Crónica Electrónica
Crónica Electrónica | |
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Founded | 2003 |
Founder |
Miguel Carvalhais Pedro Tudela Lia João Cruz Paulo Vinhas Pedro Almeida |
Genre | Experimental, Electronic |
Country of origin | Portugal |
Location | Porto |
Official website | cronicaelectronica.org |
Crónica Electrónica, also known as Crónica, is an independent media-label based in Porto, Portugal. Founded in 2003 by Miguel Carvalhais, Pedro Tudela, Lia, João Cruz, Paulo Vinhas and Pedro Almeida, it publishes experimental sound and visual artists.
Originally formed around a small group of Portuguese artists, Crónica eventually expanded its roster to include international musicians and sound artists.
Since 2005, Crónica organizes a free anual event in Porto which is "simultaneous the celebration of the label's anniversary, a gathering of friends and lovers of experimental music and an offer to the city" it operates in.
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Releases
Although many releases adhere to the standard CD format, among its outputs one can find two main alternative series that try to explore and expand the curatorial role of a music label and the potential of digital distribution.
Unlimited
The Unlimited release series are digital-only releases, available either as free downloads or as commercial editions from online retailers. [2]
Limited
The Limited releases present physical goods which come in diverse formats, ranging from prints to objects or hand-cut vinyls. All of these are numbered and signed by the artist and are available in very limited quantities. [3]
Broadcast
Crónicaster
Since 2005, Crónica publishes a regular podcast, Crónicaster, in which are presented label-related pieces, such as radio broadcasts, live performances and remixes. [4]
Futurónica
Futurónica is a radio program produced by the label, that is broadcast fortnightly by Rádio Zero[5] (since 2009) and Rádio Manobras (since 2011).
Recognition
Although the notability in Portugal, beyond a circle of musicians and some attentive followers of the label's activity, is diminished, the European and international panorama is quite different.[6] It has become a reference in European experimental music and sound art.[7] [8] [9] [10]
Crónica has been praised for being a well curated label.[11] It was compared to Mego, but the distinction became clear over time; Crónica uses noise without making noise music, and stands on a smaller, more targeted niche.[12]
The label is known for the quality of their releases and their continuous effort to put out high-quality music.[13] They make choices based on projects rather than musicians[14] and have shown to make bold choices and have an eye for special music.[15] [16] [17] [17] [18]
Their catalogue has been described as sharp and demanding,[19] [20] encompassing a diverse genres, such as electro-acoustic music, ambient, minimal music, improvised jazz and field-recordings.[21] [22]
In 2006, Crónica was present at the Sónar Festival in Barcelona. Miguel Carvalhais and Return (João Cruz) performed a set that showcased future releases.[23]
Artists
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Catalogue
Title | Artist | Cat N. | Format |
