Crónica at Club Transmediale’s Creative Independents Network Market

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Saturday, January 31st, join Crónica (represented by Cruz) at the Creative Independents Network Market of this year’s Club Transmediale. This market will offer the opportunity to share know-how and to present the work of aficionados of independent music and media culture who wish to make their projects, products and activities known to a wider audience and meet fellow activists. Entrance is free, so if you’re around pass by to meet us and to get to know our latest releases.

“Täuschung” reviewed by Adverse Effect

Four years in the making, the 28 miniatures (as, indeed, they generally are; only one piece goes over the four minutes mark, only a few hover around the two-to-three-minutes length, and the remainder range from eleven seconds to being barely much longer than a minute) here by Mikan, a Vienna-based artist given to combining algorithmic music with handmade sounds, resemble the type of scrunched-up electro-acoustic compositions RLW has perfected over the years. Balls of light and dark bounce against jagged and often jarring micro-patterns teased into something then invitingly teased elsewhere. As with other such works, this is not a place to turn to for comfort or to get dragged along by. Instead, Mikan creates a completely absorbing space where sounds are explored and pushed into new realms perfectly reflecting the whole gamut of emotions without the crutches served by convention. It is music designed to climb inside, and it works fantastically.(RJ)