New Crónicaster: Michael Rüsenberg + Peter Hölscher

This piece covers an abandoned industrial area in the “Ruhrgebiet”, Germany, called “Lohberg”. The photographs (~250) were taken there in summer 2009 on a cloudy day. The soundtrack is derived from field recordings of the Gdansk dockyard in Poland in November 2009. This somehow is a demo version of the initial piece, which is about …

“Home, Sweet Home” reviewed by Blow Up

Registrazioni ambientali più o meno trattate e suoni di sintesi, come a dire realtà e finzione dell’universo acustico, nell’opera del compositore galiziano Durán Vázquez liberamente scaricabile dal sito della Crónica. Esiti non impeccabili dacché l’intervento manipolatorio non riesce a dare definizione ad una ripresa del suono troppo informe ef uniforme, con la sola eccezione dell’attonito …

“Sleppet” reviewed by Sentireascoltare

La foresta nei pressi di Nerben, i ghiacciai più giù a Nord, il lago di Røsskleivvatnet, la Norvegia come contenitrice di ambienti, l’isolamento umano la cui presenza ambientale amplfica i pensieri irrequieti del dentro, la Norvegia come l’avamposto sul nulla e sull’altrove. È questo Sleppet, l’ultimo materiale della ventennale ricerca di Marc Behrens. Da questi …

Futurónica is back

Futurónica is now included in the regular broadcasts of Rádio Zero, every two weeks, on Friday nights, repeating on Tuesdays at 01h. Episode 5 airs tomorrow, April 9 at 21h (GMT). Tha playlist for Futurónica #05 is: Durán Vázquez, Building (from Home Sweet Home) Mathias Delplanque, Passeport 7 (Nantes) (from Passeports) Janek Schaefer, Fifty Inner …

GEAR — Sound and Interactive Media at Covilhã

Teaser gear up from gear-up on Vimeo. GEAR – 1st Workshop for Practice Based Research in Art and Design – is an event based on a series of talks, demos, concerts and work-in-progress works, whose mission is to promote, develop and share practice based research methodologies, experiences and practices in the field of academic research. …

“Berlin Backyards” reviewed by Temporary Fault

This is a fine work, despite its obviously unpretentious nature. It might belong in the category of favourite listens for undisturbed moments in the early morning (now) or late evening, being mostly made with remote urban echoes – the title and the cover photographs say it all – which were recorded in 2006 by Aubry …

“Ification” reviewed by Temporary Fault

One for the dissolution and/or enhancement of the intellect, featuring a couple of somewhat involving episodes and a number of scarcely significant ingredients as far as artistic validity is concerned. Pure works with samples, which he transforms and extends endlessly, at times even beyond the limit of what’s aurally tolerable. When the guidelines of telluric …