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O Rio / The River Vol 2. LUÍS ANTERO (Impulsive Habitat 2013) Review by Cheryl Tipp Luís Antero returns to the Alvoco Valley with ‘O Rio / The River Vol. 2’, the latest manifestation of his ongoing relationship with this area of rural Portugal. The…
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Justin Boyd: Sound and Time
Great documentary by Walley Films on the work of sound artist Justin Boyd. Justin Boyd, Department Chair of Sculpture and Integrated Media at Southwest School of Art, shares his connection with sound and how he uses it to create original works of art. Inspired by…
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Interview with Slavek Kwi by Tobias Fischer Complementary disconnections As he puts it himself, Ireland-based sound artist Slavek Kwi is “obsessed by freedom”: The freedom to accept or refuse traditions, the freedom to use or disregard cultural references, the freedom to establish his own ideologies…
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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 is a work where the…
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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 the live destruction of a…
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shinkei & mise_en_scene – scytale
Subtle compositions create a bridge between the listener and the listener, to unknown places of imaginative audition, like those present in “Scytale“, a fantastic work by Shinkei and mise_en_scene full of indescribable moments and movements. Sounds leading to silences, silences leading to sounds. One may even feel…
