Dans cet album, le compositeur lituanien Arturas Bumsteinas annonce clairement par son intitulée l’oeuvre procède de deux sources. La source sonore réside bien sûr dans l’utilisation des gamelans indonésiens, enregistrés au Musée ethnologique de Dahlem, à Berlin. La source d’inspiration, elle, fait référence à um tableau de Marcel Duchamp, Nu descendent un escalier nº 2 …
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This is the third 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. Contact noun ˈkÉ’ntakt/ 1. …
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Episode 163 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, April 1st. The playlist of Futurónica 163 is: Francisco López, El dia anterior a la emergencia de los adultos de magicicada (1993) (2014, Presque Tout (Quiet Pieces: 1993-2013), Line) …
Je dois avouer que le « basé à Vienne » Andreas Trobollowitsch (la moitié d’Acker Velvet, que je ne connaissais pas, & de Nörz que j’avais déjà entendu) m’a fait asseoir et m’a inspiré du respect dès le premier titre de son (pas long) Roha (pourtant, c’était comme un drone sourd, rien que ça, qui …
“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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