
Už od prvnÃch ab Nicolase Berniera bylo jasné, že se v zemi požehnané elektroakustiché improvizaci zjevila nová hvÄ›zda velké svÃtivosti. Tuto pozici navÃc potvrzuje i vydánÃm poslednÃch dvou alb, která vy Å¡la jen v rozmezà nÄ›kolika týdnu. Za obÄ›ma jsou pomÄ›rnÄ› jasné vize, každé posazené do jiného kouta. ObÄ› desky pak pomáhajà dot voñt jinà muzikanti — spolupracovnÃci. ZaÄneme s albem Strings.Lines, jehož prazáklademje, i když to nenà z nahrávky jasnÄ› slyÅ¡et, Nicolasova sbÄ›ratelská vášeň — ladiÄky — rozmanité kusy železa, z nichž nÄ›které vydávajà zvuky na konci slyÅ¡itelného spektra. Transformacà zmÄ›nily celý projekt smÄ›rem ke klasické modernÄ›. Pierre-Yves Mertel s violou de gamba a Chris Bartos s houslemi jsou totiž protiváhou jednoho ze symbolu evropské hudebnà tradice, kterou ladiÄka automaticky symbolizuje. Výsledek je nakonec minimalistický opus o pÄ›ti Äástech, z nichž každá se odchyluje mÃrnÄ› jiným smÄ›rem. Úvod dýchá klasiÄtÄ›jÅ¡Ãm glassovskýrn minimalismem, následován okamžiky pÅ™ipomÃnajÃcÃmi elektronického puristu Ryoji Ikedu nebo naopak tradicionalistu Arvo Pärta. Co je ale nejdüležitÄ›jÅ¡Ã, je pÅ™esvÄ›dÄivost celkového konceptu, který dodržel primárni zadánà a navÃc pÅ™inesl muziku, která koncept povýšila na silný zážitek i pro toho, kdo nemá o teoretických základech Ätynceti minutové novinky ani páru.
Mosaique in “Welcome to Europeâ€

“Welcome to Europe†by Abraham Hurtado, executed by Andrés Agudelo Ganem and Marcel Borrà s, with live music by Jan Ferreira (aka Mosaique) will be presented at AADK in Berlin next April 29.
More information at the AADK blog.
Piotr Kurek and Quartet Twentytwentyone live in Vilnius
Tonight, Quartet Twentytwentyone will play a feature concert and Piotr Kurek will present his album “Lectures†at the Jauna Muzika Festival, at Piano.LT concert hall in Vilnius.
Piotr Kurek live in Vilnius

Tomorrow night, Piotr Kurek will present his album “Lectures†at the Jauna Muzika Festival, Experimental Sound Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania.
New podcast: Arturas Bumšteinas

“Shadow (of Shadows)†for organ and electronics, Algirdas Biveinis (organ).
This piece was composed by Arturas BumÅ¡teinas in Warsaw, November 2010 and premiered by Algirdas Biveinis in Vilnius, December of the same year. The premiere took place in St. Johns’ church which accommodates the largest pipe organ in Lithuania. The concert was attended by a set of different people: few old couples, young family with children, a lost tourist, several friends and author’s father. Imagine a dark and freezing winter evening… Dark means pitch black and cold means -25°C. The piece was recorded with several portable recorders placed around the area of church, one extra microphone was placed outside the church to record the sounds of crows flying above the roofs of Vilnius’ old town.
Later, during mixing at home, a poem “Charge of the Light Brigade†written and recited by Alfred Lord Tennyson and a random female voice fragment from Youtube was added to the mix.
The piece itself is a harmonic analysis of Soviet Lithuania’s (1940-1990) anthem. It could be likened to a shadow which is cast by an object. In this piece’s case it’s a shadow of another shadow.
Special thanks to: Pure, Vilius Lys, Antanas KuÄinskas, Vidas PinkeviÄius, Rytis Mažulis, Vilnius’ University, KÄ™stutis and Vaida.
Eosin publishes “Hum†at Vague Terrain

