In 2010 the volcano Eyjafjallajokull erupted and made air traffic impossible for some time in Europe. Simon Whetham was in Portugal and has to extend his stay. He decided to capture the sounds of the city, using a Sennheiser shotgun microphone, two Tram lavalier mics, contact microphones and hydrophones, and later on composed pieces of …
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Einen durch den Ausbruch eines isländischen Vulkans und die damit verbundene Stilllegung europäischer Flughäfen bedingten Zwangsaufenthalt in Lissabon nutzte der Klangkünstler Simon Whetham für ausgiebige Feldaufnahmen. Urbanes iberisches Treiben hat er dabei außer Acht gelassen, sein Interesse galt eher normalerweise unhörbaren Vibrationen und Unterwasserklängen, die er mit Kontaktmikrofon, Hydrophon und Tonabnehmer aufzeichnete. Dadurch ergeben sich …
Album de musique électroacoustique très délicate, sur fond d’enregistrements de terrain souvent ténus. Certaines ambiances sont bien réussies, et la recherche sonore de Whetham pousse l’oreille à chercher de nouveaux types de liens entre les sons, mais à 77 minutes, Never So Alone pèche par excès. François Couture via Monsieur Délire
Slithering low frequencies, oxidised sounds, dull tumbles, subdued shouts and a general feeling of decay impregnate the first part of this one track album by Quarz, a Wien-based collective project assembled by versatile musician Alexandr Vatagin, member of Tupolev and Port-Royal and label boss of Valeot Records, who involved many musicians of the lively artistic …
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Nel 2011 Simon Whetham ha dovuto prolungare il suo soggiorno a Lisbona a causa dell’eruzione dell’Eyjafjallajökull. Ha così sfruttato il tempo a disposizione per esplorare la città e i dintorni dalla sua prospettiva di ricercatore di suoni, catturati attraverso microfoni e idrofoni e, dopo lunga decantazione, rimaneggiati come base per il nuovo lavoro del compositore …
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Scraped plaster, cracked walls, wrecked doors, broken switchboards, shattered mirrors, shorn wires, rusty spikes, wet planks, forsaken rooms, damaged facades. old dailies, faded attires, some tangible clues of gone-by glory and other sparse reminiscences of the heydays characterize this sonic and visual journey within abandoned huge hotel resorts, staged by these young artists. Sound machines …
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This is a collaboration between sound artists Simon Whetman in sound, of Bristol, UK and Hugo Olim, a native of the island of Madeira, Portugal, in images, who toured different parts of the island during November and December 2010 gathering sounds and images. This work was premiered in MADEIRADIG festival in December 2010. This DVD …
A similarly difficult conundrum about modern life is posed by the ever-active Francisco López on his Untitled #284 (CRÓNICA 066-2012). He asks questions about reality, virtual reality, and the disappearance of real things, wondering about what it is we might actually be perceiving, as we flit about from coffee shop to shopping mall. Is it …
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Ein bisschen Kopfkino, wohlige Hirnspülungen und morbider Mystizismus: Hauptsache interessant! Findet KRISTOFFER CORNILS – und widmet sich im sechsten Teil seiner Betrachtungen von Randnummern, Underdogs und Grenzgängern den dezenteren Tönen und ihren nachhallenden Effekten. Die Ästhetik des Alltagsleben hat in den letzten Jahren ein grundlegendes Update erfahren: Das Visuelle regiert. Auf unseren Smartphones grabbeln wir …
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