Author Archives: Miguel Carvalhais
Futurónica 162
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 …
“Roha†reviewed by Tiny Mix Tapes
“…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, …
New podcast: paL
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 …
Soon in Crónica: Primary Fields
“Against Nature†reviewed by Passive/Aggressive
Det absolut første, man undrer sig over, nÃ¥r man sætter den seneste plade fra den engelske lydkunstner Simon Whetham pÃ¥, er titlen. Han har ad flere omgange ydet bidrag til det fremragende radioprogram Framework, som i mange Ã¥r har arbejdet for at udbrede kendskab og kærlighed til lydkunst, field recordings og naturlyde. Fra en kunstner, …
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“Against Nature†reviewed by Aural Aggravation
Simon Whetham has a considerable history of taking sound recordings – often environmental sounds – and working them into something unrecognisable, by means of various sonic and software mutations. Against Nature emerged from an exploration of what Whetham describes as ‘errors and failures’, using ‘badly built microphones, over-burdened amplifiers, motors driven by sound impulses, misbehaving …
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“Roha†reviewed by Amusio
Mit Roha (Crónica) entzieht sich Andreas Trobollowitsch jener formalen Vorgaben, die seine bisherigen Veröffentlichungen, darunter auch die mit Nörz und Acker Velvet, aus einer dezidiert elektroakustisch generierten Perspektive argumentieren ließen. Seine Manipulationen von primär improvisierten Ausgangsmaterial bringt den Klangforscher hier nun in die Nähe dessen, was gemeinhin als „Musik“ verstanden und rezipiert wird. Ein Zug, …
New release: Andreas Trobollowitsch’s “Rohaâ€
ROHA is the first solo album by Andreas Trobollowitsch. Previously a member of the duos Nörz and Acker Velvet, he produced two highly acclaimed albums, released through Schraum (Berlin) and Monotyp Records (Warsaw), and in collaboration with David Schweighart, he composed the soundtrack for the 1920’s cinema series Digi Wave for the Filmarchiv- Austria. As …
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