Flow (Crónica 025 + quicktime video) bringt ein Wiederhören mit VITOR JOAQUIM, einem der maßgebenden Köpfe der portugiesischen Electronica, der schon einmal mit A Rose is a Rose (dOc recordings) meine Schwurbelmaschine angeworfen hat (BA 45). In dicht verschlungener Mehrspurigkeit lässt er jeweils mit ganz unterschiedlichen Geschwindigkeiten langschweifige und kurzwellige Pulsfrequenzen ineinander rotieren, dunkle Tupfer …
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“Flow†reviewed by Loop
This is a well-known Portuguese electronic musician who started as a music improviser in 1982. He works in many art forms such as video, musical compositions for cinema, dance, theatre, installalations and multimedia. His works has been released in several labels such as Crónica Electrónica, dOc, Ananana and he has composed the piece ‘Sensations Maker’ …
“Flow†reviewed by chaindlk.com
Portuguese multimedia artist Vitor Joaquim has traced a singular path over the last 25 years starting with improvised music in 1982 and then composing for dance, theater, cinema, video, installations and multimedia. “Flow” is his latest work on the Crónica label. The main concept here is the confrontation between voice and computer and in almost …
“Flow†reviewed by Phosphor
Each song title of Vitor Joaquim’s latest album contains the word “momentsâ€. The concept of Flow is the possibilities and impossibilities of relationships. A concept that is difficult to translate or incorporate by means of electronics. But the spoken texts by Filipa Hora make up for this. Vitor Joaquim’s music is built upon abstract, relatively …
“Flow†reviewed by The Sound Projector
Another strong project by this Portuguese electro-acoustic composer, whom we first noted with his 2004 CD A Rose is a Rose on the Austrian D0c label. The Rose CD made sparing use of TV and radio samples alongside churning, trundling loops of electronic noise; Joaquim does much the same here, allowing disembodied and treated voice …
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“Flow†reviewed by Octopus
Depuis 2003, le label Crónica poursuit son entreprise singulière de défrichage multimédia, pistant les traces éparses de sensibilité humaine au fil de productions se nourrissant des échanges entrelacés d’abstractions mélodiques digitales et d’habillages graphique et vidéo stylisés. Une science du dialogue entre le biologique et le numérique qui s’approfondit davantage encore sur ce Flow, mené …
“Flow†reviewed by Gaz-Eta
For the past two decades, Portuguese electronic composer Vitor Joaquim has worked in a number of mediums. Besides music, he also likes to create works of video, dance, theatre and multimedia installations. Latest release bearing his name, “Flow” is a strangely restrained affair that tickles the ears. In fact, it doesn’t just tickle, his sounds …
“Flow†reviewed by De-Bug
Der portugiesische Komponist arbeitet an Installationen und Theater genau wie an Videos. Im Falle von “Flow” stammt allerdings nur die Musik von Joaquim, der Film, der ebenfalls auf der CD enthalten ist, stammt von Lia. Hauptakteur ist hier der Rechner, obwohl als Klangmaterial zwei Gitarren, eine Sängerin und Fernsehgeräusche genannt werden. Er verarbeitet dieses Material …
“Flow†reviewed by monochrom.at
Calling a record of electronic music “flow†and then basically working on disrupting the flow is a daring act, but one that sets free thought and emotion and leaves a lot open for interpretation. Or, to start at the beginning, of definition: for what exactly is meant by “flowâ€? The word is regularly used in …
“Flow†reviewed by The Wire
Joaquim is a key figure in Portuguese electronic music, as well as being heavily involved in a number of cross-media activities (film, visual arts, dance, etc). Flow takes as its basis the human voice (provided by fellow Crónica artist Filipa Hora) and synthesizes a bleak but beautiful electronic meditation on the nature of identity. “Slow …