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.
“Ursulimum†a video by Ran Slavin
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
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 oneâ€. 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.
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.
“Poststop†is in the list of A Trompa’s compilations of the year
“Double Exposure†reviewed by Monsieur Delire
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
via Monsieur Delire
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
“Poststop†reviewed by Monsieur Delire
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
via Monsieur Delire
New podcast: The Beautiful Schizophonic
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.