http://www.neural.it/sound/ en Copyright 2013 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:03:10 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 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 ]]> http://www.neural.it/sound/2013/04/ulrich_troyer_meets_georg_blaschke_somatic_soundtracks.phtml http://www.neural.it/sound/2013/04/ulrich_troyer_meets_georg_blaschke_somatic_soundtracks.phtml experimental Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:03:10 +0000 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]]> http://www.neural.it/sound/2013/04/radiomentale_eric_pajot_iland.phtml http://www.neural.it/sound/2013/04/radiomentale_eric_pajot_iland.phtml field recordings Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:49:33 +0000 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]]> http://www.neural.it/sound/2013/04/plinth_collected_machine_music.phtml http://www.neural.it/sound/2013/04/plinth_collected_machine_music.phtml experimental Thu, 18 Apr 2013 09:39:51 +0000 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 ]]> http://www.neural.it/sound/2013/04/mathias_delplanque_chutes.phtml http://www.neural.it/sound/2013/04/mathias_delplanque_chutes.phtml impro Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:17:44 +0000 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 ]]> http://www.neural.it/sound/2013/04/ephraim_wegner_julia_weinmann_eins_bis_sechzehn.phtml http://www.neural.it/sound/2013/04/ephraim_wegner_julia_weinmann_eins_bis_sechzehn.phtml field recordings Tue, 09 Apr 2013 09:19:41 +0000 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]]> http://www.neural.it/sound/2013/04/aavv_between.phtml http://www.neural.it/sound/2013/04/aavv_between.phtml audio art Fri, 05 Apr 2013 09:47:37 +0000 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]]> http://www.neural.it/sound/2013/03/tree_people_pokemachine_split.phtml http://www.neural.it/sound/2013/03/tree_people_pokemachine_split.phtml noise Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:22:36 +0000 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 ]]> http://www.neural.it/sound/2013/03/quartz_five_years_on_cold_asphalt.phtml http://www.neural.it/sound/2013/03/quartz_five_years_on_cold_asphalt.phtml experimental Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:27:39 +0000 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 ]]> http://www.neural.it/sound/2013/03/nad_spiro_atomic_spy.phtml http://www.neural.it/sound/2013/03/nad_spiro_atomic_spy.phtml experimental Mon, 18 Mar 2013 06:30:06 +0000 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]]> http://www.neural.it/sound/2013/03/murmer_what_are_the_roots_that_clutch.phtml http://www.neural.it/sound/2013/03/murmer_what_are_the_roots_that_clutch.phtml experimental Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:27:20 +0000 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 ]]> http://www.neural.it/sound/2013/03/lingouf_terre_de_pierres.phtml http://www.neural.it/sound/2013/03/lingouf_terre_de_pierres.phtml experimental Fri, 08 Mar 2013 10:31:35 +0000 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]]> http://www.neural.it/sound/2013/03/lawrence_english_for_not_for_john_cage.phtml http://www.neural.it/sound/2013/03/lawrence_english_for_not_for_john_cage.phtml experimental Wed, 06 Mar 2013 09:34:45 +0000 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]]> http://www.neural.it/sound/2013/03/kid_koala_12_bit_blues.phtml http://www.neural.it/sound/2013/03/kid_koala_12_bit_blues.phtml experimental Fri, 01 Mar 2013 11:09:38 +0000 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 ]]> http://www.neural.it/sound/2013/02/dakim_34_fragments.phtml http://www.neural.it/sound/2013/02/dakim_34_fragments.phtml abstract Wed, 27 Feb 2013 10:48:47 +0000 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]]> http://www.neural.it/sound/2013/02/john_cage_song_books.phtml http://www.neural.it/sound/2013/02/john_cage_song_books.phtml experimental Thu, 21 Feb 2013 11:01:23 +0000