“Home, Sweet Home” reviewed by Goûte Mes Disques

Alors qu’on se remet tout doucement de la claque infligée par Marc Behrens avec son sublime Sleppet, l’excellent label portugais Crónica vous propose de déguster gratuitement le nouvel album de Durán Vazquez, Home Sweet Home. Le titre ne trompe pas, il s’agira bel et bien ici de six pistes d’un field recording inspiré et aventureux …

“Home, Sweet Home” reviewed by Rockerilla

I dischi di fields recording cer- cano spesso di costruire una sto- ria tra realtà e immaginazione. Il film senza immagini architet- tato dallo spagnolo Durán Vázquez in occasione del suo ultimo album per la portoghese Cronica (il disco è disponibile in download gratuito sul sito del- l’etichetta) riesce perfettamente nell’impresa. La prima traccia in …

“Home, Sweet Home” reviewed by Bad Alchemy

Dracula findet nur in transylvanischer Heimaterde Schlaf, Vazquez bietet hier ein akustisches Konzentrat seines Zuhauses. Vielleicht muss man aus Vigo stammen, vom Zipfel Spaniens an der atlantischen Küste, oder zumindest an einer Wasserkante siedeln, um dabei süße Déjà-vus zu empfinden. “Dabei” heißt Wind- und Brandungsgebraus, Verkehrs- und Baustellenlärm, Kinderkirren und Mövengeschreie, Autogehupe, Alarmanlagen, Glockengeläut, das …

New Crónicaster: “Futurónica 4” by Miguel Carvalhais

“Futurónica 4” is the fourth and final in a series of hour-long programs that Crónica broadcasted in Rádio Futura in Porto, during the Future Places festival of 2009. This mix included pieces by Marc Behrens, Durán Vázquez, Gilles Aubry, Enrico Coniglio, Heitor Alvelos, Lawrence English, Paulo Raposo, Ákos Garai and @c. Download here or subscribe …

“Home, Sweet Home” reviewed by The Sound Projector

(…) if you enjoy field recordings, you can get Home, Sweet Home (CRÓNICA 045) as a free download from the above label. Duran Vázquez has assembled a dense collage of sounds captured in Vigo, a large coastal town in Galicia. His wide-open mic welcomes the rich chaos and noise of all things urban, something which …

“Home, Sweet Home” reviewed by Monsieur Délire

A free release from the superior Portuguese electroacoustic label Crónica (use the link below to download it). Home, Sweet Home shares seagulls with Sleppet. Duran Vazquez has put together a fine record of treated filed recordings. It doesn’t have the sophisticated aesthetics of Marc Behrens’ album, but it remains a strong work of ambiant electroacoustics …

Natal dos Experimentais 2009

Next Saturday December 19 at Passos Manuel, Crónica presents the 2009 edition of the Natal dos Experimentais performances. This year featuring live performances of Nuno Aroso, Durán Vázquez, @c and Pal, followed by the Crónica DJs. Entrance if free, and there will be Crónica gifts for the first to arrive.

Durán Vázquez’s highlights of 2009

In the bad side: 1. Great lies from media manipulation increases once again: -Economic Crisis instead of Monopolistic concentration of wealth; -War on Terror instead of False Flag Attacks; -Improvement of Security instead of Control on population; -Sanitary Alarm instead of Pharmaceutical business; -Anthropogenic Climate Change instead of Further carbon taxes; -Genetic Property Rights instead …