Questo è un lavoro di ricerca, musica sperimentale su commissione, tutto incentrato sulle potenzialità delle percussioni. @C + Drumming GP è il nome di questo progetto, diretto da Miquel Bernat e composto e prodotto da Miguel Carvalhais e Pedro Tudela. Prima di partire coi lavori, i membri del progetto si sono interrogati su cosa voglia …
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En voyant sur la pochette le mot “Drumming”, beaucoup penseront sans doute à la célèbre composition de Steve Reich. Le seul rapport, ce sont les percussions. Extrêmement variées, avec, selon les titres, électronique, ordinateurs, échantillons. Un disque qui semblera difficile, et il l’est, mais ne demande qu’à être attentivement écouté pour livrer ses trésors… Drumming GP désigne …
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Myers has been pushing at the boundaries of electronic music for longer than some folks have been alive, and his continuing explorations within such variegated arenas serve to excite and regularly illuminate the more mundane aspects of existence. Most of this is due to the fact that Myers, whether under his given name or as …
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Hailing from the Netherlands, Roel Meelkop is a prolific sound artist, whose musical venture began in the 80s with THU20, a project in the realms of electronic/experimental music. Moreover, he has worked with artists like Kapotte Muziek, Frans de Waard, Howard Stelzer, Detlev Hjuler & Andrea Göthling (Kommissar Hjuler Und Frau), Wieman and Pierdrie among …
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Regarding the role that art could have in preventing wars, Roel Meelkop openly admits his inner doubts, leaning more toward the pessimistic end of things. Without getting into overly skeptical specifics, let me just say that I agree, especially in light of the manufactured and staged conflicts that are so characteristic of today, invariably waged at the …
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Terra, uscito per la label portoghese Crónica, è un’opera multiforme e ambiziosa per violoncello, percussioni e componenti elettroniche che partendo da frammenti sonici di territori registrati in loco e riorganizzati all’interno dei cinque atti presenti nel disco rappresenta una finestra paradigmatica sull’idea di musica che ha Luca Forcucci. Con Terra Luca Forcucci, da sempre interessato a esplorare …
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This is the first solo release from sound artist Morten Riis, since 2009’s Digital Sound Drawings, a project that focused on the visual waveforms of songs, featuring six songs that were composed by converting a series of images into audio. Riis continues this conceptual engagement that questions how, in an era of ready-to-use software, a …
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