Ab OVO | @c | Crónica 085~2014 | CD / digital release |
Concret-Sens | Emmanuel Mieville | Crónica 084~2013 | digital release |
Lemuria | Lemures | Crónica 083~2013 | 12” Vinyl / digital release |
EP | Lemures | Crónica 082~2013 | AIFF / MP3 |
Meubles | Arturas Bumšteinas | Crónica 081~2013 | digital release |
Water-Nature-City | Cem Güney | Crónica 080~2013 | digital release |
No End of Vinyl | Pure | Crónica 079~2013 | CD |
The End of Vinyl | Pure | Crónica 078~2013 | AIFF / MP3 |
Half-Life, Still Life | @c | Crónica 077~2013 | AIFF / MP3 |
Queendom Maybe Rise | Marc Behrens | Crónica 076~2013 | CD |
443 | Mise_en_scene | Crónica 075~2013 | AIFF / MP3 |
Monnom / Hertz, Gigahertz | Miguel A. García / Durán Vázquez | Crónica 074~2013 | AIFF / MP3 |
'Never So Alone | Simon Whetham | Crónica 073~2013 | CD |
Jakov & Gwizdały | Arturas Bumšteinas | Crónica 072~2012 | AIFF / MP3 |
Eiffel | Luis Marte | Crónica 071~2012 | AIFF / MP3 |
Five Years on Cold Asphalt | Quarz | Crónica 070~2012 | CD |
eins bis sechzehn | Ephraim Wegner & Julia Weinmann | Crónica 069~2012 | CD |
Heat | Piotr Kurek | Crónica 068~2012 | AIFF / MP3 |
Loud Listening | Various Artists | Crónica 067~2012 | AIFF / MP3 |
Untitled #284 | Francisco López | Crónica 066~2012 | CD |
Crossovers | Various Artists | Crónica 065~2012 | AIFF / MP3 |
Strings[24] | Stephan Mathieu & David Maranha | Crónica 064~2012 | LP |
Mic.Madeira | Simon Whetham & Hugo Olim | Crónica 063~2011 | DVD |
Double Exposure | Janek Schaefer | Crónica 062~2011 | AIFF / MP3 |
Poststop | The Futureplaces Impromptu All-Stars Orchestra | Crónica 061~2011 | CD |
Leftovers (Reworked) | Shinkei + Mise_en_scene | Crónica 060~2011 | AIFF / MP3 |
Humus (2005-2010) | Jazznoize | Crónica 059~2011 | AIFF / MP3 |
Ulrich Seidl E.P. | Oriol Rosell | Crónica 058~2011 | AIFF |
Acute Inbetweens | Lawrence English + Stephen Vitiello | Crónica 057~2011 | CD |
Homem Fantasma | @c | Crónica 056~2011 | Apple Lossless / MP3 |
Pastoral | Arturas Bumšteinas | Crónica 055~2010 | Apple Lossless / MP3 |
So On | Gintas K | Crónica 054~2010 | Apple Lossless / MP3 |
strings.lines | Nicolas Bernier | Crónica 053~2010 | CD |
Audible Landscapes | Ephraim Wegner | Crónica 052~2010 | Apple Lossless / MP3 |
Shattering Silence | Mosaique | Crónica 051~2010 | Apple Lossless / MP3 |
Crónica L | Various Artists | Crónica 050~2010 | CD |
The Mediterranean Drift | Ran Slavin | Crónica 049~2010 | Apple Lossless / MP3 |
Passeports | Mathias Delplanque | Crónica 048~2010 | CD |
Fifty Inner Spaces (for JG Ballard) / Girl | Janek Schaefer / Stephan Mathieu | Crónica 047~2009 | 5" vinyl |
Sleppet | Marc Behrens | Crónica 046~2009 | CD |
Home, Sweet Home | Durán Vázquez | Crónica 045~2009 | Apple Lossless / MP3 |
Erotikon | The Beautiful Schizophonic | Crónica 044~2009 | CD |
The Sound of eBay — Do you know who the father is?, The Sound of eBay — It's getting big? | UBERMORGEN.COM | Crónica 043L~2009 | Woodcut on paper |
1001 Songs of eBay | UBERMORGEN.COM && Nussbaumer | Crónica 043~2009 | MP3 |
Lectures | Piotr Kurek | Crónica 042~2009 | CD |
The Recompiler | Marc Behrens | Crónica 041L~2009 | Lambda print |
Compilation Works 1996-2005 | Marc Behrens | Crónica 041~2009 | Apple Lossless / MP3 |
Lovely Banalities | Gintas K | Crónica 040~2009 | CD |
