tag:www.neural.it,2013:/sound/2 2013-04-26T08:04:08Z Movable Type 3.2 tag:www.neural.it,2013:/sound//2.10539 2013-04-26T09:03:10Z 2013-04-26T08:04:08Z

CD - 4Bit Among the cuts of Somatic Soundtracks we find analogue synthesizers, loops, effects and guitars. The compositions were created in 2010 and 2012 to provide material for the choreographic work of Georg Blaschke, a dancer and maths/philosophy/pedagogy graduate....

Aurelio Cianciotta http://wickedstyle.neural.it CD - 4Bit
Among the cuts of Somatic Soundtracks we find analogue synthesizers, loops, effects and guitars. The compositions were created in 2010 and 2012 to provide material for the choreographic work of Georg Blaschke, a dancer and maths/philosophy/pedagogy graduate. Blaschke was previously ]]> a member of Pilottanzt, a contemporary dance academy very interested in inter-disciplinary collaboration and the integration of different formal languages. The scores here are very minimal, sensitive and pulsating. They are articulated by a symbiotic harmony of atmospheres, movements and spaces, deconstructed in experimental blends and saturated with a mixture of noises and drones, producing hypnotic sequences. The fascinating result is partly due to the multichannel audio techniques employed. The quality of the sound and the merging of acousmatic features are evidence of an approach that doesn’t get stuck in abstractions or formalisms, and there are clear references to Troyer’s passion for dub, reggae and techno. There is no lack of rigour and coherence on display and listeners should bear in mind the original context of the compositions – focus should be placed on the inner worlds recalled, on the passages of “scenes” and on the iterations of the different audio elements that suddenly form exciting new musical units. There is a certain lack of information available regarding how the two artforms are conjoined in the performance of this work, but this absence is largely made up for by the narrative density and extensive imaginative scope of the sounds. tag:www.neural.it,2013:/sound//2.10529 2013-04-23T09:49:33Z 2013-04-23T08:51:33Z

CD - f4 Music On first listening it is not easy to recognize the genealogy of this duo, whose origins are grounded in the rave and techno scenes of the nineties, in dj culture, and in a fascination with synthetic...

Aurelio Cianciotta http://wickedstyle.neural.it CD - f4 Music
On first listening it is not easy to recognize the genealogy of this duo, whose origins are grounded in the rave and techno scenes of the nineties, in dj culture, and in a fascination with synthetic sounds and sci-fi movie settings. Jean-Yves Leloup and Eric Pajot, aka Radiomentale]]> Aurelio Cianciotta ]]> tag:www.neural.it,2013:/sound//2.10527 2013-04-18T09:39:51Z 2013-04-18T08:38:31Z

CD - Time Released Sound We are immediately moved to an unreal dimension, hyper melodious and out of time. This work has been realized using boîte à musique (music boxes), devices that function as automatic instruments. Thin sheets of steel...

Aurelio Cianciotta http://wickedstyle.neural.it CD - Time Released Sound
We are immediately moved to an unreal dimension, hyper melodious and out of time. This work has been realized using boîte à musique (music boxes), devices that function as automatic instruments. Thin sheets of steel arranged in combs are made to vibrate using pins and rollers or a spinning plate, producing]]> Aurelio Cianciotta]]> tag:www.neural.it,2013:/sound//2.10524 2013-04-12T10:17:44Z 2013-04-12T09:18:14Z

CD - Baskaru Mathias Delplanque is a talented musician with experience performing sound installation works and electro-acoustic compositions. His creations often balance objects and audio captures, giving life to interesting digital textures. His approach includes improvisational elements but emphasis is...

Aurelio Cianciotta http://wickedstyle.neural.it CD - Baskaru
Mathias Delplanque is a talented musician with experience performing sound installation works and electro-acoustic compositions. His creations often balance objects and audio captures, giving life to interesting digital textures. His approach includes improvisational elements but emphasis is ]]> Aurelio Cianciotta ]]> tag:www.neural.it,2013:/sound//2.10522 2013-04-09T09:19:41Z 2013-04-09T08:20:14Z

CD - Crónica A hotel in ruins, burdened with memories and environments evocative of fascinating decadence. Here are spaces that became uninhabitable, now only remotely reminiscent of the splendour of the 60s through 80s, during which period the tourist industry...

