This debut album by a producer and multi-instrumentalist from Izmir comes replete with an impressively elaborate self-description. It talks of “Phonetics themes”, using phonemes rather than words to tell stories, with digressions into “Nada Yoga” and the claim that the producer is “beholden to the harmoniousness of two essential properties that maintains the forcefulness of …
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“Ification†reviewed by Boomkat
Known for pulverising works on the Mego label like Noonbugs and The End Of Vinyl, Austrian sound sculptor and former member of the notorious Ilsa Gold, Peter Votava returns to his noisy oeuvre via the excellent Cronica label, this time toting dark ambience, digitally remodelled guitars (sampled from the fretboard of Digital Hardcore survivor Christoph …
“Praxis†reviewed by Musique Machine
Praxis sits in a strange place between surreal and often slurred electroinca, slow moving musique concrete, bent ‘n’ bizarre ambient soundscaping and touches of improv. Through things start off fairly manic with the track A Phoetics Theme and its rapid fire sampling and comic cut up elements, don’t be deceived by this happy go luck …
“Praxis†reviewed by Tapage nocturne @ France Musique
Autre nouveauté discographique qui utilise l’art du son mais cette fois ci non pas en Angleterre ou aux Etats Unis mais au Portugal avec Cem Güney, un compositeur d’origine turque, né en 1973. Après de sérieuses études musicales en Californie Cem Güney s’est intéressé de très près à l’art du son, aux rapports entre phonétique, …
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“Praxis†reviewed by Rockerilla
A meta strada tra il collage dada, I’esercizio di musique concrete e I’opera acusmatica, le 9 composizioni di “Praxis” possono spaventare I’avventore impreparato. La messe di suoni raccolti e prodotti con laptop, live electronics e radio é cosi ingente e variegata che la prima reazione non puo che essere di stordimento. Se poi Güney, sound-artist, …
“Praxis†reviewed by Freistil
Eine wissenschaftliche Arbeit mit viel Poesie: Das schafft Cem Güney, wenn er das Phänomen der Phonetik als algorithmische Komposition verstanden wissen will. Elektronik, die sich vor allem den Vokalen widmet und auf ein so genanntes, mir gänzlich unbekanntes “Nada Yoga” rückgreift. Ist hier das Nichts alles ? Ich nehme jedenfalls stark an, es handelt sich …
“Nocturnal Rainbow Rising†reviewed by Sound Proector
Очень приÑтный подарок от португальÑкого лейбла Crónica и израильтÑнина Ð Ñна Славина в виде полноценного альбома Nocturnal Rainbow Rising, доÑтупного Ð´Ð»Ñ Ñвободного ÑкачиваниÑ. Ð’ целом, не поменÑв ÑÑ‚Ð¸Ð»Ñ Ð·Ð²ÑƒÑ‡Ð°Ð½Ð¸Ñ Ð¸ концепции, Ð Ñн демонÑтрирует звуковые зариÑовки большого ночного города. Глубокого, как океан и мрачного, как уÑтавшее от Ñмога небо… Ð’ таком огромном объеме “цивилизации”, Ð¸Ð´Ñ Ð½Ð° Ñвет …
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“The Wayward Regional Transmissions†reviewed by Sound Proector
ИзраильÑкий музыкант Ran Slavin и португальÑкий лейбл Crónica подготовили очень изÑщный по Ñвоему музыкальному ÑоÑтаву выпуÑк, получивший название The Wayward Regional Transmissions. Культура Ñреднего воÑтока, предÑÑ‚Ð°Ð²Ð»ÐµÐ½Ð½Ð°Ñ Ð¼ÑƒÐ·Ñ‹ÐºÐ°Ð»ÑŒÐ½Ñ‹Ð¼Ð¸ инÑтрументами Ñтран Ñтой меÑтноÑти, предÑтает здеÑÑŒ в ÑодружеÑтве Ñ ÑˆÐµÑ€Ð¾Ñ…Ð¾Ð²Ð°Ñ‚Ð¾Ð¹ glitch обработкой и Ñффектами. Звучание такого теплого аудио ÐºÐ¾ÐºÑ‚ÐµÐ¹Ð»Ñ Ð¼Ð¾Ð¶Ð½Ð¾ опиÑать как ÑмеÑÑŒ цифровой поÑÑ‚ музыки, пережившей вÑе …
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“Is That You?†reviewed by Earlabs
RATED: 8,5 / 10 The Italian duo Tu M’ offers us a pleasant listen with their new, free available, mp3 release Is That You? Three tracks of pure ambient and droning music that goes well on repeat during a long train travel. It’s a Sunday afternoon in September and I am sitting in the train. …
“Up, Down, Charm, Strange, Top, Bottom†reviewed by Earlabs
Miguel Carvalhais and Pedro Tudela forge their revolutions in the studio and not the street. In their miniaturized, air-conditioned studio-space, a penumbra of field recordings and improvised recordings are shorn of their substance, and then placed in a reified orbit. The sounds, like objects in a realm devoid of gravity, float off in every which …
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