Muzikale duizendpoten, zeldzaam zijn ze niet in de wereld van de experimentele muziek, Ook Alexandr Vatagin houdt er heel wat uiteenlopende projecten op na. Zo speelt hij bij bands als Tupolev en Port-Royal, maar ook als producer wist hij reeds een stevige reputatie op te bouwen. Zijn alter ego Quarz dateert uit 2006, maar ‘Five …
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De buitenmaatse verpakking dient als uitschuifbaar huis met venster voor een huwelijk tussen beeld en geluid. We zijn bijzonder gecharmeerd door de kleurenfotografie van Julia Weinmann, die voor dit project exclusief beelden geschoten heeft in verlaten hotels. Hoewel het thema natuurlijk allesbehalve nieuw is, lopen we met genoegen verloren tussen de deschimmelde traphallen, half ingestorte …
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Entre musique concrète et improvisation, cette collaboration de Giovalli Lami et Enrico Coniglio nous plonge dans une paysage sonore sombre, poisseux et superbe. Lemuria était une cérémonie propitiatoire romaine destinée à apaiser les spectres, les lémures. Le duo privilégie avant tout les performances live: des enregistrements de terrain bruts sont traités et assemblés en direct …
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During a long stay in Lisbon, Portugal, Bristol sound artist Simon Whetham and now based in Colombia records the city ambiance and its outskirts. He captures the geography and architecture of the city of Lisbon, its people, weather and his emotional state. For this Whetham used different types of microphones like Sennheiser shotgun microphone and …
Tomorrow evening, the Teatro Fondamenta Nuove in Venice presents performances by Lemures — the collaboration of Enrico Coniglio and Giovanni Lami —, Zbeen and Nicola Ratti. More information at teatrofondamentanuove.it
“Memoria†was created using a Tascam handheld recorder, an electric guitar and bow, without overdubs. Piotr Cisak aka Kepa Yew comes from Gdansk, but in 2009 he moved to Cracow. He organized a series of events called Prima-Materia and led the radio broadcasts from Radiofonia for a year (2011–12). Kepa Yew promotes music like ambient, …
Episode 82 of Futurónica, a broadcast in Rádio Manobras (91.5 MHz in Porto, 18h30) and Rádio Zero (21h GMT, repeating on Tuesday at 01h) airs tomorrow, February 22nd. The playlist of Futurónica 82 is: Guiseppe Ielasi, 04 (2012, Untitled, Entr’acte) Mise_en_scene, 443.3 (2013, 443, Crónica) Machinefabriek, 15/15 A (2012, 15/15, Worm Records) Guiseppe Ielasi, 05 …
In 2010 the volcano Eyjafjallajokull erupted and made air traffic impossible for some time in Europe. Simon Whetham was in Portugal and has to extend his stay. He decided to capture the sounds of the city, using a Sennheiser shotgun microphone, two Tram lavalier mics, contact microphones and hydrophones, and later on composed pieces of …
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The first part of the process was an improvisation recording with a grand piano and found objects made by mise_en_scene and Andrey at the Jerusalem National Theater in front of an empty hall during the Summer of 2008. The second part, later that year, was mise_en_scene’s feedback recordings with 4 PCC microphones in an empty …
Nicolas Bernier is presenting his electrified tuning forks project, frequencies (a), at the Electric Spring Festival in Huddersfield, UK. From February 20th to 25th, the event bring together cutting edge sound artists: Franck Vigroux (FR), John Wall (UK), Francis Dhomont (FR), Nicolas Bernier (QC), Julio D’Escrivan (VZ), Benjamin THIGPEN (FR), Jean-François Laporte (QC), Eryck Abecassis …
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