Zuiverheid is een betrachting van velen en de oorzaak van onnoembaar en talloos leed in deze wereld. In een ijdele poging de wereld te redden en te zuiveren van al wat onrein is, heeft menig ideoloog diezelfde wereld in een stinkende hel getrokken. De weg erheen is immers geplaveid met goede voornemens. Onder het pseudoniem …
Category Archives: Reviews
“Ification†reviewed by Loop
Peter Votava aka Pure Austrian native and based in Berlin has been active since 15 years releasing over 30 releases on CD and vinyl under different monikers and collaborations in labels such as such Mego, Staalplaat, Praxis, and his own labels dOc, Atmosfear, Loop and Sub/Version. Portuguese base Cronica Electronica label released in November 2008 …
“Berlin Backyards†reviewed by Loop
Swiss soundartist Gilles Aubry explores field recordings with organic and synthetic sounds of Berlin backyards. It’s amazing the many and the variety of sonorities produce by the city that can be the place where one lives or in other words, noises that citizens are responsible of; electric hum, metal beats, mechanic and repetitive movements, drones, …
“Praxis†reviewed by Loop.cl
Cem Güney is a Turkish-born sound artist who started within the jazz music field playing the trumpet. He studied music in California and he’s a DJ since 1994. “Praxis†is the debut album on Portuguese Cronica Electronica label, furthermore a compilation appearance on “V/A Mus….câ€, (Cronica, 2008). Güney works both synthetic and recorded sound as …
“Berlin Backyards†reviewed by Comunicazione Interna
In “Berlin backyards†sono raccolte otto composizioni di musica concreta che riprocessano una ricca serie di field recordings catturati dal sound-designer svizzero Gilles Aubry nell’inverno del 2006 a Berlino. Ci viene così restituito un volto inedito della capitale tedesca, quello rappresentato da cortili e giardini interni, dove si è soliti parcheggiare le biciclette, dove risiedono …
Continue reading ““Berlin Backyards†reviewed by Comunicazione Interna”
“Ification†reviewed by Textura
Pure’s Ification is an oft-unsettling stylistic travelogue whose range extends far beyond the backyard. Uncompromising experimental electronic workouts sit side-by-side with modern classical and cinematic soundscaping in the Berlin-based artist’s collection. Since 1992, Peter Votava has issued more than thirty CDs and vinyl releases of solo and collaborative works under different aliases, with Ification arriving …
“Berlin Backyards†reviewed by Textura
Obviously Aubry’s idea of a typical Berlin backyard isn’t a quiet and peaceful haven one retreats to as a respite from the noise of the city but instead a place where loud, industrial machinery churns relentlessly. Such equipment—air conditioners, trash compactors, recycling containers, electric power stations, all of which keep the city running—exhales convulsively like …
Continue reading ““Berlin Backyards†reviewed by Textura”
Netlabels & News reviews “Compilation Works 1996-2005â€
Si ya los propios estilos musicales son polémicos y discutibles en cuanto a su exactitud y alcance, resultando la mayorÃa de las veces solo vagas y aproximadas etiquetas orientativas; hay un debate que todavÃa va mas allá: ¿que puede considerase música y que ruido? La pregunta es mas compleja de lo que puede parecer, ya …
Continue reading “Netlabels & News reviews “Compilation Works 1996-2005—
“Compilation Works 1996-2005†reviewed by The Sound Projector
From same label, Compilation Works 1996-2005 (CRÓNICA ELECTRONICA 041) is an astonishing compilation of music by the great Marc Behrens, one of the most severe and dessicated electronic minimalists working in this area and one for whom I have a lot of time. This 19-track collection amounts to two CDs’ worth of music, and it …
Continue reading ““Compilation Works 1996-2005†reviewed by The Sound Projector”
“Lovely Banalities†reviewed by The Sound Projector
From the Portuguese Crónica label, there’s the Lithuanian player Gintas K with Lovely Banalities (CRÓNICA ELECTRONICA 040), an appealing collection of minimal electronica; what I like about it is that Gintas keeps most of his pieces quite short (nothing over five minutes), and each one explores a single idea relentlessly, despite temptations to widen out …
Continue reading ““Lovely Banalities†reviewed by The Sound Projector”