“Everything emanating from the Sun which is Divine Love is called spiritual; everything emanating from the sun which is fire is natural.”. Greek electronic music composer Yiorgis Sakellariou took the first sentence of these lines by which Swedish scientist, mystic, theologian and philosopher Emanuel Swedenborg tried to explain the link between spiritual world and natural …
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Crónica is delighted to present a new release from Shay Nassi’s project Mise_en_scene, after the previous 443 and Leftovers (Reworked). Nassi hails from Tel Aviv, where he began studying sound engineering, obtaining a degree in Practical Sound Engineering. He subsequently put those skills to good use producing music where he delicately integrates elements of minimalism …
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Austriacki eksperymentator wÅ‚aÅ›nie wydaÅ‚ swój pierwszy solowy album. Andreasa Trobollowitscha należy kojarzyć z projektami Nörz i Acker Velvet. PÅ‚ytÄ™ tego drugiego przedsiÄ™wziÄ™cia opublikowaÅ‚a warszawska wytwórnia Monotype Records. Artysta korzysta z różnego instrumentarium (m.in. kontrabas, gitara elektryczna), ale na tym nie poprzestaje i czÄ™sto projektuje wÅ‚asne instrumenty, których brzmienia przepuszcza przez elektronikÄ™. Ważnym skÅ‚adnikiem kompozycji Trobollowitscha …
It’s not a criticism to state that oftentimes, the material on Roha feels more like a collection of sounds than a succession of actual compositions. There’s a certain randomness about the sounds, which range from clanking, arrhythmic percussive sounds, squeaks, tweets and flutters, groans and drones and distant, barely audible and completely indecipherable speech. There …
De verwachtingen zijn hoog gespannen. De Litouwse componist Arturas Bumsteinas heeft een behoorlijke reputatie opgebouwd met elektronische muziek en crossmediale projecten. Als hij een cd uitbrengt met de titel ‘Gamelan Descending a Staircase’ roept dat uiteenlopende associaties op. Met dat schilderij van Marcel Duchamp, dat de bewegingen van een omlaag lopend naakt probeert te vangen. …
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Crónica presents Everything Emanating from the Sun, a single track CD by Yiorgis Sakellariou. Sakellariou is a long-running experimental composer and musician based out of Athens, Greece. On this outing, he receives some additional sounds courtesy of Simon Whetham and John Grzinich. This release marks the first in a series called Corollaries, compiling works produced …
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Episode 162 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 18th. The playlist of Futurónica 162 is: Cem Güney, Two and Threes (2015, Five Compositions, Edition Wandelweiser Records) Cem Güney, City II (2013, Water-Nature-City, Crónica) Cem Güney, Mulberry …
“…the real-world sounds are transformed into elements that make up some part of a musical experience, and this is a kind of appropriation of their identities… Even in a piece in which the source sounds are so heavily processed as to be unrecognizable… the fact remains that specific sounds are being used, and by extension, …
Live recording of paL’s (aka Pedro Almeida) performance at Natal dos Experimentais 2015 (December 11), at Passos Manuel, Porto. “House calls, phone calls and messages… answering machines, tapes and memories”. Private messages, harmonica screams and the present obssession of sharing. paL uses regular instruments and basically everything that produces sound. Constantly exploring new ways of …
