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Aufabwegen reviews “Up, Down, Charm, Strange, Top, Bottomâ€
Hinter @c stecken die Macher des fantastischen Crónica Labels aus Portugal. Die Kompositionen 62, 71, 72, 61 arbeiten mit kristallinen Digitalisierungen echter Instrumente, die in ihrem fremdbestimmten Nachleben aber eher wie die Insekten der Zukunft klingen. Es herrschen viele Schnitte und Brüche im Sound vor – dennoch ist der Gesamtcharakter ruhig und konzentriert. Durch etliche stimmig eingesetzte Generalpausen und die Wahl der Filter über der Soundaction kommt es zu einer wohltuenden Entschleunigung der Musik. (Zipo)
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Aufabwegen reviews “Täuschungâ€
Täuschung erweckt den Eindruck ausgedehnter Reflektion. Die zumeist elektronischen Klänge knurpseln längts nicht so selbstverliebt wie ein Großteil der Granularsynthesen sonst vor sich hin. Davor Mikan hat die Strukturen und Entwicklungsstufen auf Täuschung über einen Zeitraum von vier Jahren immer wieder bearbeitet und neu gepflegt. Er sagt selber, dass die Distanz zur Musik für ihn aufgrund des intensiven Prozesses verlorengegangen ist. Für den Hörer allerdings gibt es die Belohnung, in dem sich die Klänge außergewöhnlich fasslich und verbindlich darstellen; selbst in jenen Passagen, wo scheinbar weißrauschendes Chaos regiert. Täuschung zählt zu den schönsten Releases zeitgenössischer Elektronik in 2007. (Zipo)
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Cloud of Clouds
“Cloud of Cloudsâ€, a new piece by Miguel Leal and LuÃs Sarmento, a random generator of cloud images.
New unlimited release: Ran Slavin’s “Nocturnal Rainbow Risingâ€
Crónica is very proud to present Ran Slavin’s “Nocturnal Rainbow Risingâ€. After 2004’s “Tropical Agent / Ears in Water†and last year’s “The Wayward Regional Transmissions†— awarded a honorable mention at the Prix Ars Electronica — Ran’s third full-length release in Crónica is now available in the Unlimited Release series, with 10 tracks available for free download or choose-to-pay-as-you-will.
“Nocturnal Rainbow Rising†drifts across far removed cinematic panoramas of lush nightly atmospheres. The tracks bear forms of sound memories, occlusions of dreamy nocturnal passages, of introspective and illusory projections arising from the metropolitan environments to the tundra.
The 10 tracks form evasive atmospheres between the audible and the visual, at times resembling fragments of a cinematic tale yet untold, a characteristic of Ran’s ongoing work that has made it so dear to his listeners.
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New limited release: Ran Slavin’s “Nocturnal Rainbow Rising†prints
We are proud to present the third very limited multiple in the Limited Release series of Crónica. From today, you can order one of the ten copies of Ran Slavin’s “Nocturnal Rainbow Rising†lambda prints, directly from Crónica. Each of the 50 x 70 cm prints is signed and certified by Ran Slavin.
RadiaLX has started broadcasting
The RadiaLX festival of Radio Art has started the 9-day non-stop broadcast of some of the world’s best radio art. The program includes Gilles Aubry, @c, The Beautiful Schizophonic, Negativland, Paulo Raposo, Gintas K, Carlos Santos, André Gonçalves, Toy Bizarre, Felix Kubin, Christof Migone, Brandon Labelle, among many others. Two special Crónica programs will also be broadcasted: a Crónica mix by Pedro Tudela and Miguel Carvalhais and a special mix of Essays on Radio, by Pal.
Stream live, around the clock, from radiozero.pt/ouvir.
More information at the RadiaLX website: radialx.radiozero.pt.
Pure live at Madame Claude
Next Saturday evening, Pure will be performing at Madame Claude’s in Berlin. Expect to hear bits and pieces of his forthcoming CD in Crónica, “Ificationâ€.
More info at www.zentrale-randlage.org
EME 2008
After six years taking place in Setúbal and Palmela, the EME 2008 festival will this year relocate to Lisboa, to the Teatro Ibérico / Igreja de S. Francisco Xabregas from October 1 to 4. Curated by Vitor Joaquim, EME 2008 will feature an extensive program that includes Frank Bretschneider, Greg Haines, Tina Frank, The Beautiful Schizophonic, Safe and Sound, among many others. Tickets are 12 or 15€ a day or 45€ for the full four-day program.
EME 2008 will also have two extensions, with The Sight Below and Hauschka performing in Madeira and Frank Bretschneider performing in Porto. All the info is available at EME’s website.