“Double Exposure” reviewed by Monsieur Delire

Double Exposure
Still from Crónica, though this time available only as a pay-for digital download, is one hour forty-three minutes of music by Janek Schaefer. This double album culls various compilation tracks, installation soundtracks, and stage music made between 2005 and 2011. These works have all been presented to the public before, hence the album’s title. There’s a long excerpt from the sound installation “Asleep at the Wheel” (which I have blogged about a while ago), a commission from the CBC for their radio series “The Wire,” and the beautiful “Fields of the Missed” originally found on the Room40 compilation album Fabrique, among other gems. These are not some of Schaefer’s most striking works, but they form an enjoyable set that is on par with his discography. François Couture

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Marc Behrens and Cem Güney featured in “Istanbul Split” CD


In January 2009, within the framework of the subject area Audiovisual Art – a key aspect in New Media teachings at the Academy of Fine Arts HBK Saar – a field trip to Istanbul took place. For one week, during a field recording workshop, the participants set out with various equipment for sound hunting in the megacity.

Together with Cem Güney, a Turkish musician and composer, it was possible to get to locations which would not have been accessible to regular visitors. The recordings of markets, mosques, ferryboats, suburbs, demonstrations, street vendors, craftsmen and scenes in cafés in the five selected electroacoustic compositions constitute a portrait of a city, in which Eastern and Western cultures, religions and traditions converge – as perhaps in no other European city.

Tracklist:

  • Stefan Zintel, Eclipse
  • Cem Güney, Error at the Fish Market
  • Alexandra von Bassen, Flowers of Istanbul
  • Christina Kubisch, Dogs and Voices
  • Cem Güney, What Are You Looking for, Treasure?
  • Marc Behrens, Mobilization of Ecstasy

Produced by Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar and ~tildmusic, 2011
Photography & Cover Design by Marc Behrens

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“Poststop” reviewed by Monsieur Delire

Poststop
A sound art workshop in an artists’ centre located in a bankrupt shopping mall. Participants made field recordings in the mall and exchanged ideas for two days, after which they performed the final concert at the futureplaces festival. All this happened in Porto, Portugal. Poststop features excerpts from workshop performances, the concert, and collages/remixes/interpretations by guests. Artists include: @c, Marc Behrens, Autodigest, Heitor Alvedos, etc. It’s a very fine set of (mostly) experimental ambient electronica. This album is available only on CD format, but it’s not for sale. To get a copy, simply order something from Crónica’s online store. François Couture

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New podcast: The Beautiful Schizophonic

TBS
Space as an instrument, played by the melancholy of an electric guitar. Clouds of dark-matter in sound, sculpting the atmosphere of the medieval church into an aural signifier of decay. Edited recording of an audiovisual performance that took place on the Autumn Equinox, at Igreja de S. Vicente, Évora.

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Two more weeks with the Winter promotion

Winter promo
Still two more weeks to take advantage of Crónica’s winter promotion. Until the end of December, for every CD or DVD ordered from Crónica, we will send you a second disc of your choice. All you have to do is to make a regular order and list which discs you’d like to receive gratis by using the order form’s “Instructions to merchant” field.

As usual, postage is free for all destinations (within planet earth) and payments can be made with a variety of credit cards or your PayPal account.

Please place all orders through Crónica’s website.