A 20-minute CD in a square 6-1/2†sleeve also containing a set of photographs taken in abandoned beach-side hotels. Sound material were also recorded in the decrepit rooms and halls pictured – you can listen and look simultaneously. Ephraim Wegner’s music consists of tightly-woven, evocative field recordings where emptiness and abandon meet with the sound of waves and children’s laughter (as we get closer to the water in the end). A beautiful object.
via Monsieur Délire
Und so wird’s gemacht: Man trollt sich ins eigene Zimmer, zieht die Vorhänge zu, wirft ein oder zwei Halluzinogene ein, zur Not tut es auch eine dezente Dosis eines hochprozentigen Destillats oder eine Handvoll Schlafentzug. Dann rein mit »Untitled #284« in die Stereoanlage, aber nur in Zimmerlautstärke und die Fenster dürfen auch ruhig offen stehen. Kein Problem, wenn Spielplatzgeschrei oder ratternde Straßenbahnen dem Hörgenuss sich beimengen, dann hat unser Ohr eben in Echtzeit additional environmental soundshinzugefügt. Denn wir lauschen einem Musterstück im Bereich der fieldrecordings: Aufnahmen aus dem Lissabon des Jahres 1992 liegen »Untitled #284« zu Grunde, vom Meister persönlich remixed bzw. »evolutionär transferiert«. Wir sprechen von niemand geringerem als Francisco López, u. a. Dauergast bei der Ars Electronica und Produzent von weit über 200 Tonträgern, vielleicht sogar tatsächlich 284. Und weil wir bereits bei einer Unüberschaubarkeit und damit in gewisser Weise Austauschbarkeit sind: das Resultat ist auch in diesem Fallvor allem ein Hörspiel für Soundeidetiker, dessen technische Raffinessen vor allem Freunde des Experimentellen zu schätzen wissen. Eine herkömmliche Hörerin wirdin »Untitled #284«, wie eingangs skizziert, eher ein psychedelisches Hörerlebnis finden. Curt Cuisine
via Skug
Next Friday, October 26th, the Drumming Percussion Group will premiere a new composition by @c (Peddro Tudela and Miguel Carvalhais), “66†for percussion and electronics. The program, “Fases Electrónicas e…+†also features works by Steve Reich, Matthew Burtner, João Pedro Oliveira, Dimitris Andrikopoulos and Benjamin de la Fuente, all performed by Miquel Bernat and Nuno Aroso. The performance starts at 21h30 at the Auditório de Espinho.
More information at Auditório de Espinho or at the FB event.
“Belkiss†by The Beautiful Schizophonic is out now on San Francisco based label Dynamophone Records.
Crónica is very proud to announce the newest release in the Unlimited Release series: “Eiffel†by Luis Marte.
Generated solely from mobile communication devices, such as smartphones, tablets and media players, “Eiffel†uses current technology to deliver a comment on itself, on its grit and coarseness, on its scale and permanence. Built from technology, “Eiffel†is pervaded with mechanical sounds and rhythms, distortions and harshness, and is titled after an enduring technological landmark, the Eiffel Tower, and its creator, Alexandre Gustave Eiffel.
Luis Marte works on improvisation and in the search and exploration of the field of sound with all kinds of elements, both conventional or unconventional. Since the start of the 1990s, he crossed paths with artists such as Francisco López, Jorge Haro, Pablo Reche, Tzesne, Klauss, Xabier Erkizia, among others. He organizes the label and artist collective Fuga and the Fuga Jurásica Festival, the main event for sound experimentation in South America. He was the director for culture at the Argentinian Museum of Natural Sciences and he currently coordinates various cycles of music and video in Argentina, Perú and Spain, as well as the museum night in the city of Buenos Aires.
You can download “Eiffel†as AIFF or MP3 files directly from Crónica and free of charge. Donations are very welcome! :)
Next Thursday, October 18th, the 73rd episode of Futurónica will be broadcasted live from Maus Hábitos, in Porto, during the first night of the Futureplaces festival. Miguel Carvalhais, Pedro Almeida, João Cruz and Marc Behrens will run the special four hour long emission, centered in Crónica but expanding far beyond it. Be sure to catch it live in Rádio Zero and Rádio Manobras (91.5 MHz in Porto) from 10PM to 2AM GMT.
The first rains have arrived and, although it’s still not technically winter, it certainly starts feeling like it. To warm the spirit to face the cold weather, there’s nothing quite like new good music…
Knowing that, we are happy to offer another of our customary winter promotions: from now until the end of December, all records ordered directly from Crónica will give you the choice to receive a free second release! Just send us a note with your order, indicating which other release or releases (of the same price or lower) you want and we will be happy to gift them to you. Don’t forget: this promotion is good until December 31st, for all CD, DVD and vinyl releases available at our online store.
