The Portuguese label Crónica is now 2 years old, and they’re celebrating this with a new release which is available as a CD and a DVD. The CD (can’t say much about the DVD) has 39 tracks that are each 2 minutes long. In a time of webcasts and internet-based information traffic it’s a very nice idea to have a compilation dedicated to the good ol’ radio. As can be expected a lot of the artists use this a little too literary (lots of radio hiss, frequency hopping and short attention span sound trickery) but it does make for a coherent listen and there’s more minimal electronic tracks then could be expected. Not sure what the point is of collecting tracks on the theme of radio though, and the small essay in the booklet doesn’t clarify it much either, though it does give a sympathetic impression of the people behind this. Includes some very nice tracks from Random Industries, General Magic, Stephan Mathieu and Freiband, as well as many other (…)
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