mp3 classics

Stephan Mathieu is sharing, only for the next 4 weeks, 31 Transcriptions of Gospel, early and classical music, hillbilly, jazz, jube, pre-war pop, mainly acoustic or very early electrical recordings from the late 1910s to the very early 30s. The records are played back on a mechanical 1927 HMV 101 gramophone and recorded with a Schoeps microphone as is, without EQ treatments or the likes.

Online at http://blog.myspace.com/stephanmathieu

Guitarras Variáveis @ Museu Nogueira da Silva, Braga, Portugal

Shinjiro Yamaguchi, André Gonçalves, Tó Trips, Pedro Almeida
2007.11.16
23h
Museu Nogueira da Silva
Braga, Portugal

+info:
www.larapal.org/guitarrasvariaveis

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(Eng)
"Guitarras Variáveis" (Variable guitars) is an experimental project that approaches and explores the improvised side of the guitar as an instrument of sound creation. It aims to gather musicians, despite their academic or free styled orientations on a uncommitted way of guitar-chating. Amplified influences, repeated chords, rebuild non-fixed structures and distortorted melodies focus on exploring the act of performance, the individual techniques and the exchanging attitude. 

The ideia came up at EME2003 - Experimental Music Encounters (Palmela - Setúbal, Portugal), where Pedro Almeida invited musicians Luis Varatojo and João Hora for a improvised guitar gig. Here is the list of the participants since then: André Gonçalves (okSuitcase), Alexandre Costa, Alexandre Soares (3 Tristes Tigres), Horácio Marques, João Hora (FFT), LOC, Luís Varatojo (A Naifa), Manuel Guimarães, Paulo Lopes (Repórter Estrábico), Pedro Almeida (aCUR) and Pedro Boavida

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(Por)
"Guitarras Variáveis" é o resultado de uma união de músicos que usam a guitarra como um instrumento comum de exploração, composição e base melódica. A consciência e a importância das influências, e dos géneros que cada um extraiu no seu percurso individual, levam os participantes a expor o lado descomprometido dos acordes estandardizados do rock, das notas repetitivas da electrónica e da fluidez espontânea da improvisação. O lado imaginativo desta partilha sonora procura no experimentalismo uma outra forma de apresentação e atitude musical da guitarra.

O projecto surgiu numa iniciativa de Pedro Almeida, com Luís Varatojo e João Hora nos Encontros de Música Experimental EME2003, em Palmela (Setúbal, Portugal). Participaram até agora, André Gonçalves (okSuitcase), Alexandre Costa, Alexandre Soares (3 Tristes Tigres), Horácio Marques, João Hora (FFT), LOC, Luís Varatojo (A Naifa), Manuel Guimarães, Paulo Lopes (Repórter Estrábico), Pedro Almeida (aCUR) e Pedro Boavida

CRÓNICA @ "Atlantic Waves Festival"_01

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CRÓNICA @ "Atlantic Waves Festival"

Crónica curated programme at the Atlantic Waves Festival in London.
Saturday, November 10, at the ICA, experimental music and live visuals with three exclusive trios:
Vitor Joaquim, Ran Slavin, o.blaat and Mud from Otolab
@c, Aki Onda, Gert-Jan Prins and Lia
Gintas K, The Beautiful Schizophonic, TBA and Tina Frank

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A Crónica tem a seu cargo a noite de 10 de Novembro no Festival Atlantic Waves, em Londres.
Música experimental e visuals ao vivo com 3 exclusivos trios no ICA:
Vitor Joaquim, Ran Slavin, o.blaat e Mud do Otolab
@c, Aki Onda, Gert-Jan Prins e Lia
Gintas K, The Beautiful Schizophonic, TBA e Tina Frank

TRAMA FESTIVAL: artes performativas | performing arts

(POR)
TRAMA
FESTIVAL DE ARTES PERFORMATIVAS . 2ª EDIÇÃO
2, 3 e 4 NOVEMBRO . PORTO. PORTUGAL

A 2ª Edição da Trama - Festival de Artes Performativas, programada em parceria com a
Fundação de Serralves, a Casa da Música, a Matéria Prima, o brrr _ Festival de Live Art e
a produtora Lado B, apresentará no fim de semana de 2, 3 e 4 de Novembro, várias
propostas nas áreas da música, da dança e da live art numa exploração das suas
potencialidades performativas e experimentais.
Informal e flexível o programa desta segunda edição da Trama é organizado como percurso
pela cidade do Porto, congregando agentes e espaços culturais distintos e dialogando com
os públicos em espaços institucionais e não-convencionais, interiores e exteriores.
Os percursos prolongam-se pela noite, destacando-se a festa Trama e o Tramming que, na
Casa da Música, tomará o lugar do habitual Clubbing.

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(ENG)
2nd TRAMA - PERFORMING ARTS FESTIVAL
NOVEMBER 2, 3 and 4, 2007. PORTO, PORTUGAL

The second edition of Trama – Performing Arts Festival, results from a partnership between the Serralves Foundation, Casa da Música, brrr _Live Art, Lado B and Matéria Prima, and presents various proposals in the fields of music, dance and live art during the weekend of November 2-4.

Specifically designed for the city of Oporto, Trama builds a unique urban network, from the Baixa zone to Boavista, including the Castle of Queijo, revealing - and sometimes returning - new geographies to spectators and artists. By means of occupying different spaces – from the auditorium to the lounge, from the hotel to the shop, from the public square to the bar and car park – Trama transforms the manner in which these locations are perceived in their public dimension. It transforms the street into a possible stage for new experiences and explores its performance and experimental potential. Trama vibrates both day and night, exhibiting a mixture of introspective and festive characteristics. On Friday evening, the festival takes place simultaneously in three cultural venues located along the same street, that is connected to Oporto's nightlife. On Saturday, Tramming, in the Casa da Música, substitutes the habitual Clubbing event.

The proposals – integrating a wide array of formats, protocols, durations and intentions – question the conventional practise and formats of performance events, confronting us with the doubts, hesitations, and questions posed by the artists themselves. Trama proposes artistic practices where the performance elements are topical, interventive and reveal imaginary universes, perspectives and viewpoints addressed/presented in an open and reflective dimension.

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ARTISTAS | ARTISTS:
Amarante Abramovici & Ana Deus (PT)
Anthony Pateras (AU)
António Contador & Calhau! (PT)
Balla Prop + Carlos Costa, João Amorim e Juão Coração (PT)
Bandidos Desesperados (PT)
CuiCui Box (FR)
Daniel Menche (US)
Fritus Potatoes Suicide + Disparo + Cpt. Luvlace (PT)
(dj) INSTAnt (FR)
James Chance & Les Contorsions (US/FR)
Jennifer Lacey (US/FR)
Jimi Tenor & Kabu Kabu (FI)
Justus Köhncke (DE)
Khan (DE)
Lone Twin: Gary Winters e Gregg Whelan (UK)
Macacos do Chinês (PT)
Makigami Koichi (JP)
Marta Bernardes (PT)
Mathieu Delvaux’s Destiny’s Cars (FR)
Vera Mantero (PT) & Guests - Brynjar Bandlien (NO), Loup Abramovici (PT),
Marcela Levi (BR), Pascal Quéneau (FR), Andrea Stotter (AT), Nadia Lauro (FR),
Boris Hauf (AT), Jean-Michel Le Lez (FR), Bojana Bauer (SR)

+info:
www.festivaltrama.org
www.mysapce.com/festivaltrama