For those interested in environmental recordings, the Corollaries series on the Crónica label is a definite must-check. This (sixth) edition in the series is an acoustic exploration of a deserted, metal water tower about four stories high made by soundscape artist John Grzinich. “People are pulled inward upon hearing the depth of the reverberations from …
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Jim Haynes produces sulphureous visions from a peculiar brand of ill-defined concreteness; any hint to humanitarianism is canceled as states of feverish awareness announce terrible things to come. Throttle And Calibration may be born from the processing of hybrid recordings by different collaborators, yet it exudes the toxicity typical of the man’s finest outings. In …
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Met ‘Gamelan Descending a Staircase’ leidt de Litouwse componist en elektronica producer Arturas BumÅ¡teinas ons binnen in de wereld van de gamelan. Het Indonesische slagwerk orkest. Het stuk, op de gelijknamige CD is wel op een heel bijzondere manier ontstaan. BumÅ¡teinas maakte in 2013, samen met Raminta Atnimar opnames van de diverse onderdelen van het …
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Deux pièces, enregistrées à Rotterdam dans l’église des marins norvégiens en 2012, utilisant orgue, guitare em ampli vox. La première, “Ma.Orgâ€, comme son nom l’indique, est une pièce d’orgue, entrons segments. Tout d’abord un continuum, en un long déroulement, jusque’à la moitié. Puis dans la seconde section, des sons de soufflerie, comme des flûtes basses, …
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Attributing a value to forlorn locations through the assessment of their resonant qualities represents a sort of transference of power. When a sound artist – presumably gifted with deeply perceptive features – sets conditions for a given structure to vibrate, the spontaneous generation of a different type of life occurs. The resulting interaction gains or …
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Quando na improvisação o “aqui†é tão importante quanto o “agoraâ€, natural será que algumas das práticas desta área valorizem especialmente o factor “site specificâ€, ou seja, as situações em que o ambiente da actuação musical influencia a própria caracterização desta e os desenvolvimentos efectuados. É esse o caso, precisamente, deste trabalho a solo do …
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De beweging van de natuur vastleggen lijkt wel een menselijke oerdrang: Landschapschilderijtjes, ellendige new age-cd’s met kabbelende riviertjes of ontspannende onweersgeluiden, indrukwekkende waterbeelden van Jacques Cousteau en in het gruwelijkste geval geval een bloederig jachttafereel. De artiesten in kwestie lijken echter meestal te vergeten dat ze vanaf het moment van hun vastleggen van de natuur …
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Ulrich Mitzlaffs phänomenale Cello-Etuden erscheinen leider nur als download, aber damit wenigstens überhaupt. “X-RUN-4 Prismatique” zeigt nämlich, was mit diesem Instrument jenseits Lindenbergscher Pubertätsphantasien oder purem Wohlklang möglich ist. Zwischen piccicato und reinem Lärm vermag der Mann seinem bundlosen 4-Saiter alle nur denkbaren Schattierungen in einer derart packenden Dramaturgie zu entlocken, dass einem fassungslos der …
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Le colonne sonore sono parte fondamentale di un lm e spesso hanno decretato il successo della pellicola. Poi c’è chi scrive colonne sonore per lm immaginari come fa Barry Adamson e c’è chi estrae frammenti di queste musiche, le scompone e intorno crea un’atmosfera destrutturata fatta di una dark ambient dagli echi quasi jazz noir …
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La sempre splendida terra del Portogallo viene associata al Fado come principale stile musicale. In realtà anche in queste lande ci sono i più svariati generi e c’è anche chi destruttura completamente la musica, asciugandola del tutto e da lì estrapola qualche suono per nuove forme di contemporanea. In questo sono maestri gli @C, due …
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