Crónica is elated to present Jos Smolders’s new CD, “Nowhere: Exercises in Modular Synthesis and Field Recordingâ€! During his preparation, setting up the paper, wetting the brush and grinding the ink stone, the calligrapher is in deep concentration. Then, when he is ready, he performs the drawing in a few swift strokes. My works have …
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“Nowhere: Exercises in Modular Synthesis and Field Recording†reviewed by Vital
A few years ago, Jos Smolders sold all his records, switched off his laptop and invested in the purchase of modular synthesizer parts; a whole lot of them. Simply because it was time to do something new. Before that he worked extensively with tape-machines, found sound and later on with laptop technology to create his …
“Nowhere: Exercises in Modular Synthesis and Field Recording†reviewed by nitestylez.de
Scheduled for release on January 10th, 2k17 via the Portuguese imprint Cronica is Jos Smolders newest album effort named “Nowhere: Exercises In Modular Synthesis And Field Recording” in which we see the artist stepping away from his usual approach of detailed, thought out composition and exploring a method of letting his electronic devices of mostly …
“Nowhere: Exercises in Modular Synthesis and Field Recording†reviewed by Aural Aggravation
In the sphere of experimental and what one may reasonably term ‘fringe’ music, there is something of a propensity for descriptive titles. I’m quite a fan of these kinds of titles. Picking up Exercises in Modular Synthesis and Field Recording, I have a reasonable idea of what to expect. Granted, there’s no detail as to …
Soon in Crónica: Jos Smolders’s “Nowhere: Exercises in Modular Synthesis and Field Recordingâ€
Soon in Crónica: Jos Smolders’s “Nowhere: Exercises in Modular Synthesis and Field Recordingâ€
“Modular Works 2015Q1†reviewed by Chain DLK
The name of Jos Smolders should say something to many followers of the most hidden recesses of electronic and experimental music, as you could have met it as the signature of some articles on well-known Vital magazine or less recently on EARLabs.org, a label he made that turned into a proper webzine and one of …
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“Modular Works 2015Q1†reviewed by Kindamuzik
Modulation was op het vorige Le Guess Who?-festival misschien wel de leukste plek. De gekke, kuilachtige zaal maakte het mogelijk om van bovenaf op de tafels met apparatuur te kijken. Daarop: spaghetti aan kabels, effectapparaten en vooral: modulaire synthesizers. De oase van rust ter plaatse werd geruggensteund door tactiele klanken, analoge texturen en de fascinatie …
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Tonight, “Modular Works 2015Q1†at concertzender
Special about Modular Synth music focussing mainly on more recent works. The analogue techniques that were used in modular sound synthesis in earlier days are becoming more popular today. Now they are more affordable and certainly more practical when traveling with just a suitcase full of electronic goodies. The sounds are often raw and direct. …
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“Modular Works 2015Q1†reviewed by Whisperinandhollerin
As the title suggests, the four compositions featured on this album came into being in the first three months of the year, and is a counterpart to last year’s series of ‘Modular Works 2014’ (Q1-4) releases. While the pieces may on the surface appear to be sparse, darkly atmospheric ambient works, there was a definite …
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