Guitarras Variáveis in Maia

Albrecht Loops, Alexandre Soares and Pedro Almeida will be performing at Fórum da Maia (café-concerto) one more experimental non-fixed improvised guitar session of “Guitarras Variáveis” “Guitarras Variáveis” (Variable guitars) is an experimental project that approaches and explores the improvised side of the guitar as an instrument of sound creation. It aims to gather musicians, despite …

It’s tonight: Natal dos Experimentais 2012!

It’s tonight: from 22h30 onwards at Passos Manuel in Porto. Natal dos Experimentais, Crónica’s holiday season event, this year with SSS-Q (with visuals from Maria Mónica), Golden Cup and the trio of Carlos Zíngaro with @c. All of this with free entrance, Crónica gifts to distribute and Crónica DJs after the performances! More information at …

Futurónica 73

Next Thursday, October 18th, the 73rd episode of Futurónica will be broadcasted live from Maus Hábitos, in Porto, during the first night of the Futureplaces festival. Miguel Carvalhais, Pedro Almeida, João Cruz and Marc Behrens will run the special four hour long emission, centered in Crónica but expanding far beyond it. Be sure to catch …

Futurónica #47

Episode 47 of Futurónica will air live from the Future Places festival and the Rádio Futura studio next Friday night, from 22h to 02h (GMT). Selecting and mixing from the Crónica catalogue will be Miguel Carvalhais, Pedro Tudela, Cruz and Pedro Almeida. Rádio Futura will broadcast locally in the 102.1 MHz frequency, you can also …

Playlist of Futurónica #19

Last night’s broadcast of Futurónica, live at Rádio Futura at the Future Places festival in Porto: Akira Rabelais, Hollywood Boulevard between Betty Grable’s and Rod Serling’s stars… August 26th, 2006. (2008, Hollywood) Elsa Justel, Du libe tu? (2007, Mâts) Full Swing, Yo La Tengo [Hoboken Beach Bums] Edit, (2002, Full Swing Edits, Orthlorng Musork) Philippe Mion, Confidence …

Futurónica #19

Tonight, live from Porto, Crónica will perform a special broadcast of Futurónica (its regular program in Rádio Zero) as its participation in the Future Places festival. Non-stop from 10PM to 2AM, with all the Crónica staff (the five of them), their music collections and open microphones. Live broadcast in Porto at 91.5FM, streaming through Rádio …

Futurónica #08

Episode 8 of Futurónica, a broadcast in Rádio Zero (every two weeks, on Friday nights, repeating on Tuesdays at 01h) airs tomorrow, May 21 at 21h (GMT). The playlist for Futurónica #08 is: Pedro Tudela, Op1s2s2m (from mus*****c) Young Gods, December (from Heaven Deconstruction, Play it Again Sam) Deadly Weapons, King Cobra (from Deadly Weapons, …

Pedro Almeida’s highlights of 2009

Alesis DM5: my new gesture-midi-sound-tool “guitarras variáves” (variable guitars) at Balleteatro: the concert and the late night rehearsal the day before EME.LL : was pleased 2 B part of this “laptop ensemble” organized by Vitor Joaquim: 16 laptops live!.. 4 stereos!!! 4 cool projections…it was powerful! had lots of fun making sounds with lost and …

New Crónicaster: “Futurónica 2 — Radios and Guitars” by Pedro Almeida

“Futurónica 2 — Radios and Guitars” is the second in a series of four hour-long programs that Crónica broadcasted in Rádio Futura in Porto, during the Future Places festival of 2009. Download here or subscribe to the podcast in iTunes.