Il Novecento musicale è stato il secolo che ha dato dignità ai rumori, integrandoli a fianco dei suoni. Più ci si è avvicinati al ventunesimo secolo, più il rumore ha rivelato le sue potenzialità, affrancate dall’artificio dell’intonazione, e concentrando i compositori sulla gestione di ritmi e poliritmie, nonché sull’elaborazione timbrica, i colori dei rumori. Oggi …
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Matilde Meireles’s “Life of a Potato” reviewed by African Paper
Die portugiesische Soundkünstlerin und Field Recording-Spezialistin Matilde Meireles bringt Ende des Monats ein Tape heraus, das ganz dem Lebenszyklus der Kartoffel gewidmet ist. Einige der verwendeten Sounds dokumentieren das Heranwachsen der Knollen im Boden eines englischen Gartens, präsentieren die Vibration des Bodens, den Klang der Pflanzen bei Berührung, zahlreiche Umgebungsgeräusche bei Tag und Nacht und …
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David Lee Myers’s “Reduced to a Geometrical Point” reviewed by Kathodik
Lo statunitense David Lee Myers, da metà anni ottanta armeggia con le sue feedback machines.Prima come Arcane Device e negli ultimi anni, sempre più spesso con il suo nome.Si è accompagnato in produzioni con artisti storici come Tod Dockstader o prossimi alla storicizzazione come Asmus Tietchens.Suono e immagini in montaggio nei live, per un’espressione di intransigente bellezza (quando + e quando …
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Mad Disc’s “Material Compositions” reviewed by Gonzo Circus
David Lee Myers’s “Reduced to a Geometrical Point” reviewed by Revue & Corrigée
Francisco López & Miguel A. García’s “Ekkert Nafn” reviewed by NOmelody Magazine
Dos nombres ineludibles de la música experimental patria, Francisco López y Miguel A. García, elaboran un trabajo en el que estudia la estética del sonido, utilizado como materia prima grabaciones de campo procesadas concienzudamente con la intención de generar escenarios acústicos que sorprenden por su ejemplar vistosidad. Existen discos que se alejan deliberadamente de las …
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Miguel A. García’s “Evhiblig” reviewed by Bad Alchemy
Sein baskischer Kollege Fernando Ulzión nennt, angeregt durch MIGUEL A. GARCÍAs Evhiblig (Crónica 178~2021, digital), die Wahl zwischen the terror of silence und the terror of noise eine bloß scheinbare. Denn was den einen als Skylla und Charybdis, Pest oder Cholera, vorkommt, ist die Konfrontation mit einem Zwillingspaar oder, denkt an Vollmond und Neumond, sogar nur den Phasen von ein und …
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Máquina Magnética reviewed by A Cabine
Quatro monstros do experimentalismo português juntos – Gustavo Costa, Rodrigo Carvalho e o duo @c. É preciso dizer mais? Ouçam e viajem. via A Cabine
David Lee Myers’s “Reduced to a Geometrical Point” reviewed by Loop
David Lee Myers is a New York based sound and visual artist, who since 1987 has been producing electronic music under his own name and with the moniker of Arcane Device. Today he owns a discography of 20 albums on Generator, ReR, Silent, RRRecords, Staalplaat, among other labels. Lee Myers has collaborated with renowned artists …
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Jos Smolders’s “Submerge-Emerge” reviewed by Nieuwe Noten
Voor het bijna twee uur durende ‘Submerge-Emerge’ liet Smolders zich eveneens inspireren door een kunstwerk, nu het gedicht ‘Un Coup De Des Jamais N’Abolira Le Hasard’ van Stéphane Mallarmé. Al veertig jaar is Smolders gefascineerd door dit gedicht, maar pas na meer onderzoek naar de achtergronden, was hij in staat om er ook muzikaal iets …
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