“A Compressed History of Everything Ever Recorded, Vol. 1” reviewed by Bad Alchemy

Wier wollte nicht schon immer mal A Compressed History of Everything Ever Recorded hören? Autodigest beginnt diesen geheimen Wunsch einer historizistischen Zeit wie dieser erfüllen mit Vol. 1. Der Klang der Welt auf einer kleinen Plastikscheibe, demnächst auch in Pillenform. Written and composed by jedem und keinem erkligt nahe am weißen Rauschen das klangmolekulare Chaos …

“A Compressed History of Everything Ever Recorded, Vol. 1” reviewed by Touching Extremes

Just a flick of the switch and you’re right into an absurdly efficient sonic end of the world or, even better, the audio equivalent of the Big Bang. As the title suggests, this is music dealing with compression; nevertheless, among the incredible accelerations and enormous expansions heard in this “History”, you can reasonably think about …

“Product 01” reviewed by Jade

Cronica continue son lent et passionnant travail d’archivage, compilant / redéployant / réorientant sans relâche ses multiples projets sonores, s’attachant autant que faire ce peu, à parcourir, à détailler la multiplicité des approches émergeantes dans les sphères oubliées des musiques non-conventionnelles, qu’elles soient d’ordre expérimentales, électroacoustiques, ou non directives. 2 nouvelles productions, respectivement étiquetées Cronica …

“On Paper” reviewed by Y

O suicídio esclarecido de Sócrates, encarado como prova da imortalidade da alma, faz sentido em termos ontológicos. Acontece que, quando calha a nós, como diria Woody Allen, faz sentido, sim, mas “no papel”. Esta discrepância entre a Fé e a desconfiança da razão encontra eco no trabalho de “colagem/descolagem” empreendida por artístas sónicos portugueses como …

“Product 01” reviewed by Funprox

Product is a split CD, in the good old ‘vinyl’ tradition, between Sumugan Sivanesan (from Australia) and Durán Vázquez (from Portugal). The first 8 tracks are by Sivanesan, and the other 7 by Vazquez. There are also two data tracks and an empty track to separate the two artists. Both artists create experimental music with …

“On Paper” reviewed by Gonzo Circus

Papier is een informatiedrager en een opgerold pakket verregende posters is kunst! Op deze dubbele verzamel cd buigt de Portugese elektronische ondergrond zich over het papierwerk. Relatief bekende namen als Vitor Joaquim em [des]integração halen papiergeluiden uit hun software (en omgekeerd). Pulserende tonen worden versneden met diepe bassen, computergesis en papierstroken die worden verfrommeld of …

“Product 01” reviewed by A Puta da Subjectividade

Há discos que podem até valer por si só, ou seja, apenas como matéria audível com os consequentes remates opinativos; mas há muitos outros que tomam dimensões diferentes se houver uma pré-contextualização. O que seria dos “4.33” aparentemente silenciosos de Cage se não soubéssemos antecipadamente que o silêncio não existe no sentido de total ausência …

“Product 01” reviewed by Liability

Le label de musique électronique expérimentale Cronica semble avoir eu une petite faiblesse pour le format du split album. Ce n’est donc pas une collaboration entre deux artistes que nous avons ici mais bel et bien deux Å“uvres bien distinctes réunies sur le même disque. S.Sivanesan a composé et interprété les neuf premiers morceaux et …

“A Compressed History of Everything Ever Recorded, Vol. 1” reviewed by Paris Transatlantic

There can be only two possible outcomes of releasing an album with such a title and accompanying it with a press release referencing Jean Baudrillard’s Theory of Hyperconformism and David Harvey’s concepts of time-space compression: either you get yourself signed up on the spot with Asphodel and end up winning the Prix Arse Electronica or …