VT Audio Editions has released “Humâ€, a live recording of Eosin’s live performance at the Sala EL OFF, in Barcelona, in 2010.
Futurónica #33

Episode 33 of Futurónica, a broadcast in Rádio Zero (every two weeks, on Friday nights, repeating on Tuesdays at 01h) airs tomorrow, April 22nd at 21h (GMT).
The playlist for Futurónica #33 is:
- Eleh: Measuring the Immeasurable (2010, Radiant Intervals, Important)
- Ø: Anksiolyytti (2011, Heijastuva, Sähkö)
- Eliane Radigue: Onward 19 (1970, Vice Versa, etc, Important)
- Mika Vainio: Silences Traverses des Mondes at des Anges (2009, Black Telephone of Matter, Touch)
- Cassiber: Ground Zero remix: Across the Sky #1 (1997, Live in Tokyo with Shinoda Masami, 1992, ReR)
You can hear Rádio Zero’s broadcasts at radiozero.pt/ouvir.
Piotr Kurek’s interview and podcast

Piotr Kurek has recently been interviewed by the PopUp Magazine in Poland and published a podcast in Resonance FM. There is also a new website at piotrkurek.com and a blog for news and updates.
Futurónica #34

Episode 34 of Futurónica, a special broadcast in Rádio Zero for the 2011 Yuri’s Night airs tomorrow, April 12th.
The playlist for Futurónica #34 is:
- Pedro Tudela, A Idade do Cacifo (1999)
- Maryanne Amacher, A Step Into It, Imagining 1001 Years (1999, Sound Characters, Tzadik)
- Sachiko M, 2808200 (2000, Japanese Avant-Garde, Sub Rosa)
- Bill Fontana, Harmonic Bridge (2007, Sound Art: Beyond Music, Between Categories, Rizolli)
- Eleh, Night of Pure Energy (2010, Radiant Intervals, Important)
- György Ligeti, Adventures (1968, 2001 A Space Odyssey OST)
- @c, Blues (2006, Crónicast 16, Crónica)
- Harry Bertoia, #1025 Sounds Beyond (1993, Unfolding, P.S.F.)
- Eliane Radigue, Elemental II, solo electric bass by Kasper T. Toeplitz (2005, Elemental II, Recordings of Sleaze Art)
- Carl Michael von Hausswolff, Empty Airfield (2006, Topophonic Models, Feld)
- Pomassl, Dispp Humm (2001, Retrail Error, Laton)
- Pita, ~/ (1996, Seven Tons for Free, Mego)
- Toshiya Tsunoda, Top of Amplitude (2005, Touch Radio, Touch)
- Russell Haswell, Ant Colony (Featuring Eurofighter Typhoon F2 Flyby) (2009, Wild Tracks, eMego)
- John Cage, Branches (1983, In Norway, Prisma)
- Asmus Tietchens, Teilmenge 41 (2006, ζ-Menge, Line)
- Pauline Oliveros, Alien Bog (1967, Alien Bog / Beautiful Soop, Pogus)
- Iannis Xenakis, Voyage Absolu des Unari vers Andromède (1989, Musique Electro-Acoustique, Fractal)
You can hear Rádio Zero’s broadcasts at radiozero.pt/ouvir.
“Homem Fantasma†reviewed by Monsieur Délire

Le duo de Miguel Carvalhais et Pedro Tudela propose un long disque disponible gratuitement, dans la série “Unlimited†de Crónica. Trois pièces de 35 à 40 minutes chacune, toutes trois très poignantes, avec un feeling “en concertâ€. De l’excellente musique électronique ambiante expérimentale, avec des transformations de textures et de sources qui fascinent. Je préfère cet album à Music for Empty Spaces paru l’an dernier. Il est plus vivant, moins minimaliste. À ce prix là (rien!), c’est une écoute essentielle et une excellente (bien que longue) porte d’entrée dans l’univers d’@c.
via Monsieur Délire
