Alors que usure.paysage n’a pas fini de nous hanter, il n’est pas inutile de revenir sur un disque un peu plus ancien sorti l’année dernière sur Cronica (label ô combien connu et estimé en ces colonnes). Enregistré entre 2008 et 2010, Strings.Lines a été réalisé avec l’aide de Pierre-Yves Martel à la viol de gambe …
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The latest project of @C, Homem Fantasma, consists of three pieces, each about 40 minutes long. This is electronic music made with studio and field recordings, electronic instruments and digital processing. Result: three beautiful soundscapes. These recordings confront me with a challenge. As known, it is not easy to describe soundscapes. In this case it …
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In other reviews, I have already written that in the creation and perception of soundscapes, the step to video art or other visual art is not that big. This has to do with the intangible, sometimes the ethereal, often the captivating effect of music. This could be called the musical power of abstraction. Music is …
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Mosaique is Jan Ferreiras a Portuguese musician and on this album he is exploring areas new to him. To quote his own words….. “In this release I worked for the first time with analogue synthesis. It was new territory so I spent long time exploring timbres and textures and what especially drew my attention was …
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Miguel Carvalhais and Pedro Tudela are @C, an experimental duo from Portugal who, in the ten years they have been working together, have released works on a variety of labels and created a number of pieces for audio-visual installations and videos. Their latest venture, Homem Fantasma, which translates as Human Ghost, consists of three pieces, …
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Und plötzlich war da diese Stimmgabel. Nicolas konnte nicht aufhören den ganzen Tag daran zu denken. “Dieser Ton!”, dachte er immer wieder. Er besorgte sich noch eine. Und noch eine. Und wieder eine. Irgendwann war er völlig besessen. Er fand zwei Musiker, den Violonisten Chris Bartos, und Pierre-Yves Martel für die Viola da Gamba, und …
Architecte majeur de la scène electronica des dix dernières années, l’Australien Lawrence English ne cesse de nous passionner, tant et plus, Qu’il aiguise ses lames de patron du label Room40 en hébergeur impliqué des excellent(issime)s DJ Olive, Tim Hecker et Tujiko Noriko, qu’il diffuse ses oeuvres frémissantes au contact des maisons 12K ou Touch, le …
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De drie lange soundscapes die ‘Homem Fantasma’ vullen, kunnen prima functioneren als een ‘ambient’ achtergrond bij andere bezigheden. Maar wie deze stukken serieus wil nemen en met interesse wil beluisteren heeft hier een boeiende, uitdagende maar flinke auditieve kluif aan. Telkens als ik ‘Homem Fantasma’ opnieuw beluisterde, vroeg ik me af waarom ik nauwelijks iets …
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Het nieuwe soloproject van Gintas K heet ‘So On’; vijfenveertig minuten elektronische klanken in veertien op zichzelf staande en tamelijk uiteenlopende tracks. Gintas K lijkt zo’n beetje alles dat er met digitale klanken is uitgeprobeerd hier te willen verzamelen. Van zachte tinkeltjes en tikjes, fluittonen en ruisende klanken in de eerste track tot de clicks …
Sparked by an initial meeting back in 2006 between these two artists in sound, Acute Inbetweens is the fruit of three years spent exchange ideas, files and field recordings long-distance between Australia and the Unites States. Now finding a fully formed release on Portuguese label Crónica, this collaboration has yielded an outstanding album of slowed …
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