Matilde Meireles è una sound artist e ricercatrice musicale, con un focus particolare sui field recordings e un gusto per i progetti che mettono al centro i luoghi nei quali vengono realizzati. Considera casa il Portogallo tanto quanto l’Irlanda e l’Inghilterra e da poco è tornata per Crónica Records con “Loop. And Again.”, un lavoro …
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Nagrywanie, słuchanie, ruch, rytm. Istnieje wiele śladów, które tworzą nieskończone możliwości łączenia w nowe jakości. Ślady, nagrywanie, czas, częstotliwość. Powtarzanie i pamięć. Alan Burdick pisze, że „Złota era ucha nigdy się nie skończyła (…) Trwa, zasłonięta hegemonią wizualności”, ale „Historia ucha” rozbrzmiewa w zapomnieniu. Marcin Dymiter – muzyk (gra w projektach emiter, niski szum, ZEMITER oraz …
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Simon Whetham’s “Successive Actions” is not so much an album as it is a murmuring labyrinth of discarded whispers, a requiem for obsolete machines played on their own brittle bones. In this latest iteration of his “Channelling” project, Whetham transforms the detritus of consumer technology – motors, mechanisms, and malfunctions – into an orchestra of …
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Credete ai fantasmi? Se sì, questo disco può spaventarvi. Altrimenti, può affascinarvi. L’artista francese Bruno Duplant è un compositore e polistrumentista che si è fatto conoscere nel campo della musique concrète. Tradotto: la musica concreta non utilizza né note né ritmi. Elabora suoni e rumori per restituire una parvenza di realtà oggettiva, per l’appunto concreta. Fin …
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Researcher and sound artist Matilde Meireles focuses on using field recordings to compose about various ecosystems such as complex aquatic ecologies, the resonances of everyday objects, local neighbourhoods and the architecture of radio signals. Her work is presented in concerts, installations, record releases, community projects and academic publications. She holds a PhD in Sonic Arts …
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Crónica bringen eine neue CD des britischen “Environmental Sound Artist” Simon Whetham heraus. “Successive Actions” ist eine Wiederholung einer größeren kinetischen Soundperformance-Projektreihe, in der laut Label “verschiedene aus veralteter und weggeworfener Verbrauchertechnologie geborgene Motorgeräte durch das Abspielen von Tonaufnahmen aktiviert werden. Dadurch entstehen wiederum neue Klänge aus den Geräten, die mit verschiedenen Mikrofonen und Techniken …
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