“Crónica L” reviewed by Cyclic Defrost

Cronica celebrates their 50th release with L, a compilation pairing 18 Cronica artists into collaborations. This results in 9 new compositions, exploring various facets of the label’s approach to hazy, electro-acoustic sound art. While it’s difficult to pin Cronica down to a distinct sound, the artists here chiefly work in drones, in which field recording …

“Crónica L” at Terje Paulsen’s 2010 Favorites

Crónica’s compilation, released in 2010 to mark our 50th edition, was selected as one of the highlights of 2010 by Terje Paulsen at Spiritual Archives. “Crónica L” was freely distributed to all the subscribers of Neural magazine (issue #36, May 2010) and not sold through any of the usual distribution channels. We do however still …

Futurónica #25

Episode 25 of Futurónica, a broadcast in Rádio Zero (every two weeks, on Friday nights, repeating on Tuesdays at 01h) airs tomorrow, December 31st at 21h (GMT). The playlist for Futurónica #25 is: Giuseppe Ielasi, 14 (2010, 15 Tapes, Senufo editions) Stephan Mathieu, To Describe George Washington Bridge (2010, To Describe George Washington Bridge, Dekorder) …

Crónica releases are now available at various online stores

Several Crónica disc releases are now available through various online stores, besides Boomkat, through which store we have been distributing our releases for the last couple of years. You can currently find most of the latest releases available for purchase and download through outlets as iTunes, Amazon, emusic, Fnac, Napster, Juno, among others. Nicolas Bernier’s …

“Crónica L” reviewed by Monsieur Délire

The Portugese label Crónica is celebrating its 50th release with a beautiful compilation album. Nine collaborations between 18 of the label’s key artists, 18 artists all illustrating in their own way the label’s aesthetics of sound experimentation and redefinition of the act of listening. I would point out the collaborations between Gilles Aubry and Paulo …

“Crónica L” reviewed by Vital Weekly

Labels sometimes release label samplers, which is of course if you need to reach a new audience. Sometimes they come with a magazine. And sometimes they are send to magazines for review. I never like to review compilations, but least of all those label samplers. It’s usually stuff I already reviewed or sneak preview, but …

Futurónica #11

Episode 11 of Futurónica, a broadcast in Rádio Zero airs tomorrow, July 2nd at 08h (GMT), as part of the RadiaLX 2010 festival. Futurónica #11 presents the recently released “Crónica L” compilation, featuring: Enrico Coniglio + Janek Schaefer, Unfurling Fugue Gilles Aubry + Paulo Raposo, Forms of Suspension Marc Behrens + Cem Güney, Mouth to …