O suicÃdio esclarecido de Sócrates, encarado como prova da imortalidade da alma, faz sentido em termos ontológicos. Acontece que, quando calha a nós, como diria Woody Allen, faz sentido, sim, mas “no papel”. Esta discrepância entre a Fé e a desconfiança da razão encontra eco no trabalho de “colagem/descolagem” empreendida por artÃstas sónicos portugueses como …
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“Product 01†reviewed by Funprox
Product is a split CD, in the good old ‘vinyl’ tradition, between Sumugan Sivanesan (from Australia) and Durán Vázquez (from Portugal). The first 8 tracks are by Sivanesan, and the other 7 by Vazquez. There are also two data tracks and an empty track to separate the two artists. Both artists create experimental music with …
“A Compressed History of Everything Ever Recorded, Vol. 1†reviewed by Etherreal
Qui se cache derrière Autodigest, on ne le saura probablement jamais. On ne sait d’ailleurs pas s’il s’agit du pseudo d’un artiste, d’un groupe, ou plus simplement d’un projet, même si cette dernière hypothèse nous sembleêtre la plus probable. Mais cela fait partie du concept : les notes du livret expliquent qu’Autodigest n’a pas de …
“On Paper†reviewed by Gonzo Circus
Papier is een informatiedrager en een opgerold pakket verregende posters is kunst! Op deze dubbele verzamel cd buigt de Portugese elektronische ondergrond zich over het papierwerk. Relatief bekende namen als Vitor Joaquim em [des]integração halen papiergeluiden uit hun software (en omgekeerd). Pulserende tonen worden versneden met diepe bassen, computergesis en papierstroken die worden verfrommeld of …
“On Paper†reviewed by Rif Raf
Digitale bits en bytes voor de avantgarde-freaks. “On Paper” focust op het fenomen collage-décollage en pakt uit met verstilde elektronica, ruwe klankschetsen vol digitale storingen of simpelweg hoogtechnologische elektronicabeats. Qua collage kan zulks tellen.
“Product 01†reviewed by A Puta da Subjectividade
Há discos que podem até valer por si só, ou seja, apenas como matéria audÃvel com os consequentes remates opinativos; mas há muitos outros que tomam dimensões diferentes se houver uma pré-contextualização. O que seria dos “4.33” aparentemente silenciosos de Cage se não soubéssemos antecipadamente que o silêncio não existe no sentido de total ausência …
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“Product 01†reviewed by Liability
Le label de musique électronique expérimentale Cronica semble avoir eu une petite faiblesse pour le format du split album. Ce n’est donc pas une collaboration entre deux artistes que nous avons ici mais bel et bien deux Å“uvres bien distinctes réunies sur le même disque. S.Sivanesan a composé et interprété les neuf premiers morceaux et …
“A Compressed History of Everything Ever Recorded, Vol. 1†reviewed by Paris Transatlantic
There can be only two possible outcomes of releasing an album with such a title and accompanying it with a press release referencing Jean Baudrillard’s Theory of Hyperconformism and David Harvey’s concepts of time-space compression: either you get yourself signed up on the spot with Asphodel and end up winning the Prix Arse Electronica or …
“On Paper†reviewed by Cyclic Defrost
On Paper is perhaps the most strange, uncommercial, unfathomable and difficult releases around. Yet I say that with a strange sense of awe. The concept of mixing and remixing the sounds of paper being ripped, those great big thick, almost cardboard gig posters you see around town, or you would if you lived in Berlin, …
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“A Compressed History of Everything Ever Recorded, Vol. 1†reviewed by Jade
Cronica continue son lent et passionnant travail d’archivage, compilant / redéployant / réorientant sans relâche ses multiples projets sonores, s’attachant autant que faire ce peu, à parcourir, à détailler la multiplicité des approches émergeantes dans les sphères oubliées des musiques non-conventionnelles, qu’elles soient d’ordre expérimentales, électroacoustiques, ou non directives. 2 nouvelles productions, respectivement étiquetées Cronica …
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