Aurelio Cianciotta http://wickedstyle.neural.it CD - Crónica
A hotel in ruins, burdened with memories and environments evocative of fascinating decadence. Here are spaces that became uninhabitable, now only remotely reminiscent of the splendour of the 60s through 80s, during which period the tourist industry embraced an approach that leaned ]]> Aurelio Cianciotta]]> tag:www.neural.it,2013:/sound//2.10520 2013-04-05T09:47:37Z 2013-04-05T09:16:59Z

CD - 12K Recorded live at the Kinse Ryokan in Kyoto, on 8th October 2012, Between is the creation of an ensemble of uncommon talent and inspiration. It is rare to come across a roster that combines such names as...

Aurelio Cianciotta http://wickedstyle.neural.it CD - 12K
Recorded live at the Kinse Ryokan in Kyoto, on 8th October 2012, Between is the creation of an ensemble of uncommon talent and inspiration. It is rare to come across a roster that combines such names as Taylor Deupree, Simon Scott, Corey Fuller, Marcus Fischer and Tomoyoshi Date. Although]]> Aurelio Cianciotta]]> tag:www.neural.it,2013:/sound//2.10331 2013-03-27T11:22:36Z 2013-03-27T10:23:39Z

7" + 3D book - Le Petit Mignon Located in the shop of the Staalplaat crew in Berlin, Le Petit Mignon is a music label that also hides a publishing house and an itinerant art gallery focused on DIY culture,...

Aurelio Cianciotta http://wickedstyle.neural.it 7" + 3D book - Le Petit Mignon
Located in the shop of the Staalplaat crew in Berlin, Le Petit Mignon is a music label that also hides a publishing house and an itinerant art gallery focused on DIY culture, underground art and graphic design. The company has recently released a new album that is absolutely worthy of attention]]> Aurelio Cianciotta]]> tag:www.neural.it,2013:/sound//2.10329 2013-03-21T11:27:39Z 2013-03-21T10:28:30Z

CD - Crónica His debut album on Crónica Electronica, a Portuguese label well known to the lovers of the experimental scene, Five Years On Cold Asphalt is the beginning of the solo career of Alexandr Vatagin, aka Quarz, already famous...

Aurelio Cianciotta http://wickedstyle.neural.it CD - Crónica
His debut album on Crónica Electronica, a Portuguese label well known to the lovers of the experimental scene, Five Years On Cold Asphalt is the beginning of the solo career of Alexandr Vatagin, aka Quarz, already famous for his collaborations with Valeot and Liska Records, and for his commitment ]]> to the Tupolev ensemble and Port Royal. The Viennese artist realizes refined scans, blending field recordings and drones, electronics and electroacoustics, microtones and pulsing audio emergencies, creating passages that are always mellow and mysterious, involving and animated by passion. Vatagin’s mixes seem to combine many different stylistic approaches: as a result, he makes possible a coexistence between free improvisation and abstract jazz influences, the digital contributions of Alexandre Schubert and Nicolas Bernier, Martin Siewert, Stefan Nemeth and David Schweighart’s guitar, synth and samples and Bernhard Breuer’s drums. We are presented with a very personal cosmogony, filled with textures that are full of life and supported by a complex musical plot. As if by magic, passages with no apparent shape gradually find their own way. The record leaves a strong impression on the listener for a number of reasons, including the sensitivity and the linear progression of the harmonic characters and the alternation and mutual transformation of opposing elements. Due to this meeting, something coherent and complete comes to life, underpinned by the creation of elegant, reactive and changeable synthonies. tag:www.neural.it,2013:/sound//2.10328 2013-03-18T06:30:06Z 2013-03-18T05:31:52Z

CD - Geometrik Dark, twisted, cerebral resonances filled with electronic retreats and industrial audio emergencies are mixed with drones, percussive electroacoustic insertions and clotted vocal breaks. The whole generates maudit suggestions and shocking and claustrophobic atmospheres that maintain a great...

Aurelio Cianciotta http://wickedstyle.neural.it CD - Geometrik
Dark, twisted, cerebral resonances filled with electronic retreats and industrial audio emergencies are mixed with drones, percussive electroacoustic insertions and clotted vocal breaks. The whole generates maudit suggestions and shocking and claustrophobic atmospheres that maintain a great charm ]]> Aurelio Cianciotta ]]> tag:www.neural.it,2013:/sound//2.10326 2013-03-12T10:27:20Z 2013-04-14T18:32:39Z

CD - Helen Scarsdale Under the moniker of Murmer hides Patrick McGinley, a field recordist who we remember for his We Share a Shadow, released in 2007 and the interesting live albums with Jim Haynes, another sound artist who works...

