During an extended stay in Lisbon, courtesy of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland erupting and causing european airspace to be closed, Simon Whetham explored the sonorities of city, and the surrounding countryside, using the various microphones he employs in his work. In addition to a Sennheiser shotgun microphone and two Tram lavalier mics, which capture …
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Episode 78 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, December 28th. The playlist of Futurónica 78 is: Simon Whetham, Inertia, Rising (2013, Never So Alone, Crónica) Simon Whetham, (Interlude, Lifesigns/Ashcloud) (2013, Never So Alone, Crónica) Simon Whetham, A …
Simon Whetham verbrachte 2009 einige Zeit als “artist in residence” in Estland, arbeitete dort an Tracks und improvisierte mit Klangkünstlern und Musikern. Anlässlich der Austellung dieser Ergebnisse in Großbritannien organisierte er dazu Duo-Performances mit Künstlern wie Philip Jeck, Scanner, Skjolbrodt, Ekoplekz, John Grzinich, Iris Garrelfs und Rhodri Davies. Einige zusammenarbeiten versammelt jetzt diese spannende Compilation, …
A lot ambient-electronic have a distinct industrial feel: the hum of giant machines and installations, soothing at some times, ominous – or even threatening – at other. Quiet and reassuring when distant, but loud and aggressive when close. Though this may not be exactly what you expect of “ambient music”, it definitely is part of …
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Episode 62 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, May 18th. The playlist of Futurónica 62 is: Pure, Piercing Clouds With Laserguns (2012, Loud Listening, Crónica) @c, Novantuno (per Enrico) (2012, Loud Listening, Crónica) Gintas K, Before One …
Four Italian soundscape artists worked in four ailing Italian industrial sites. Their work aimed to capture the strength of industrial noises, providing a “loud experience†of mechanical hums, natural drones, metal squeaks, waves of steam and the sounds of raw materials, simultaneously proposing to reflect over the meaning and the high social value of industries …
Crónica is very happy to present the new release in the Unlimited Series of editions, “Crossoversâ€, a compilation documenting a series of encounters that happened in 2011 during the “Active Crossover†project. “Active Crossover†is a project initiated by Simon Whetham during a residency at the Polymer Factory Culturehouse, Tallinn, Estonia in 2009. During the …
Firld recording exploded as a practice in experimental music during the 2000s. It has been used in the most varied ways, transcending its basic nature of “sampling” the environment, and in some inspired cases evolving a more conscious sense of recording something specific, then trying to preserve the sense of that place in subsequent uses. …
