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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We’ve heard from Andreas Trobollowitsch some time ago in 2009 as one half of Nörz with Johannes Tröndle; their record for Schraum struck me as “disconnected electro-acoustic sounds…thrown into a cardboard box which is gently rattled aboutâ€. Trobollowitsch continues his explorations into electro-acoustic composition solo now, with Roha (CRÓNICA 105-2016). On these eight pieces, the …
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Membre des duos Nörz et Acker Velvet, Andreas Trobollowitsch emprunte aux objets leurs sonorités intrinsèques, pour créer des champs magnétiques aux tourneries cataclysmiques, explosant les notion d’outil et d’instrument. Sur ROHA l’électro-acoustique sème le trouble, empruntant au quotidien ses sources soniques pour se voir transformer en drones persistants et insistants, percutant nos oreilles à coups …
Clicks’n’cuts, Glitch – da war doch was. Wem die bittersüßen Melodien auf dem elften Studioalbum von Ran Slavin etwas aus der Zeit gefallen erscheinen, liegt damit nicht ganz verkehrt. Das Material, dass Sklavin hier abliefert, was ursprünglich für eine Veröffentlichung auf Mille Plateaux vorgesehen – die bekanntermaßen vor vielen, vielen Jahren recht abrupt ihre Pforten …
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Continuing the excellent Corollaries series, compiling works resulting from the Active Crossover: Mooste residency (Estonia) curated by Simon Whetham, part IV introduces Sound Meccano (Latvia-based Rostislav Rekuta-Dzhordzhevich) collaborating with Jura Laiva (Jurii Santalov, also from Latvia). All of the Corollaries recordings rely heavily on the environmental recordings of the location, which are often stunningly realistic, …
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