Put on the circuit as a joined forces collaboration between the labels Cronica and Tronicdisease on May 21st, 2k19 is “Ekkert Nafn”, a split album produced by experimental music legend Francisco Lopez and Bilbao-based sound artist Miguel A. Garcia. Opening with Lopez’ nearly 32 minutes spanning “Untitled #351” we’re drawn into a cold fusion of clean, sterile sonic events …
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Welcome to another new review in the Fluid Label Focus series on the Crónica label in which today I’m reviewing an album that I received as a review copy on CD from Crónica quite by surprise. With many review copies nowadays coming in in digital format through the email or other ways, finding an extra …
Artists who produce instrumental music – or to put it more precisely, music that doesn’t feature vocals – are often asked how they decide on titles. At the risk of sounding elitist, that always struck me as one of the dumber questions in music journalism. Sure, not all music lends itself naturally to a pithy …
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The collaborative album Ekkert Nafn was composed from sound materials collected by Francisco López and Miguel A. GarcÃa. Some of these materials were derived from field recordings, others from electrical and mechanical devices, all were manipulated with digital tools to varying degrees. After compiling the collection of sounds, both artists proceeded to compose independently, arriving to pieces …
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Episode 199 of Futurónica, a broadcast in Rádio Manobras (91.5 MHz in Porto, 18h30) and Rádio Zero (21h GMT, repeating on Tuesday at 01h) airs tomorrow, August 18th. The playlist of Futurónica 199 is: Otomo Yoshihide, Untitled (2002, Iannis Xenakis – Persepolis + Remixes Edition I, Asphodel) Francisco López, Untitled 113 for Iannis Xenakis (2002, …
Episode 168 of Futurónica, a broadcast in Rádio Manobras (91.5 MHz in Porto, 18h30) and Rádio Zero (21h GMT, repeating on Tuesday at 01h) airs tomorrow, June 10th. The playlist of Futurónica 168 is: Francisco López, Untitled#321 (2014, udhv Gibel, Bowindo) Domenico Sciajno, Horror Vacui (2014, udhv Gibel, Bowindo) You can follow Rádio Zero’s broadcasts …
Episode 164 of Futurónica, a broadcast in Rádio Manobras (91.5 MHz in Porto, 18h30) and Rádio Zero (21h GMT, repeating on Tuesday at 01h) airs tomorrow, April 15th. The playlist of Futurónica 164 is: Francisco López, Untitled (2014, Yanayacu) Francisco López, Untitled (2014, Obatalá – Ibofanga) Francisco López, Untitled (2014, Yanayacu) You can follow Rádio …
Episode 163 of Futurónica, a broadcast in Rádio Manobras (91.5 MHz in Porto, 18h30) and Rádio Zero (21h GMT, repeating on Tuesday at 01h) airs tomorrow, April 1st. The playlist of Futurónica 163 is: Francisco López, El dia anterior a la emergencia de los adultos de magicicada (1993) (2014, Presque Tout (Quiet Pieces: 1993-2013), Line) …
Episode 142 of Futurónica, a broadcast in Rádio Manobras (91.5 MHz in Porto, 18h30) and Rádio Zero (21h GMT, repeating on Tuesday at 01h) airs tomorrow, June 12th. The playlist of Futurónica 142 is: Emmanuel Mieville, Phono-Ting (2015, Siebzehn bis ∞, Crónica) Cello + Laptop, Welcome (2015, Segments, Audiotalaia) Francisco López, Untitled #324 (2015, Siebzehn …
siebzehn bis ∞ is tied with the previous work eins bis sechzehn, recorded within the ruins of a hotel complex at the Croatian coast in 2011 and released in 2012.  These ruins situated in the Župa DubrovaÄka area are silent witnesses of once mono-functionally used areas resembling each other by their interchangeability and absence …
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