Monthly Archives: October 2009

“Lectures” reviewed by De:Bug

By Miguel Carvalhais | Published: 31 October 2009
Kammermusikalische Gesten von Holzbläsern, viel Percussion (Gongs), Klaviertupfern, zuweilen elektronischen Klängen und scharfen, dünnen Streichern umstreifen sich, in loopartige, halbimprovisierte Strukturen hinein. Immer wieder ist die Stimme von Cornelius Cardew zu hören, Bandaufnahmen, die dessen Sohn für einen Cardew-Festival-Beitrag zur Verfügung gestellt hat, auf dem diese CD beruht; Vorträge (daher der Titel) und Probenschnipsel, in [...]
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New CD release: “Sleppet” by Marc Behrens

By Miguel Carvalhais | Published: 28 October 2009
Sleppet originated from a sound art project in 2007, when six renowned artists — Natasha Barrett, Bjarne Kvinnsland, Steve Roden, Chris Watson, Jana Winderen and Marc Behrens — recorded sounds on a 10-day trip through the Norwegian Westlandet region and used the nature experience for a couple of sound installations and music pieces. Sleppet leads [...]
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“Erotikon” reviewed by Monsieur Delire

By Miguel Carvalhais | Published: 28 October 2009
“Erotikon” is a Greek word for “love song.” Jorge Mantas (The Beautiful Schizophonic) holds a highly personal idea of the love song: instrumental, electronic, and ambiant. Oh, and sexy too (no silly sexual sighs, though), and inhabited by an ideation (and idealization?) of women. Sweet, nice music with shimmering textures, seductive ambient electronica. The album [...]
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“Sleppet” reviewed by Boomkat

By Miguel Carvalhais | Published: 27 October 2009
Marc Behrens is one of those sound artists who is seldom afforded the level of recognition he deserves, consistently releasing brilliant contemporary musique concrète for well over a decade now via labels such as Trente Oiseaux, Sirr and Raster Noton. This latest release is another stunning collection of digital electroacoustic dissections, offering a portrait of [...]
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“Lectures” reviewed by Monsieur Delire

By Miguel Carvalhais | Published: 26 October 2009
A strange record, very delicate. At first, it sounds like a lecture with instrumentalists illustrating what the lecturer says – all acoustic. Yes, but, isn’t Polish soundsman Piotr Kurek an electronician? And isn’t Portuguese label Crónica specialized in sound art? Exactly. And Lectures is actually a work made with sounds lifted from recordings by Cornelius [...]
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