“Passeports” reviewed by His Voice

Passeports
Jízda vlakem je pro mnoho cestujících p íjemné turistické povyražení, pro jiné spoluob any zase denní šedivá rutina. Specifické zvukové prost edí, se kterým jsou lidé konfrontováni b hem jízdy i nutných p estávek v nádražních prostorách, si vzal na paškál na své poslední desce francouzský hudebník Mathias Delplanque. Ten ješt p ed t emi roky své environmentální samply obaloval horou akustické instrumentace, v letošním roce ale už v atmosférických kolážích nechává promlouvat pouze nasnímané nálady objekt zájmu. Už v p lhodinové koláži Call Center, kterou nechal na za átku letošního roku voln ke stažení na stránkách sou asného vydavatele, Mathias jasn naznail,coodnjvsouasnédob mžeme o ekávat. Hory sampl jsou konfrontovány s hlukovým backgroundem, se kterým Delplanque kreativn pracuje jako s nástrojem nesoucím základní melodickou kostru. Prost edí kolejové dopravy se skrze letošní novinku jeví jako ideální cíl, který ve své rozmanitosti nabízí nep eberné množství „základních“ nálad. Album Passeports dokázalo tuto možnost chytnout ádn na pa esy a nabízí tak vzrušující projíž ku vlakem v oddechov víkendovém, spiklenecky minimalistickém duchu. PZ

Natal dos Experimentais 2010


This year’s “Natal dos Experimentais” performances will take place in two dates and two separate (but complementary) venues in Porto: Casa da Música (on December 10) and Passos Manuel (on December 11).

On December 10th, the Casa da Música performance will happen during the Clubbing event and will feature live performances (solos and collaborations) by @c, Marc Behrens, Vitor Joaquim, Nuno Aroso, Tam and Eosin. On the following day, December 11th, Passos Manuel will welcome solos by Vitor Joaquim, paL and Eosin, as well as Crónica DJs. Entrance in Casa da Música is subject to the Casa’s ticketing policy, entrance in Passos Manuel is free of charge, all night long.

This will be Crónica’s winter celebration so everyone is invited to show up and celebrate the season!

Futurónica #23


Episode 23 of Futurónica, a broadcast in Rádio Zero (every two weeks, on Friday nights, repeating on Tuesdays at 01h) airs tomorrow, December 3rd at 21h (GMT).

The playlist for Futurónica #23 is:

  • Gintas K, Untitled (2010, So On, Crónica)
  • Gintas K, Grinny Memories (2010, So On, Crónica)
  • Nicolas Bernier, line(a) (2010, strings.lines, Crónica)
  • @c, 78b (2011, Homem Fantasma, Crónica)
  • Gintas K, Untitled (2010, So On, Crónica)
  • Gintas K, So On (2010, So On, Crónica)
  • Arturas BumÅ¡teinas, Boletus Satanas (2010, Pastoral, Crónica)
  • Nicolas Bernier, line(horizon) (2010, strings.lines, Crónica)

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

The Beautiful Schizophonic live at MadeiraDig 2010

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Tomorrow night, at the opening concert of this year’s MadeiraDig festival, The Beautiful Schizophonic will perform with Susana Mourão’s visuals. This year’s line up of MadeiraDig also includes performances by Ben Frost, Janek Schaefer, Peter Rehberg, Peter Broderick, Caro Mikalef & Stephan Mathieu, Simon Whetham and Hugo Olim.

Next festival 2010 present @c + Lia and @c + ::.:


December 2 to 4 in Bratislava, the 2010 edition of the Next festival will present two performances by @c, the first with long-time audiovisual collaborator Lia on December 2nd, and the next day with Daniel Tóth alias Danky alias ::.: in an audial trio. Other performances in the festival’s line up include Martin Tetréault, FM Einheit + Hans Joachim Irmler, Elektro Guzzi and The Thing, among others.

“strings.lines” reviewed by Boomkat

strings.lines
Portugal’s Crónica label presents a captivating showcase from Montreal-based electro-acoustic composer, Nicholas Bernier. His work here is defined by a predilection for the glassiest, most tensile string sounds, exploring a range of piercing hi-end frequencies with an innately tactile sensuality. The shortest of these, ‘Line (Strings)’, sets a filigree balance between organically textured sound and ultra-subte digital processing, manifested in a tense, tentative opening. ‘Line (A)’ is more dynamic, electro-acoustically speaking, expanding his range of textures and sonorities to perfume the space with intensely sharp highs and distant granular crackles forming into drifts of neo-classical moods. ‘Line (B)’ is more sublime and tender with a magical flourish of harmonics hidden at its core, while ‘Line (C)’ introduces fragile, clipped rhythms. ‘Lines (Horizon)’ is the most full-bodied of the lot, fleshing out the lower registers with hovering grey drones while the foreground subsides from shards of sustained strings to slowly bowed cello. Sublime.

via Boomkat

New unlimited release: Arturas Bumšteinas’s “Pastoral”


Crónica is very proud to present Arturas Bumšteinas’s new release “Pastoral” in its unlimited series of editions. Arturas Bumšteinas is a composer of acoustic and electronic music (graduated from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater), the founder of international ensembles Works and Days, Quartet Twentytwentyone and a visual artist represented by Antje Wachs Galerie in Berlin. He lives and works in Vilnius and Warsaw.

You can download “Pastoral” as high-quality MP3 or Apple Lossless files directly from Crónica and free of charge. Donations are welcome! :)

SonicScope #10 in Lisboa


From Tuesday the 23rd to Thursday the 25th November, at Teatro Maria Matos in Lisboa, Grain of Sound presents the tenth edition of the SonicScope festival. This year’s program includes A Parte Maldita, Gigantiq with Matteo Uggeri, Sei Miguel, Carlos Santos and Paulo Raposo, the Rodrigo Amado Quartet and @c.

Tickets are 6€ for a single day or just 15 for the whole program. More information at the website of Teatro Maria Matos.