Aurelio Cianciotta http://wickedstyle.neural.it CD - Helen Scarsdale
Under the moniker of Murmer hides Patrick McGinley, a field recordist who we remember for his We Share a Shadow, released in 2007 and the interesting live albums with Jim Haynes, another sound artist who works with Helen Scarsdale, a label specializing in the ambient and drone genres]]> Aurelio Cianciotta]]> tag:www.neural.it,2013:/sound//2.10323 2013-03-08T10:31:35Z 2013-03-08T09:32:34Z

CD- Ant-Zen The record opens with the minimal sounds of a clock, its ticking mixed with very frail ambient sounds. The texture gradually fills out with overlapping recordings and other elements that reveal a melodic and rhythmic matrix. The matrix...

Aurelio Cianciotta http://wickedstyle.neural.it CD- Ant-Zen
The record opens with the minimal sounds of a clock, its ticking mixed with very frail ambient sounds. The texture gradually fills out with overlapping recordings and other elements that reveal a melodic and rhythmic matrix. The matrix appears to be based on a fascination with time, with cryptic ]]> Aurelio Cianciotta]]> tag:www.neural.it,2013:/sound//2.10322 2013-03-06T09:34:45Z 2013-03-06T08:35:01Z

CD - Line The ambivalence of the title “For/Not For John Cage” and the reference to the master (whose birthday saw its hundredth anniversary last year) is suggestive of a versatile, multi-sided and chaotic treatment. While partially the case the...

Aurelio Cianciotta http://wickedstyle.neural.it CD - Line
The ambivalence of the title “For/Not For John Cage” and the reference to the master (whose birthday saw its hundredth anniversary last year) is suggestive of a versatile, multi-sided and chaotic treatment. While partially the case the record also features pleasantly iterated and ambient frequencies]]> Aurelio Cianciotta ]]> tag:www.neural.it,2013:/sound//2.10319 2013-03-01T11:09:38Z 2013-03-01T10:09:52Z

CD - Ninja Tune Thanks to the ability and versatility of Kid Koala, it is possible that an album in an oblique blues style with abstract hip-hop contaminations may also assume more experimental connotations, attractive to a certain niche audience...

Aurelio Cianciotta http://wickedstyle.neural.it CD - Ninja Tune
Thanks to the ability and versatility of Kid Koala, it is possible that an album in an oblique blues style with abstract hip-hop contaminations may also assume more experimental connotations, attractive to a certain niche audience used to dissonances, manipulations and other extreme exercises in style]]> Aurelio Cianciotta]]> tag:www.neural.it,2013:/sound//2.10317 2013-02-27T10:48:47Z 2013-02-27T09:48:16Z

CD - Senufo Editions From the San Francisco Bay Area in California comes Dakim Saadiq, also known under the moniker Dak as an abstract hip-hop producer and lo-fi experimenter. In 34 Fragments, varying the sound quality of his sources, Saadiq...

Aurelio Cianciotta http://wickedstyle.neural.it CD - Senufo Editions
From the San Francisco Bay Area in California comes Dakim Saadiq, also known under the moniker Dak as an abstract hip-hop producer and lo-fi experimenter. In 34 Fragments, varying the sound quality of his sources, Saadiq subjects his audio captures – collected along the many branches ]]> Aurelio Cianciotta]]> tag:www.neural.it,2013:/sound//2.10316 2013-02-21T11:01:23Z 2013-02-21T10:02:31Z

2CD + booklet - Sub Rosa The re-release of a John Cage work always gives a reviewer the opportunity to underline the importance of this figure in the evolution of the contemporary music. 2012 saw the hundredth anniversary of the...

Aurelio Cianciotta http://wickedstyle.neural.it 2CD + booklet - Sub Rosa
The re-release of a John Cage work always gives a reviewer the opportunity to underline the importance of this figure in the evolution of the contemporary music. 2012 saw the hundredth anniversary of the composer’s birth, resulting in celebrations and special event across the world]]> Aurelio Cianciotta ]]>