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Offset. PALI MEURSAULT (Doubtful Sounds 2013) Review by David Vélez From the liner notes This work is the result of a research about the mechanical sounds of printing machines. I was invited in two different printing workshops in Grenoble and…
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Ars abscondita JOAO CASTRO PINTO (OtO 2013) Article / interview by David Vélez ‘Ars abscondita’ is an interesting release by composer Joao Castro Pinto. It has plenty of narrative potential and the sounds present loads of detail and craft. This…
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Quasi static crack propagation YANN LEGUAY (Consumer Waste 2013) Review by David Vélez From the liner notes ‘Yann Leguay is a true media saboteur. He appropriates industrial machinery for the playback of musical media (using an angle grinder to perform…
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Before me RICHARD GARET (2013) Review by David Vélez Preface I am reviewing this piece based on material sent by Richard Garet and the MOMA, and also based on documentation that I have collected over the past month. Unfortunately I…
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Transmission JUAN CORTÉS (2013) Review by David Vélez Among the many concepts and notions that I find basic and even redundant in regard of ‘sound art’ one that I find particularly elementary is that sound art doesn’t necessarily have…
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These walls resemble absence MUFI.RE -Rui Almedia- (3Leaves 2013) Review by David Vélez There is a special quality to the work of Rui Almedia that makes his compositions particularly appealing and intriguing. I think this quality has something to do with the…