Futurónica 54


Episode 54 of Futurónica, a broadcast in Rádio Manobras (91.5 MHz in Porto, 18h30) and Rádio Zero (21h GMT, repeating on Tuesday at 01h) airs today, January 27th.

The playlist for Futurónica 54 is:

  • Brian Eno, Fierce Aisles Of Light (2011, Drums Between The Bells, Warp)
  • The Beautiful Schizophonic & Yui Onodera, This Crying Age (2011, Night Blossom, Whereabouts Records)
  • Taylor Deupree, Snow (Dusk, Dawn) (2010, Snow (Dusk, Dawn), 12K)
  • S.E.T.I., Revelation (1998, Above Black, Ash International)
  • Stock, Hausen & Walkman, Women (1993, Giving Up With Stock, Hausen & Walkman, Hot Air)
  • The Beautiful Schizophonic & Yui Onodera, Washing In Slow Colours (2011, Night Blossom, Whereabouts Records)
  • S.E.T.I., Urban Storm Observation (1995, Mesmer Variations, Ash International)
  • Nurse With Wound, Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair (2005, She and Me Fall Together in Free Death, Beta-lactam Ring)
  • Stock, Hausen & Walkman, Giving Up (1993, Giving Up With Stock, Hausen & Walkman, Hot Air)

You can hear Rádio Zero’s broadcasts at radiozero.pt/ouvir.

“Double Exposure” reviewed by De:Bug

Double Exposure
“Double Exposure” versammelt ein Dutzend Aufnahmen des polnisch-kanadischen Klangkünstlers, ursprünglich komponiert für verschiedene Compilations, Soundinstallationen und Ausstellungen. Die Grundsounds bestehen aus Instrumental- und Feld-Aufnahmen sowie manipulierten Schallplattenklängen, bearbeitet größtenteils mit Gitarren-Effekt-Tretern. Die Ergebnisse sind klanglich vielfältig und reichen von ruhigen minimalen Cello-und Klavierstücken, Spieluhrmelodien und Kammermusikalischem über wuchtige Orgelcluster und arrangierte Fieldrecordings bis hin zu akustisch/digitalen Ambienzen und Kompositionen mit Schwerpunkt auf menschlichen Stimmen.

“Double Exposure” reviewed by RNE3 Atmosfera

Double Exposure
“Double Exposure” es un álbum de estudio “escrito” a lo largo de 6 años, desde el 2005 hasta el pasado 2011, en la carrera de Janek Schaefer como compositor, artista sonoro y músico. Cada una de las 12 tracks del disco es una respuesta a una invitación hecha al artista para crear una pieza de música para alguna recopilación en Cd o una instalación. La fuente sonora para este trabajo han sido grabaciones de campo y vinilos manipulados que han sido después procesados por una colección de efectos, pedales y controladores.

“Poststop” reviewed by De:Bug

Poststop
Das Album dokumentiert einen von Blaine L. Reininger (Tuxedomoon) geleiteten Workshop im Rahmen des “Futureplaces Digital Media Festival” 2010 in Porto. Beteiligt waren neben Reininger unterschiedlichste Künstler wie Marc Behrens, Anselmo Canha, @c, Joao Martins, Heitor Alvelos und Filipe Silva, stilistisch spannt sich der Bogen von Field Recordings über Improv bis zu experimenteller Elektronik. Für die CD bearbeiteten die Beteiligten schließlich das dort entstandene Audio-Rohmaterial. Zu hören ist eine große Anzahl verschiedenster Klänge, Arrangements und interessanter Ansätze sowie einige wirklich spannende Tracks. Ohne den dazugehörigen Workshop-Zusammenhang klingt vieles aber eher skizzenhaft und insgesamt irgendwie unzusammenhängend. Vielleicht sollte ich mir einfach mal das Festival ansehen.

New podcast: Piotr Kurek

Shibboleths
Shibboleths is a title of an audio play and sound performance of Piotr Kurek presented at the Mimar Sinar University of Fine Arts in Istanbul and Nijmegen’s Extrapool, curators of the Audiotoop series. Recordings were taken in December 2011 in Nijmegen, Netherlands.

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Futurónica 53


Episode 53 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, January 13th.

The playlist for Futurónica #53 is:

  • Yasunao Tone, MP3 Deviation # 7 (2011, MP3 Deviations # 6 + 7, eMego)
  • Yasunao Tone, Geography And Music (Excerpt) (1979/2010, Music for Merce, New World Records)
  • Yasunao Tone, Anagram for Strings (1990, Tellus #24: FluxTellus, Tellus)
  • Yasunao Tone & Hecker, Man’yo #36-37 / 750654 Zero Crossing (2004, Palimpsest, Mego)

You can hear Rádio Zero’s broadcasts at radiozero.pt/ouvir.

“Acute Inbetweens” reviewed by Touching Extremes

Acute Inbetweens
Long-distance partnerships are a dime a dozen these days, not infrequently the fruits of internet intimacies (…) born around the coordinates of “unknown nonentity kisses the ass of a prominent entity until he/she agrees to publish something together and the unknown nonentity becomes a recognized one”. Lawrence English and Stephen Vitiello met for real – in 2006 – and usually function at a level of significance that excludes them from the above kind of tactics entirely. Acute Inbetweens mixes treated field recordings and synthetic investigations quite consistently, standing among the area’s nicest records heard in recent times. As always in this type of work, the capacity of suggesting and confounding is at the basis of a success. Blurring definitions to the point of not allowing the listeners to distinguish familiar attributes and impressions, all that the couple leaves is the effect of glowing murkiness that accompanies the listening experience almost completely. The sounds appear both unequal and embracing, occasionally very polite yet never syrupy; spherical patterns as heard in the final “Exposure In Relief” are rendered less normal by other sorts of contingent sonic events wholly immersed in an equalizing mist. The vibe surrounding us throughout is made of reminiscence, cuddling frequencies, smoothed contours and a general sense of melancholic well being. It takes a while before realizing it, but the album is rewarding under nearly every angle of inspection.

via Touching Extremes

Futurónica 52


Episode 52 of Futurónica, a broadcast in Rádio Manobras (91.5 MHz in Porto, 18h30) and Rádio Zero (21h GMT, repeating on Tuesday at 01h) airs today, December 30th.

The playlist for Futurónica #52, looking back at a year of Crónica releases is:

  • @c + Pierre Alexandre Tremblay, 78 (2011, Homem Fantasma, Crónica)
  • Janek Schaefer, D2: Crossed Wires (2011, Double Exposure, Crónica)
  • Irene La Sen & Jazznoize, 1 (2011, Humus (2005-2010), Crónica)
  • Oriol Rosel, Seidl 2 (2011, Ulrich Seidl E.P., Crónica)
  • Marc Behrens, Neighbour 3F (2011, Poststop, Crónica)
  • Lawrence English + Stephen Vitiello, Christening the Blackbird (2011, Acute Inbetweens, Crónica)
  • Zimoun, Room Nr. 3 34 (2011, Leftovers (Reworked), Crónica)
  • Jazznoize, Iberia 2.0 (2011, Humus (2005-2010), Crónica)
  • Marc Behrens, Neighbour GS (2011, Poststop, Crónica)
  • Janek Schaefer, C1: Unfolding Honey (2011, Double Exposure, Crónica)
  • Mathias Delplanque, Radio Station (2011, Crónica)
  • Pure, This Side (1999, The End of Vinyl, Mego)

You can hear Rádio Zero’s broadcasts at radiozero.pt/ouvir.