{"id":7822,"date":"2015-09-21T21:49:35","date_gmt":"2015-09-21T20:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/?p=7822"},"modified":"2017-01-02T11:27:55","modified_gmt":"2017-01-02T10:27:55","slug":"modular-works-2015q1-reviewed-by-touching-extremes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/?p=7822","title":{"rendered":"\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Modular Works 2015Q1\u00e2\u20ac\u009d reviewed by Touching Extremes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cronicaelectronica.org\/?p=098\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/cronica098-2015_520.jpg\" alt=\"cronica098-2015_520\" width=\"520\" height=\"508\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7765\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/cronica098-2015_520.jpg 520w, http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/cronica098-2015_520-260x254.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe metaphrasis of musique concrete presented by Jos Smolders in this short cycle of rather recent compositions has the merit of expressing carefully selected concepts with logical precision. Repeated plunges into the realm of impenetrability also reveal many of its attractive features. The three movements of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153For RH\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (about time that someone dedicated a work to the great Robert Hampson) escape right away from the quasi-mysticism typical of similar releases: successions of variable acoustic environments halfway through \u00e2\u20ac\u0153mildly unsettling\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153utterly absorbing\u00e2\u20ac\u009d warrant the listener\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s continuous focus. Smolders is able to camouflage luminescent outbursts and menacing crescendos under a patina of corrupted resonance while retaining a sense of scrupulous analysis of the sonic spectra. Heteromorphous electronics are dignified by intelligently applied subsonic enhancements and endless reverbs; a few presences from the real and the natural world are effectively placed in the mix, following the genre\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s finest traditions without \u00e2\u20ac\u0153cheap replica\u00e2\u20ac\u009d smells. The final track \u00e2\u20ac\u0153TomTomTomTom\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is an impeccable specimen of fairly abstract cinema for the ears where the composer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hand is even more visible. Coordinated propagations, constant changes in the dynamic perspective, perceptible pulses, spectacular glissando and field recordings (comprising gorgeous birds) leave us practically without questions. One can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t decide if remaining silent and start the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153vague reminiscence of what just happened\u00e2\u20ac\u009d game, or reiterating the experience as soon as possible. <em>Massimo Ricci<\/em><\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"https:\/\/touchingextremes.wordpress.com\/2015\/09\/21\/jos-smolders-modular-works-2015q1\/\">Touching Extremes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=990149230\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=e99708\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"http:\/\/cronica.bandcamp.com\/album\/modular-works-2015q1\">Modular Works 2015Q1 by Jos Smolders<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The metaphrasis of musique concrete presented by Jos Smolders in this short cycle of rather recent compositions has the merit of expressing carefully selected concepts with logical precision. Repeated plunges into the realm of impenetrability also reveal many of its attractive features. The three movements of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153For RH\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (about time that someone dedicated a work &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/?p=7822\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Modular Works 2015Q1\u00e2\u20ac\u009d reviewed by Touching Extremes&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[356,314],"class_list":["post-7822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-356","tag-jos-smolders","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7822"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7823,"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7822\/revisions\/7823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}