Futurónica 61


Episode 61 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, May 4th.

The playlist of Futurónica 60 is:

  • Machinefabriek, Mosaic (2012, Colour Tones, Fang Bomb)
  • Luc Ferrari, Episode 2: From Page To The Grand Canyon (1) (2006, Far-West News: Episodes 2 and 3, Blue Chopsticks)
  • Machinefabriek, Red (2012, Colour Tones, Fang Bomb)
  • Luc Ferrari, Episode 2: From Page To The Grand Canyon (2) (2006, Far-West News: Episodes 2 and 3, Blue Chopsticks)
  • Machinefabriek, Brown (2012, Colour Tones, Fang Bomb)
  • Luc Ferrari, Episode 2: From Page To The Grand Canyon (3) (2006, Far-West News: Episodes 2 and 3, Blue Chopsticks)
  • Machinefabriek, Green (2012, Colour Tones, Fang Bomb)
  • Luc Ferrari, Episode 2: From Page To The Grand Canyon (4) (2006, Far-West News: Episodes 2 and 3, Blue Chopsticks)
  • Machinefabriek, Grey (2012, Colour Tones, Fang Bomb)
  • Luc Ferrari, Episode 2: From Page To The Grand Canyon (5) (2006, Far-West News: Episodes 2 and 3, Blue Chopsticks)
  • Machinefabriek, Blue (2012, Colour Tones, Fang Bomb)

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

“Untitled #284” reviewed by Vital Weekly

Untitled #284
In 1992 Francisco Lopez did a bunch of ‘environmental recordings’ in Lisbon. In 2011 he did an ‘extensive evolutionary transformation’ of these recordings and presented that in Lisbon. No wonder the CD of that of that piece is now released on a Portuguese label. Its a forty-three minute in a fashion that Lopez uses a lot these days. The computer is these days his main tool of transformation and composition, using mainly those functions to alter the color of the sound. This he applies to the many sounds he has at his disposal, sometimes looping them around and creating a dense field of sound events. This CD is not different from any of his other recent CDs, which I guess is a pity. Lopez is one of those musicians who release a lot, but whose development can be summed up with a few key releases, the others are ‘fill ins’, extending what you already know, or perhaps for the die-hard fans. Having said that, this work by itself is another fine piece (if nothing new that is) of computertreated sounds, ranging from super-low sounds to very high end sounds, put together in a collage like form of building crescendo’s and dropping them at one point and building all over again. He does it with the usual great care, but having said that, this is not the big new innovative masterpiece (just in case you were waiting for it). (FdW)

New release: “Loud Listening”

Loud Listening
Four Italian soundscape artists worked in four ailing Italian industrial sites. Their work aimed to capture the strength of industrial noises, providing a “loud experience” of mechanical hums, natural drones, metal squeaks, waves of steam and the sounds of raw materials, simultaneously proposing to reflect over the meaning and the high social value of industries and workers in a country where they are often overlooked.

Their work was distributed to a host of musicians and sound artists that, looking from afar to Italian industry, but perhaps feeling much of the effects of the crisis that is affecting it, reinterpreted the original sources and provided the ten reinterpretations that complete this release.

This release is born of AIPS — Archivio Italiano Dei Paesaggi Sonori, an initiative by Alessio Ballerini and Francesco Giannico for promoting soundscape culture in Italy and all those musicians and soundscape artists who are involved in the practice of the field recordings and in ambient, noise, drone and folk music.

You can download “Loud Listening” as AIFF or MP3 files directly from Crónica and free of charge. Donations are very welcome! :)

Futurónica 60


Episode 60 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, April 20th.

The playlist of Futurónica 60 is:

  • Daphne Oram, Light Music (Excerpt) (2012, The Oram Tapes Volume One, Young Americans)
  • Daphne Oram, Oxford (2012, The Oram Tapes Volume One, Young Americans)
  • Daphne Oram, Encephalagraph (2012, The Oram Tapes Volume One, Young Americans)
  • Daphne Oram, 2001 Effects Tape 2 (2012, The Oram Tapes Volume One, Young Americans)
  • Daphne Oram, Stroke (2012, The Oram Tapes Volume One, Young Americans)
  • Daphne Oram, Hydrogen Tones (2012, The Oram Tapes Volume One, Young Americans)
  • Daphne Oram, Hospital (2012, The Oram Tapes Volume One, Young Americans)
  • Daphne Oram, Anacin Components (2012, The Oram Tapes Volume One, Young Americans)
  • Daphne Oram, Mermaid (Excerpt) (2012, The Oram Tapes Volume One, Young Americans)
  • Daphne Oram, Shell Flight (Excerpt) (2012, The Oram Tapes Volume One, Young Americans)
  • Daphne Oram, Shell (2012, The Oram Tapes Volume One, Young Americans)
  • Daphne Oram, Electronic Sound Patterns (Excerpt) (1962) (2012, The Oram Tapes Volume One, Young Americans)
  • Daphne Oram, Pure Tone Excerpts (2012, The Oram Tapes Volume One, Young Americans)
  • Daphne Oram, Speech Test (2012, The Oram Tapes Volume One, Young Americans)

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