“No End of Vinyl” reviewed by Boomkat

Restless techno visionary Pure, and Portugal’s Cronica label present dissections of his 1999 release constructed from run-out groove crackles, ‘The End Of Vinyl’, from Rashad Becker, PITA, Cindytalk, Christoph De Babalon, and more. The original release was a reflection on what was then thought to be the imminent demise of vinyl. 14 years later it’s …

New release: “No End of Vinyl” by Pure and various artists

Fourteen years after the original release of “the.end.of.vinyl”, Pure’s first digital-only release, ten artists gather in its evocation, reinterpreting Pure’s compositions and infusing them with their own reflections on digital musics and the future of its media. “the.end.of.vinyl” was one of the early releases on Mego, the Vienna-based label that in the end of the …

Futurónica 91

Episode 91 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 28th. The playlist of Futurónica 91 is: Pure, This Side (1999, The End of Vinyl, Mego) Pita, This & That Edit (2013, No End of Vinyl, Crónica) @c, …

Futurónica 90

Episode 90 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 14th. The playlist of Futurónica 90 is: Stephan Mathieu, A Static Place I (2010, A Static Place, 12K) Arturas BumÅ¡teinas, Refusenik (2011, Eterniday News (Vol. 1), Audiotalaia) Maile …

Arturas Bumšteinas awarded the first “Palma Ars Acustica”

“Palma Ars Acustica“, the newly created Award for Radio Art, goes this year to the Lithuanian composer and concept artist Arturas BumÅ¡teinas. The jury, made up of representatives from 11 European Public Radio Broadcasters, took its decision after the final round on Saturday, 27 April 2013 at WDR Broadcasting House. The prizewinning piece was Arturas …

New podcast: Refusenik

REFUSENIK is alias of Lithuanian composer/sound artist Arturas BumÅ¡teinas, dedicated to his solo synthesizer music, recorded in studio and performed live. “Balta Nakts” was a live set performed at Space Textures event in the Balta Nakts festival in Riga, September 2012. The concert took place in the unusual venue under the roof of central city …

New release: “Jakov & Gwizdały” by Arturas Bumšteinas

We are very happy to announce the release of Arturas BumÅ¡teinas’s latest edition in Crónica, “Jakov & GwizdaÅ‚y”, now available in the Unlimited Release series. “Jakov”, premiered at the Jaunas Muzika festival in Vilnius, April of 2012, is composed from sounds sourced from an old soviet-Lithuanian era electric organ called “Venta”. The unplugged organ was …