Author Archives: Miguel Carvalhais

“Against Nature” reviewed by Tiny Mix Tapes

If field recordings are often the attempt to freeze-frame nature in all its everlasting purity, then Simon Whetham’s latest album of manipulated ambient is decidedly Against Nature. Conceived as part of his ongoing project to record certain environmental sounds and then allow incidental disturbances to creep into their engineering/mixing/production, the Londoner’s new collection of five …

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“Gamelan Descending a Staircase” reviewed by Lizard

Opisanie muzyki zawartej na najnowszej pÅ‚ycie litewskiego kompozytora nie jest Å‚atwe. Przy obcowaniu z wiÄ™kszÄ… częściÄ… jego dorobku bardzo ważna okazuje siÄ™ być znajomość kontekstu w jakich dany utwór powstaÅ‚. Bez tego dość ciężko nakreÅ›lić charakter samej muzyki. Z jednej strony powinna ona bronić siÄ™ samodzielnie, bez wzglÄ™du na okolicznoÅ›ci. Jednak kiedy dla samego artysty …

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Futurónica 161

Episode 161 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, March 4th. The playlist of Futurónica 161 is: Yiorgis Sakellariou, Everything Emanating from the Sun (2016, Everything Emanating from the Sun, Crónica) Richard Eigner, When the Days All Tip …

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New in the Corollaries series: Richard Eigner’s “When the Days All Tip from Nests and Fly Down Roads”

This is the second release in the series Corollaries that will span 2016, compiling 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. When the Days All …

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“Against Nature” reviewed by Black Audio

‘Against Nature’, comprises of five tracks with the same title (that of the album). Coupled with a press release that provides more in a literary context than its audio companion could ever, can make your mind boggle as to just what medication people are on (or should be). Regardless of the reference to the decadent …

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“Everything Emanating from the Sun” reviewed by againstthesilence.com

Ύπουλο χτύπημα χαμηλού βαρομετρικού με μια σύνθεση που ισορροπεί μεταξύ μυστηρίου και διάλεξης περί πειραματισμού στη μουσική. Κάπως έτσι θα μπορούσε να περιγράφεται το άλμπουμ του Γιώργη Σακελλαρίου. Συνήθως σε ανάλογες περιπτώσεις όπου έχουμε μια μοναδική σύνθεση-γίγας που καταλαμβάνει τη διάρκεια ενός άλμπουμ, στη περίπτωση μας μετράμε τριανταένα λεπτά, δεν μένουν και πολλά να ειπωθούν. …

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