Now, here’s a name that I haven’t heard in some time. Philip Samartzis was quite active some fifteen to twenty years ago as what was then called a laptop artist. Funnily the last time his name appeared in these pages, back in Vital Weekly 675, was with work also recorded with Eric La Casa. That was a …
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Il trio sperimentale portoghese Haarvöl (Pereira / Faria / Vieira) e il sound-artist, field recorder galiziano Xoán-Xil Lopez, in “Unwritten Rules For A Ceaseless Journeyâ€, documentano una commissione per la commedia “Revoluções†del coreografo Né Barros.Tre movimenti, rappresentazione del tempo che agisce: passato/presente/futuro (utopia/realtà /trauma).Potenti e severe folate di suono metallico/dronante, cupo e incombente, denso di particolari e risuonante all’interno di micro movimentazioni organiche.Nulla …
Roger BattyEkkert Nafn finds two respected Spanish sound artists utilizing & manipulating the same selection of sound materials- taking in field recordings & electrical/ mechanical devices- to create two thirty-minute tracks, which highlight both parties distinct way of sound-working.The artists are here Francisco López- a Madrid sound artists/ field recordist who’s been active since the mid-1980s, creating a large …
Behind Mise_en_Scene we find Tel Aviv based Shay Nassi, who studied engineering and then went on to produce music. He was/is part of a duo called Ket3m (see Vital Weekly 904). Boltfish released a very early release by Mise_en_Scene (Vital Weekly 574). I had not heard any other of his releases, so I can’t say …
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Un percorso di ricerca internazionale condotto da Øyvind Brandtsegg e promosso dalla Norwegian University Of Science And Technology, che esplora e amplifica tramite tecniche di analisi ed elaborazione digitale, le capacità di interazione/comunicazione tra musicisti.Corde, voci, fiati, movimentazioni fisiche e svaria altra roba che una quarantina di artisti dopo una lunga fase di pratica, organizza lungo traiettorie …
Als we Google Translate mogen geloven, en dat moeten we als liefhebber van deviante muziekjes en bijhorende vreemde titels vaker dan ons lief is, zou Ekkert Nafn “naamloos†betekenen in het Ijslands. Een eponiem album dus van geluidskunstenaars Francisco López en Miguel A. GarcÃa (ook gekend onder de naam Xedh). López is de naam bij …
