Dass das ehemalige Mitglied von AMM und der Gründer des Scratch Orchestras, Cornelius Cardew, Vorträge hielt, dürfte ebensowenig bekannt sein wie die Tatsache, dass trotz des schmalen Outputs anscheinend reichlich Material im Archiv zu finden war, welches Piotr Kurek nun unter dem etwas irrigen Albumtitel »Lectures« neu abgemischt veröffentlicht. Zu diesem Zweck erhielt Kurek Zugang …
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“Sleppet†reviewed by Goûte Mes Disques
Tout a commencé par un voyage entre amis. Mais attention, là où nos voyages entre amis finissent dans des orgies de sexe et d’alcool, ici le propos est tout autre. Et pour cause, puisqu’il s’agit en fait d’un voyage entre scientifiques du son électronique: Natasha Barrett, Bjarne Kvinnsland, Steve Roden, Chris Watson, Jana Winderen (chronique …
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“Home, Sweet Home†reviewed by The Sound Projector
(…) if you enjoy field recordings, you can get Home, Sweet Home (CRÓNICA 045) as a free download from the above label. Duran Vázquez has assembled a dense collage of sounds captured in Vigo, a large coastal town in Galicia. His wide-open mic welcomes the rich chaos and noise of all things urban, something which …
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“Sleppet†reviewed by The Sound Projector
Another hero of barely-existing music is the great Marc Behrens, whose Sleppet (CRÓNICA 046) began life in 2007 with a bunch of nature recordings made in Norway. Chris Watson, Steve Roden, Jana Winderen and other minimal-environmental geniuses were not far away from him at the time, and the record cover of this nature-worshipping release unfolds …
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“Sleppet†reviewed by Monsieur Délire
A short album from electroacoustician Marc Behrens. Sleppet evolved from a field recording trip to Norway with other artists. The four-movement work was realized in June 2008 for broadcast on the German radio. It’s a relatively simple piece, but it’s powerful and evocative. Everything and the kitchen sink’s in there: nature’s elements (water, snow, stone), …
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“Home, Sweet Home†reviewed by Monsieur Délire
A free release from the superior Portuguese electroacoustic label Crónica (use the link below to download it). Home, Sweet Home shares seagulls with Sleppet. Duran Vazquez has put together a fine record of treated filed recordings. It doesn’t have the sophisticated aesthetics of Marc Behrens’ album, but it remains a strong work of ambiant electroacoustics …
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“Erotikon†reviewed by Etherreal
Il y a tout juste un mois on vous parlait d’une collaboration entre le Portugais The Beautiful Schizophonic et le Japonais Yui Onodera publiée chez Basses Fréquences. Comme promis, nous revenons ici sur le dernier album du romantique Jorge Mantas qui nous propose ici 11 pièces qui sont ses propres interprétations de la chanson d’amour. …
“Lectures†reviewed by Le Son du Grisli
Compositeur mythique pour une série de musiciens actuels, Cornelius Cardew (1936 – 1981) ne cesse de stimuler les collaborations et de transcender les genres. Enregistré dans le cadre d’une performance donnée en 2007, Lectures s’inspire largement de l’esprit libertaire du Britannique, ami d’Eddie Prevost. Å’uvre du Polonais Piotr Kurek, le disque se base sur une …
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“Sleppet†reviewed by Vital
Its been a while, I think, since I last heard music by Marc Behrens. Perhaps he is not as active anymore when it comes to releasing records? And perhaps more doing commissioned works by, say, German radio? Like this one, which was made for Deutschlandradio Kultur. Unless I am mistaken, I think I heard him …
“Lectures†reviewed by Neural
Tangled instrumental sequences, dense and fascinating, are improvised by Piotr Kurek, a Polish producer and electronic musician who now lives in Portugal. This work reveals a precisely organised, multilevel sound structure, which throbs with avant-garde jumps, jazzy shards and raw iterations. Kurek is mainly known for his breakcore works, created together with Marcin Stefanski, in …