Space as an instrument, played by the melancholy of an electric guitar. Clouds of dark-matter in sound, sculpting the atmosphere of the medieval church into an aural signifier of decay. Edited recording of an audiovisual performance that took place on the Autumn Equinox, at Igreja de S. Vicente, Évora. The Crónicaster presents regular digital releases [...]

Andrea Neumann, Ana Veloso, Diana Combo, Filipe Silva and João Martins met at a workshop organized by the Serralves contemporary art museum. Together, they explored the relationships between music and gestures, working at two levels: group improvisation and the awareness of the movements necessary for the production of sound and for daily communication. The process [...]

This live set was performed in the past edition of Sónar Barcelona 2011. An ensemble of processes of granular synthesis, analog synthesis and raw field recordings that serves as a guideline to create a balanced narrative line of experimental electronica, sound design and sound art. Xesús Valle captures all kinds of field recordings, sound-walks and [...]

This sound work was commissioned by French independent radio JET FM (Nantes) in May 2008. Mathias Delplanque spent one week recording sounds in the radio’s offices and used them as a material for a composition halfway between sound documentary, musique concrète and electronica. “Radio Station” takes part in Mathias Delplanque’s series of works dedicated to [...]

Marianne Schuppe is a singer, improviser, writer and teacher focusing on voice and flexibility between words and music. Besides her interpreting works of Giacinto Scelsi and Morton Feldman, she performs solo and in various ensembles, and has been involved in radioplays, life-performance and music-theatre. Her voice and performance style have inspired composers to write solo [...]

Crónicast 079, Ennio Mazzon 26’30″, 63.7MB “For Warmth” has been composed in memory of a rainy night in Istanbul [28/10/10]. Raindrops, traffic and city’s echoes have been recorded from my hotel’s room, in front of the Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Blue Mosque). That night I couldn’t sleep. My bed wasn’t warm enough so I started recording. [...]

Crónicast 077, .at/on 31’16″, 61.2MB Live recording of Anton Holota at “Swood: in the night of sparkling ambient”, Cinema club, Kyiv, Ukraine, 24th October 2008. The Crónicaster presents regular digital releases of Crónica related pieces: radio broadcasts, live performances, special remixes, and everything else we can get our hands into. Crónicaster is licensed under a [...]

“Shadow (of Shadows)” for organ and electronics, Algirdas Biveinis (organ). This piece was composed by Arturas Bumšteinas in Warsaw, November 2010 and premiered by Algirdas Biveinis in Vilnius, December of the same year. The premiere took place in St. Johns’ church which accommodates the largest pipe organ in Lithuania. The concert was attended by a [...]

“Templos” is an installation where the behavior of sound in pre-twentieth century churches is explored. In this case, an installation was presented at the Areatec foundation in Buenos Aires, where the church of San José de Flores was taken as the parameter. The opening event featured a live performance with fragments of the various works [...]

These is a sound mixed journey through south-east Asia, recorded in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, Hong Kong and one close island.The significant sonorous aspects you can hear are the Hong Kong tramway (called “ting ting” by locals, because the driver hits that bell now and then). Also from Hong Kong is the traffic signal for blind [...]

Crónicast 073, Michael Delia & Simon Whetham 23’14″, 33.5MB Michael Delia and Simon Whetham collaborative performance recorded at the Školská 28 gallery space in Prague Saturday 20th November 2010. Simon Whetham was invited to perform at Školská 28, Prague, on 20th November 2010. In addition to playing his signature solo field recording composition, using only [...]

Crónicast 072, Enrico Coniglio 20’26″, 29.6MB Going with my binaural mics on the 21st November 2010 to the Basilica of St. Mary of Health (in italian “Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute”) at Punta della Dogana (Venice-Italy), during the typical feast-day. Thousands of people visit the main altar of the church to give thanks to [...]