Our Tongues in Your Ears February 18 – 18h00 Matéria Prima Rua da Picaria, 84 Porto Since 2014, Marc Behrens holds Auditions in Germany and Portugal. This is an hour long session of deep listening aided by incense, tea and absinth. More info at FB.
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“Against Nature†reviewed by Le Son du Grisli
Une façon peut-être de s’éloigner du field recording pur… Simon Whetham joue ici contre nature : cinq fois, à partir de sons attrapés en compagnie d’Agder Kunstsenter en Norvège entre octobre et novembre 2013. La branche sur laquelle il se pose n’est donc plus réaliste : pas concrète non plus, puisque l’électronique la travaille. Souffles …
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Soon in Crónica: When the Days all Tip from Nests and Fly Down Roads
“Gamelan Descending a Staircase†reviewed by Neural
Gamelan Descending a Staircase is a composition of over fifty minutes whose instrumental sound materials were recorded at the Museum Dahlem Ethnologisches in the summer of 2013, during a research visit. A wide variety of Indonesian gamelan orchestra instruments were recorded specially for the occasion and later assembled into one surround sound composition that was …
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“Gamelan Descending a Staircase†reviewed by Bad Alchemy
Der 33-jährige litauische Klanginstallateur und Composer-Performer nimmt hier Marcel Duchamps ‘Nu descendant un escalier’ von 1912 als Inspiration für eine klangliche Analogie. Zerlegt in Myriaden tröpfelnder Partikel lässt er eine Klanggestalt endlos eine Treppe herunter kommen. Als eine Kaskade von perkussiven Schritten, die das nackte Steigen, die Bewegung als zimmerwährenden Zustand suggeriert. Als Spielfeld nutzte …
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“Everything Emanating from the Sun†recommended by Ambientblog.net
This is the first release of a forthcoming Crónica series called Corollaries: works that were produced as part of the Active Crossover residency curated by Simon Whetham: ‘a platform to investigate further ways of capturing, creating, composing and performing in sound’. “Igor Stravinsky talked about the pleasure of listening to the sounds of nature, however …
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“Gamelan Descending a Staircase†reviewed by Blow Up
Nonostante una discografia vasta quanto variegata, mai su queste pagine si è scritto di Arturas Bumsteinas, compositore lituano in grado di muoversi col medesimo talento e disinvoltura tra sperimentazione elettronica e neoclassica. Viene a proposito “Gamelas Desdending a Staircaseâ€, che tra l’altro sancisce il centesimo titolo della portoghese Crónica, a sottolineare nuovamente la poliedrici di …
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Marc Behrens: “Final Final†at Sonoscopia
Marc Behrens: Final Final February 12 – 19h30 Sonoscopia, Porto Marc Behrens’ second solo show at Sonoscopia features deep ambient synched to subconscious landscapes of the mind inspired by Southern European and Eastern Asian experiences. More info at FB.
New podcast: Audio_z
This is a recording of a live set based on remixes of two pieces by Gintas K, Reloaded Beauty and Lovely Banalities. A live session has been performed during the presentation of the retrospective CD Message in a Bottle – a careful and charming selection of Gintas K’s music, composed during his career to the …
“Everything Emanating from the Sun†reviewed by Amusio
Seit 2009 initiiert und kuratiert Simon Whetham im estnischen Mooste das MoKS, eine Art Künstlerresidenz mit Studio-Anbindung, zum Zwecke der Förderung aktiver Klangforschung sowie der entsprechenden Auseinandersetzung mit Aspekten von Aufnahme, Erzeugung, Komposition und Aufführung: Active Crossover. Inzwischen hat diese Idee bereits Ausläufer nach Südamerika und Australien entwickelt. Nach der 2012 erschienenen Compilation Crossovers veröffentlicht …
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