{"id":8655,"date":"2016-11-15T10:40:05","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T09:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/?p=8655"},"modified":"2016-12-31T17:42:03","modified_gmt":"2016-12-31T16:42:03","slug":"three-body-problem-reviewed-by-the-sound-projector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/?p=8655","title":{"rendered":"\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Three-Body Problem\u00e2\u20ac\u009d reviewed by The Sound Projector"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cronica.bandcamp.com\/album\/three-body-problem\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/cronica111-2016_520.jpg\" alt=\"cronica111-2016_520\" width=\"520\" height=\"469\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8244\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/cronica111-2016_520.jpg 520w, http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/cronica111-2016_520-260x235.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nNow sixteen albums down the line, Portuguese duo @C continue to refine their own brand of subatomic click n\u00e2\u20ac\u2122cut ambience with Three-Body Problem, which began life as Agapornis \u00e2\u20ac\u201c another puppetry piece soundtrack (like Ab Ovo before it); one inspired by the writer Ana\u00c3\u00afs Nin. The title symbolises the logistical synergy of three phases of development: the first, a kind of bi-polar dialogue between two female puppets \u00e2\u20ac\u201c described at least partly by the pairing of harp and trumpet \u00e2\u20ac\u201c informing the initial structure. This underwent considerable post-performance revision in phase two, when musical collaborators (Jo\u00c3\u00a3o Pais Filipe (cymbals and bells) and Ricardo Jacinto (cello and electronics)) added their voice, while still somehow facilitating the distillation of twenty-one tracks into just nine.<\/p>\n<p>While clearly thus a collaborative effort, no effort has been spared into merging all of the participants and themes into highly schizomorphic panoramas; a near-seamless continuum of rattling, electronic textures that sprout, tremble and bifurcate in every living moment; miraculously managing to avoid the perils of overpopulation. This ever-transformative morphology also informed the 3BP\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s video-based third phase, which while not part of the album itself, is nonetheless intrinsic to both the group\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s visuality. Some striking abstractions and patterning offer a distinctive visual description of @C\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s detailed processes \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and attest to their collaborative creative process, which unfolds beyond the needs of the individual in an ever-fluctuating galaxy of pure possibility. <em>Stuart Marshall<\/em><\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesoundprojector.com\/2016\/11\/12\/conceptual-continuity\/\">The Sound Projector<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now sixteen albums down the line, Portuguese duo @C continue to refine their own brand of subatomic click n\u00e2\u20ac\u2122cut ambience with Three-Body Problem, which began life as Agapornis \u00e2\u20ac\u201c another puppetry piece soundtrack (like Ab Ovo before it); one inspired by the writer Ana\u00c3\u00afs Nin. The title symbolises the logistical synergy of three phases of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/?p=8655\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Three-Body Problem\u00e2\u20ac\u009d reviewed by The Sound Projector&#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":[341,16,35,34],"class_list":["post-8655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-341","tag-atc","tag-miguel-carvalhais","tag-pedro-tudela","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8655","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=8655"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8656,"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8655\/revisions\/8656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}