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A Cosmic Fantasy of Rosenboom: On the Re-release of Future Travel by Black Truffle Records

Anastasia Chernysheva
The recording includes 7 compositions already familiar to listeners: “Station Oaxaca,” “Nazca Liftoff,” “Corona Dance,” “Time Arroyo,” “Desert Night Touch Down,” “Palazzo” and “Nova Wind.” In a new re-issue of Future Travel, a listener will find two additional previously unheard tracks, “Future Travel Patterns” and  “Future Travel M.U.S.I.C.”, discovered during the assemblage of composers’ archive in 2022.... READ MORE...
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Sonar 2024. A Prism which redefine the idea of festivals in contemporary culture

Caterina Tomeo
A new intergenerational and intersectional edition that intends to highlight the most radical aesthetics and the importance of inclusivity, celebrating different genres and subgenres - ranging from ambient to drum and bass, from happy hardcore to black metal via deconstructed club, memecore, gabber and hyperpop, to meet the needs of different audiences, without being subjected to the hype of the moment or the fascinations generated by Instagram. Sónar thus continues to redefine and inescapably reflect on how a festival should be, removing barriers and always creating new connections between audiences, creative languages and different genres.... READ MORE...
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The ALMARE collective, between sound, story, film, music and game.

Marco Aruga
The dialogue, the meeting and sometimes the synergy of languages and means of expression characterized the proposals presented in Turin by ALMARE, the artistic collective formed by Amos Cappuccio, Giulia Mengozzi, Luca Morino and Gab Rendina Cattani, who - sound as a "guide" and privileged inspiration - organizes exhibitions, concerts, meetings and performances, developing interdisciplinary projects, and stimulating collaborations between different entities and institutions.... READ MORE...
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Hidden + Lost—Tracing Sound

Redazione Digicult
The project includes a solo exhibition by composer Peter Gahn and 5 musical performances with works by Korean and German composers performed by Korean musicians. Peter Gahn’s De-escalating Skies I and Of Opening the Space I are installed as 8-channel sound works. Collaborating with lighting designer Gareth Green and photographer Jan Lemitz, Gahn expands the audience’s experience in appreciating pure electronic sound work.... READ MORE...
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Carl Stone – Sampling and recreating

Marco Aruga
Carl Stone has been feeding on all the musical “spore” in his atmosphere, was that from USA or from the beloved Far East, and all others that, being persistent in his memory, have activated the creative process. He made use of always better means to “cultivate” a body of works, and collaborations, in which he synthesized his electronic explorations, developing and earning an absolutely original space in contemporary music.... READ MORE...
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Explorer in the “Ocean of Sound”. Interview with David Toop

Marco Aruga
There are people that respect music, any kind of music, and its central role in our culture, and music becomes the center of their speculative interest. David Toop is one of them, but his analysis is really helping us to re-consider the “second art”, to expand its limits, to search in almost every aspect of our sensitive lives a “hidden harmony”, a resonance for a sort of sonic awakening.... READ MORE...
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Il 30° compleanno di Sónar Barcellona

Caterina Tomeo
Il 30° compleanno di Sónar Barcellona – che si è tenuto dal 15 al 17 giugno 2023 presso la Fiera Montjuïc e la Fira Gran Via – ha superato di gran lunga le aspettative del pubblico e della critica internazionali, confermando la grande risonanza culturale, ma soprattutto la capacità di rimanere in cima alla classifica dei migliori festival dedicati allo sperimentalismo nel campo della musica, della creatività e della tecnologia. Una line up spaziale che ha ospitato più di cento artisti intergenerazionali, provenienti da tutto il mondo, trasportando il pubblico verso universi altri, attraverso una proposta di ricerche sonore e artistiche, originali, innovative e tecnologicamente avanzate. Una tre giorni intensa e ricca di dj set, live show ed installazioni di altissimo livello, incentrate sulla attuale e futura interrelazione tra arte, scienza e cultura digitale.... READ MORE...
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Iannis Xenakis: Sonic Odysseys

Redazione Digicult
Tra le principali influenze nello sviluppo della musica elettronica e informatica, così come di quella industriale, Xenakis è stato un pioniere nell’uso di modelli matematici nella musica, come l’applicazione della teoria dei giochi e delle probabilità, e il suo lavoro poliedrico e visionario ha aperto nuove strade per la musica del XXI secolo.... READ MORE...
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