Gamelan Descending a Staircase is a composition of over fifty minutes whose instrumental sound materials were recorded at the Museum Dahlem Ethnologisches in the summer of 2013, during a research visit. A wide variety of Indonesian gamelan orchestra instruments were recorded specially for the occasion and later assembled into one surround sound composition that was …
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Der 33-jährige litauische Klanginstallateur und Composer-Performer nimmt hier Marcel Duchamps ‘Nu descendant un escalier’ von 1912 als Inspiration für eine klangliche Analogie. Zerlegt in Myriaden tröpfelnder Partikel lässt er eine Klanggestalt endlos eine Treppe herunter kommen. Als eine Kaskade von perkussiven Schritten, die das nackte Steigen, die Bewegung als zimmerwährenden Zustand suggeriert. Als Spielfeld nutzte …
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This is the first release of a forthcoming Crónica series called Corollaries: works that were produced as part of the Active Crossover residency curated by Simon Whetham: ‘a platform to investigate further ways of capturing, creating, composing and performing in sound’. “Igor Stravinsky talked about the pleasure of listening to the sounds of nature, however …
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Nonostante una discografia vasta quanto variegata, mai su queste pagine si è scritto di Arturas Bumsteinas, compositore lituano in grado di muoversi col medesimo talento e disinvoltura tra sperimentazione elettronica e neoclassica. Viene a proposito “Gamelas Desdending a Staircaseâ€, che tra l’altro sancisce il centesimo titolo della portoghese Crónica, a sottolineare nuovamente la poliedrici di …
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Seit 2009 initiiert und kuratiert Simon Whetham im estnischen Mooste das MoKS, eine Art Künstlerresidenz mit Studio-Anbindung, zum Zwecke der Förderung aktiver Klangforschung sowie der entsprechenden Auseinandersetzung mit Aspekten von Aufnahme, Erzeugung, Komposition und Aufführung: Active Crossover. Inzwischen hat diese Idee bereits Ausläufer nach Südamerika und Australien entwickelt. Nach der 2012 erschienenen Compilation Crossovers veröffentlicht …
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O ΓιώÏγης ΣακελλαÏίου (παλιότεÏα mechaorga) που ζει και εÏγάζεται –όπως και άλλοι Έλληνες μουσικοί- στο Λονδίνο, δοÏλεψε το Everything Emanating from the Sun, με τις ηχητικÎÏ‚ εμπειÏίες που αποκόμισε σε Îνα πειÏαματικό φεστιβάλ στο Ταλίν της Εσθονίας. Με field recordings από εκεί- με Ï€Î¿Î»Ï Î´Î¿Ï…Î»ÎµÎ¹Î¬ στο στοÏντιο ÏστεÏα- δημιοÏÏγησε Îνα ολοκληÏωμÎνο 31λεπτο ÎÏγο- Îνα ÏÎον, …
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It seems appropriate that Cronica’s 100th release should be something that’s as unique and as arty (for wont of a better word) as Arturas BumÅ¡teinas’ ‘Gamelan Descending a Staircase’. Its title is a reference to Marcel Duchamp’s 1912 classic modernist painting ‘Nude Descending a Staircase’, while its composition and formulation – a development of a …
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Position is both key and title to this satisfying collection consisting largely of deep, tone/drone-based improvisations instigated by Dutch composer Martijn Tellinga in locations as disparate as Australia, Argentina and the Netherlands. Titles such as ‘Three Modulators, for Trombones’ might inform us as to the apparatus in use, but the performance (or listening) is explicitly …
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Alexander Rishaug’s “Ma.Org Pa.Git”, Martijn Tellinga’s “Positions”, and Jos Smolders’s “Modular Works 2015Q1”. Really happy to see these three releases listed here after a great year at Crónica. There are wonderful things lined up for 2016, stay tuned! :) via De Subjectivisten Ma.Org Pa.Git by Alexander Rishaug Positions by Martijn Tellinga Modular Works 2015Q1 by …
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positions (Cróncia) beinhaltet eine Auswahl an Konzeptstücken des Holländers Martijn Tellinga. Als Komponist und Performer kreiert er akustische Situationen (Alvin Lucier & Co lassen grüßen), die Ideen von Raum und Prozessen in den Mittelpunkt stellen im steten Spannungsfeld zwischen Intention und Zufall. Die nun auf dem portugiesischen Label Cróncia erschienene CD beinhaltet vier seiner Arbeiten, …
