“Filare” reviewed by 5 against 4

This is another free download album from Crónica (available here), intended to “produce sustained music which at the same time would contain movement and harmonic richness”. Filare is, indeed, rich, & its ambient textures are ever in flux, ever at the boundary between commanding interest & being (to use Eno’s term) “ignorable”. It is highly …

Mosaique’s best of 2008

Anja Lechner & Dino Saluzzi – Ojos Negros (ECM) Johnny Greenwood –There will be blood (and the film, too!!) Marcus Schmickler presenting “Altars of Science” in Cologne Stockhausen audio-installation “Stimmung” in a water-reservoir at Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt Stephan Mathieu‘s “Radioland” (Live and Cd) Cindy Sherman‘s exhibition at Louisiana, Denmark Wolfgang Tillmann‘s exhibition at Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin …

“Filare” reviewed by EarLabs

In talking about Filare, Jan Ferreira (Mosaique) wrote: “I attempted to produce sustained music which at the same time would contain movement and harmonic richness.” As I listen, it’s clear that he reached his goal. He goes on to say: “It was intended to create a sound that would have depth on several layers, emotionally …