Pedro Almeida’s highlights of 2009

  • Alesis DM5: my new gesture-midi-sound-tool
  • “guitarras variáves” (variable guitars) at Balleteatro: the concert and the late night rehearsal the day before
  • EME.LL : was pleased 2 B part of this “laptop ensemble” organized by Vitor Joaquim: 16 laptops live!.. 4 stereos!!! 4 cool projections…it was powerful!
  • had lots of fun making sounds with lost and transformed toys with Miguel Pipa (NuvemVoadora), and jammed with some great musicians/artists i had never played with before: Nuno Aroso (percussion) + Durán Vázquez (noises) + Alvaro Almeida (trumpet) + João Martins (sax) + João Santos (bass) + Tiago Ferreira (vocals and sounds) + Luis Teixeira (processed bandolin) + João Ricardo (laptop and noises) + Jaime Soares, Raquel Rua, Carlos Silva (body expressions) and Jerome Faria + Ivan Franco + Nuno Moita + Alba G. Corral + Laetitia Morais + Hugo Olim + André Sier (laptops)
  • i tuned some radios,..tsssssssshhhhhhh…ckrrrrtsshhhh…. for Crónicaster…tshlblrtsssss…and some guitars!!!!… damn! i turned myself into a radio station!….
  • respect to Victor Gama’s Tsikaya project with the sounds of musicians living and working in the rural areas of Angola
  • the ipodTouch has no mic so “Mickey Blue” was the solution for my field recordings
  • drawing: Jorge Colombo kicks ass like he has always done but this time on an iPhone, and couldn’t help buying Lia’s 2 iphone apps, cause there’s thin lines, pencil curves, and gesture forms all over!!!
  • Laracrafts: R4 installations “Integrated in the European Week 2009 Waste Reduction”: “Vinyl rotations” and “whiteDolls”. Also, this was the year i designed and conceived Laracrafts.org
  • the last days of the decade at Balneario Mondariz, Spain
  • RIP: will miss the creations of Joao Aguardela (musician) and António Sérgio (radio: the voice)

“Lectures” reviewed by Art Papier

Lectures
Laptopowe reinterpretacje i dekonstrukcje fragmentów nigdy wcześniej niepublikowanych nagrań, prób i wykładów Corneliusa Cardew jest wyrazem specyficznego hołdu dla tragicznie zmarłego brytyjskiego kompozytora i lewicowego działacza politycznego. Cardew przeszedł długa drogę od serializmu w duchu Bouleza i Stockhausena (którego w latach 50. był asystentem), poprzez kompozycje niezdeterminowane (z których najsłynniejsza to „Treatise”) i swobodną improwizację (w latach 60, był członkiem grupy AMM, na początku lat 70. współprowadził demokratyczną formację eksperymentalną Scratch Orchestra) do pisania pieśni masowych dla People’s Liberation Music. Utwory Kurka w jakiś przedziwny sposób uwzględniają meandry twórczości patrona płyty. Jest w nich miejsce na liryzm i drapieżność, a akustyczna swobodna improwizacja zostaje z wyczuciem scalona z elektroakustycznymi manipulacjami dźwiękiem. Tadeusz Kosiek

via Art Papier

Lia’s highlights of 2009


Release of the iPhone Application Philia 01.

Exhibition of the Video Construction 76 at “See this Sound – Promises in Sound and Vision” at the Lentos Kunstmuseum in Linz (Austria, 28/08/2009-10/01/2009).

Release of the free iPhone Application Arcs 21.

Exhibition of Arcs 21 at “Decode – Digital Design Sensations” at the Victoria&Albert Museum in London (UK, 009/12/08 – 2010/04/11).

Nuno Moita’s highlights of 2009


Music releases:
David Sylvian –“Manafon” (Samadhisound)
Jason Kahn – “Timelines Los Angeles” (Creative Sources)
John Zorn –“O’o” (Tzadik)
Meerkat – “Kapnos” (Afe/Grey Sparkle/ctrl+alt+canc/Nighthawks Tapes)
Sonic Youth – “The Eternal” (Matador)
Who Trio –“Less is More” (Clean Feed)
Yui Onodera And The Beautiful Schizophonic – “Radiance” (Basses Frequences)

Live performances:
Alva Noto @ Madeira Dig Festival, 04.12.2009
Nobuyasu Furuya, Hernâni Faustino,Gabriel Ferrandini, Nuno Rebelo @ Trem Azul, 24.04.2009

Movie:
Ne Change Rien (Directed by Pedro Costa)

Art Books:
Gao Xingjian – “Le Gout De L’encre” by Michel Draguet (originally published by Hazan in 2002)
Paulo Nozolino – “Far Cry” (originally published by Steidl & Fundação de Serralves in 2005)

Book:
“Cem Mil Cigarros”, a monograph about Pedro Costa’s movies, published by Orfeu Negro

Last day of Crónica’s holiday promotion

Holiday promotion: buy one, get one free

Only until tomorrow for every order of a Crónica release you can choose to receive another one for free (from any of the CD or DVD releases 1 to 30). Just place your order and send us a note or an email to sales@cronicaelectronica.org mentioning which other release you want to receive. Don’t miss the chance to complete your Crónica collection.

2 x ONE — Crónica holidays promotion

Janek Schaefer interviewed by The Wire


The Wire magazine’s issue of January 2010 features a long interview to Janek Schaefer, where he discusses recent and past projects (in Crónica and elsewhere).

Janek’s most recent release in Crónica, the very limited 5″ split vinyl “Fifty Inner Spaces (for JG Ballard) / Girl” with Stephan Mathieu is still available.

Three more days to take advantage of Crónica’s holiday promotion

Holiday promotion: buy one, get one free

Until the end of 2009, for every order of a Crónica release you can choose to receive another one for free (from any of the CD or DVD releases 1 to 30). Just place your order and send us a note or an email to sales@cronicaelectronica.org mentioning which other release you want to receive. Don’t miss the chance to complete your Crónica collection.

2 x ONE — Crónica holidays promotion

Five more days to take advantage of Crónica’s holiday promotion

Holiday promotion: buy one, get one free

Until the end of 2009, for every order of a Crónica release you can choose to receive another one for free (from any of the CD or DVD releases 1 to 30). Just place your order and send us a note or an email to sales@cronicaelectronica.org mentioning which other release you want to receive. Don’t miss the chance to complete your Crónica collection.

2 x ONE — Crónica holidays promotion