Some albums come across as something subtle and almost unnoticeable. Not in a negative way, on the contrary. Kunrad’s new cd released by the Portuguese label Crónica is a great example of how a sound art modal can be blended with art installation and field recording. It is an important aspect of his work – …
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KUNRAD arbeitet als Klangkünstler in Den Haag mit Metall, Papier und Lehm und bei seinen Installationen etwa mit 1.000 kleinen Messingröhrchen, ins Wasser geworfenen Steinen oder Gummihämmern mit einer Brücke als Klangskulptur. Das hört man als ‘Brass & Sand’, ‘Stones & Water’ und ‘Bridge & Hammer’ auf Kleine Geluiden (C 230), neben der 3-teiligen ‘Water & Paper …
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For Percussion is a collection of six electronic tracks with various acoustic elements incorporated into the recordings. Some of these tracks were recorded live during performances from 2002 to 2008, while others have been recently revisited in 2022. The electronic components and core compositions were created by @c a duo composed of Miguel Carvalhais and …
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Some years ago Miguel A. García informed me he was starting to work with string ensembles and classical players, directing musicians who can sight-read music to play his scores or execute directions in music devised by him. This represented quite a departure from his usual solo work with laptops, mixing desk, and processed recordings. I keep hoping …
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“Kleine Geluiden”, das neue Album des niederländischen Künstlers Kunrad alias Koenraad L. de Groot, erscheint am 18. Februar bei Crónica als limitierte CD und digitaler Download. Die Veröffentlichung kompiliert Aufnahmen aus seinen Klanginstallationen und Performances der letzten sechs Jahre, in denen er, wie er es beschreibt, “die kleinen, oft überhörten Klänge unseres Alltags feiert und …
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Over the past six years, Kunrad has created installations and performances that celebrate the small, often overlooked sounds embedded in our daily lives, placing them on a pedestal. From machines that transform rain and paper into the first Physical Audio Workstation, to contraptions that send 1,000 small brass tubes ringing and tumbling through the air. …
Four contemporary field-recording types from Portugal on Lisboa Soa: Sounds within Sounds (CRÓNICA207-2023). Lisboa Soa calls itself a Festival, but it seems to be a lot more than that – growing some sort of locus for like-minded fellows to gather and thrive, and propounding the notion of “acoustic ecology”, grounded in ethical ideas about our shared environment. They believe …
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A new album by Philippe Petit, and they come by quite often these days. “Closing Our Eyes” is a 45-minute exploration of the boundaries between acoustic and electronic music, one of Philippe’s recurrent exercises. The promo sheet we always get with Crónica releases gives a little overview. He started with recontextualising Mahler’s first symphony, ‘Cordophony’, …
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‘Kleine Geluiden’ is Dutch and means ‘small sounds, ‘ which leads me to think Kunrad might also be Dutch. Of course, it might not be accurate, but he is. He has a Bachelor of Music in Composition for Electronic Music at the University of the Arts Utrecht and a Master of Music at the Interfaculty …
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Expansão stems from a performance in July 2022 in Porto. This performance was commissioned by Sonoscopia that hosted a residency leading to it. During that period the three musicians explored synergies in their approaches to music-making with electronics, computers, and concrete sound, preparing structures and strategies that would shape the performance. Similarities, intersections, tensions, contrasts, …
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