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Tarab + Artificial Memory Trace’s “Obex” reviewed by Vital

By Miguel Carvalhais | Published: 11 January 2018

The other new Cronica Electronica release is a collaboration between Tarab from Australia and Artificial Memory Trace from Ireland. From both of them we reviewed quite some work, even when Tarab is not as active as Artificial Memory Trace. Both of them use a lot of field recordings. The latter reworks these extensively on his […]

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Yiorgis Sakellariou’s “Stikhiya” reviewed by Musique Machine

By Miguel Carvalhais | Published: 4 October 2017

Greek composer Yiorgis Sakellariou creates deep listening electronic pieces in a dynamic musique concrete style. His first releases came in 2013. As of 2017, he has found a home on the excellent Crónica label, which released many of my favorite artists of recent years including @c. His 6th full length, “Stikhiya” is made up of […]

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Yiorgis Sakellariou’s “Stikhiya” reviewed by Gonzo Circus

By Miguel Carvalhais | Published: 12 September 2017

Stikhiya by Yiorgis Sakellariou

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“The Waste Land” reviewed by Data.Wave

By Miguel Carvalhais | Published: 21 June 2017

One more cassette release that came out on the label Crónica. This record serves best to start exploring the world of the noise music. This is truly a textbook example of experimental electronic music! I had a feeling that I opened the window and a real thunderstorm with heavy rain and wind rushed into the […]

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“Bittersweet Melodies” reviewed by Data.Wave

By Miguel Carvalhais | Published: 17 May 2017

The worlds created by Ran Slavin are all part of the nocturnal universe and this album is definitely one of them. All twelve Bittersweet Melodies is a collection of unique stories between sunrise and sunset. Each of the tracks is unlike the other, some bitter and some sweet, as the title of the album suggests. […]

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“Juryo: Durée de la vie de l’ainsi-venu” reviewed by Bad Alchemy

By Miguel Carvalhais | Published: 8 April 2017

Badet man da in Mondlicht? Strudelt man da im Ocean of Sound? Der GRM-studierte Pariser taucht einen in eine metalloide Liquidität, die er, angeregt durch Artauds “Héliogabale”, ‘Tanit Asterté’ nannte. Es ist das ein initiierendes Eintauchen, dem ein fernöstlicher Triptychon folgt: ‘Nyorai’ (eine des Inkarnationen Buddhas) – ‘Musaraki’ (japanisch für Purpur) – ‘Taisi Funeral’ (Taisi […]

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Tonight: “Nowhere: Exercises in Modular Synthesis and Field Recording” will be playing at Gregory Taylor’s RTQE

By Miguel Carvalhais | Published: 8 January 2017

A track from “Nowhere: Exercises in Modular Synthesis and Field Recording” by Jos Smolders, will be playing tonight at Gregory Taylor’s RTQE at WORT-FM in Madison, Wisconsin. “Nowhere: Exercises in Modular Synthesis and Field Recording” will be released next Tuesday. Nowhere: Exercises in Modular Synthesis and Field Recording by Jos Smolders

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Natal dos Experimentais

By Miguel Carvalhais | Published: 2 December 2016

Keeping up with what has already become a tradition, Crónica will present another edition of “Natal dos Experimentais”. This year’s event will include performances by Vitor Joaquim, the Srosh Ensemble, Pal, Dirty Dirt, and Sturqen. Pedro Tudela will close the evening with a DJ set. Friday, December 9, from 22h onwards in Passos Manuel. As […]

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“Becoming-” an installation by @c (Pedro Tudela & Miguel Carvalhais)

By Miguel Carvalhais | Published: 4 November 2016

Becoming- from Miguel Carvalhais on Vimeo. “Becoming-” is a site-specific installation exploring the interplay between architecture, space, flora and the garden’s visual and acoustic fields. The installation makes this interplay explicit, through a montage of planes and reflective surfaces within the cistern. “Becoming-” was created for the Cistern of the Casa de Frescos at the […]

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Vitor Joaquim interviewed by Amusio

By Miguel Carvalhais | Published: 12 October 2016

Amusio has just published a lengthy interview with Vitor Joaquim on his work, particularly the latest “Geography”, recently released by Crónica. Read it (in German) at amusio.com

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