“Residual Forms” reviewed by Kinda Muzik

Trek de deur achter je dicht en ga fijn een stukje lopen. Maakt niet uit waarnaartoe. Doelloos in verwondering van wat je tegenkomt. Niet alleen onder je voeten, niet alleen voor je ogen, maar ook en vooral wat je hoort. Vooral ook de geluiden die net onder de oppervlakte van wat je normaliter direct zou …

“Concret-Sens” reviewed by RNE 3 Atmosfera

El nuevo trabajo del francés Emmanuel Mieville hace referencia al adjetivo francés “Concrescence” usado por el compositor François Bayle para describir y subrayar la substancia concreta de los sonidos su música. Este fue el marco de Emmanuel Mieville al componer estas piezas muy cercanas a la música concreta, según la definición de Pierre Schaeffer. Mieville …

“Ab OVO” reviewed by Headphone Commute

Besides a handful of abstract and experimental musicians, Portugal based Crónica media label is a home to its founders and one of the most interesting acts, @c (pronounced “at-c”). Originally a trio, @c formed in 2000, and is currently made up of Miguel Carvalhais and Pedro Tudela. Their fourteenth (by my count) release is actually …

“Lemuria” reviewed by Chain D.L.K.

Not to be confused with those lovely primates living in the island of Madagascar – Lemurs in Po Valley could be an oddity for zoologists indeed -, even if the name of this album could be puzzling as Lemuria is also the name of the hypothetical “lost land” where lemurs came from and the first …

“Ab OVO” reviewed by Chain D.L.K.

The conceptual framework of the play OVO by the Puppet Theare of Porto (Portugal), which started from a sparkling idea by Eric De Sarria, pivots on the contemporary declension of everlasting crisis of mankind and supposedly those abstract and sometimes enticing ideas of progress or evolution that nourish collectivism or alternatively individualism till their gradual …

“Ab OVO” reviewed by A Closer Listen

These are not normal puppets, and this is not a normal soundtrack. @c‘s Ab OVO is a recreation of themes for the home listener, a condensation of ideas that were first used to augment the puppet theatre of Porto. Highly original, incredibly dense and occasionally maddening, the new score creates its own intrigue. What exactly …

“Residual Forms” reviewed by Carnage

‘Deriva’, termine chiave dell’ultimo lavoro di Monty Adkins uscito per l’etichetta Crònica. Il lavoro viene introdotto come di seguito: ‘una deriva urbana / con sentieri labirintici di beatitudine intossicante / forme residuali / danza della retina / di un sogno troppo stanco’ . Il sentore di una revérie ossidata, un vagare che ha poco a …

“Ab OVO” reviewed by Musik an Sich

Das aus Porto stammende Experimental Elektronik Duo @C existiert seit 2000. Sein neues Album AB OVO ist das Resultat einer Soundtrack Produktion die sie für ein experimentelles Puppenspiel der Portugiesischen Künstlergruppe Teatro de Maronetas do Porto kreierten und Aufnahmen. Wie dieses Soundgebilde ein Puppenstück untermalen kann ist schwer Vorstellbar, aber es wird wohl funktionieren bzw. …

“Meubles” reviewed by Onda Rock

La proposta del compositore lituano Arturas Bumsteinas è di adottare i più tipici stilemi di folktronica e poptronica e di estenderli in lunghe composizioni da camera anziché rinchiuderli in arrangiamenti per canzoni tradizionali. L’ultimo “Meubles” (a seguire i vari “Stories from Organ Safari”, “Heap Of Language”, “Three Sixteens” etc.) è un esempio lampante di questo …

“Ab OVO” reviewed by Sonic Seducer

Seinen Ursprung hat “Ab Ovo” in der musikalischen Begleitung für eine Aufführung des Puppentheaters der portugiesischen Stadt Porto. Nach der Premiere Anfang 2012 machten sich die beiden Urheber, Pedro Tudela und Miguel Carvalhais, daran, den Soundtrack zu erweitern und aus dem Kontext der Aufführung zu lösen. Hieraus entstand “Ab Ovo” — ein Säurebad elektronischer Kompositionen. …