Staircase’ leidt de Litouwse componist en elektronica producer Arturas BumÅ¡teinas ons binnen in de wereld van de gamelan. Het Indonesische slagwerk orkest. Het stuk, op de gelijknamige CD is wel op een heel bijzondere manier ontstaan. BumÅ¡teinas maakte in 2013, samen met Raminta Atnimar opnames van de diverse onderdelen van het …
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“Ma·Org Pa·Git†reviewed by Revue & Corrigée
Deux pièces, enregistrées à Rotterdam dans l’église des marins norvégiens en 2012, utilisant orgue, guitare em ampli vox. La première, “Ma.Orgâ€, comme son nom l’indique, est une pièce d’orgue, entrons segments. Tout d’abord un continuum, en un long déroulement, jusque’à la moitié. Puis dans la seconde section, des sons de soufflerie, comme des flûtes basses, …
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“Prevailing Wind, Tangled Under†reviewed by Touching Extremes
Attributing a value to forlorn locations through the assessment of their resonant qualities represents a sort of transference of power. When a sound artist – presumably gifted with deeply perceptive features – sets conditions for a given structure to vibrate, the spontaneous generation of a different type of life occurs. The resulting interaction gains or …
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