Conical | Marius Watz | Crónica 039L~2009 | Archival Inkjet prints |
Digital Sound Drawings | Morten Riis | Crónica 039~2009 | AIFF |
Ification | Pure | Crónica 038~2008 | CD |
Nocturnal Rainbow Rising | Ran Slavin | Crónica 037L~2008 | Lambda print |
Nocturnal Rainbow Rising | Ran Slavin | Crónica 037~2008 | Apple Lossless / MP3 |
Berlin Backyards | Gilles Aubry | Crónica 036~2008 | CD |
Unique Clouds | Miguel Leal | Crónica 035L~2008 | Rubber stamps |
Is That You? | TU M’ | Crónica 035~2008 | Apple Lossless / MP3 |
Praxis | Cem Güney | Crónica 034~2008 | CD |
DarkRoseSoundFlower | Pedro Tudela | Crónica 033L~2008 | Lambda print |
Filare | Mosaique | Crónica 033~2008 | Apple Lossless / MP3 |
Mus*****c | Various Artists | Crónica 032~2008 | Apple Lossless / MP3 |
Up, Down, Charm, Strange, Top, Bottom | @c | Crónica 031~2008 | CD |
Täuschung | Davor Mikan | Crónica 030~2007 | CD |
Musicamorosa | The Beautiful Schizophonic | Crónica 029~2007 | CD |
The Wayward Regional Transmissions | Ran Slavin | Crónica 028~2007 | CD |
Hidden Name | Stephan Mathieu & Janek Schaefer | Crónica 027~2006 | CD |
Leise | Freiband | Crónica 026~2006 | CD |
Flow | Vitor Joaquim | Crónica 025~2006 | CD |
Lengvai / 60 x one minute audio colours of 2 kHz sound | Gintas K | Crónica 024~2006 | 2CD |
Product | Pawel Grabowski / The Beautiful Schizophonic / James Eck Rippie + Paulo Raposo | Crónica 023~2005 | CD |
Happiness will befall | Lawrence English | Crónica 022~2005 | CD |
Essays on Radio: Can I Have 2 Minutes of Your Time? | Various Artists | Crónica 021~2005 | DVD |
Essays on Radio: Can I Have 2 Minutes of Your Time? | Various Artists | Crónica 020~2005 | CD |
Product | Freiband / Boca Raton | Crónica 019~2005 | CD |
King Glitch | Heimir Björgúlfsson & Jonas Ohlsson | Crónica 018~2005 | CD |
Product | Marc Behrens / Paulo Raposo / @c | Crónica 017~2004 | 10" Vinyl |
A Compressed History of Everything Ever Recorded, Vol. 2: Ubiquitous Eternal Live | Autodigest | Crónica 016~2004 | CD |
vous rêvez/ vous ne rêvez pas | tilia | Crónica 015~2004 | CD |
Still Important Somekind Not Normally Seen (Always Not Unfinished) | Björgúlfsson / Pimmon / Thorsson | Crónica 014~2004 | CD |
T-Shirt | Miguel Flor | Crónica 013~2004 | T-Shirt |
Two Novels: Gaze / In the Cochlea | o.blaat | Crónica 012~2004 | CD |
Product | Ok.Suitcase / Cáncer | Crónica 011~2004 | CD |
v3 | @c | Crónica 010~2004 | CD |
Product | Ran Slavin | Crónica 009~2004 | CD |
Further Consequences of Reinterpretation | Paulo Raposo / Marc Behrens | Crónica 008~2004 | CD |
Product | Sumugan Sivanesan / Durán Vázquez | Crónica 007~2003 | CD |
A Compressed History of Everything Ever Recorded, Vol. 1 | Autodigest | Crónica 006~2003 | CD |
On Paper | Various Artists | Crónica 005~2003 | 2CD |
La Strada is on Fire (And We Are All Naked) | Vitor Joaquim | Crónica 004~2003 | CD |
!Siam Acnun | Longina | Crónica 003~2003 | CD |
Là Où Je Dors | Pedro Tudela | Crónica 002~2003 | CD |
Hard Disk | @c | Crónica 001~2003 | CD |
References
- ↑ "Crónica apresenta o 7º Natal dos Experimentais". 9 November 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
- ↑ "Unlimited Releases". Crónica. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
- ↑ "Limited Releases". Crónica. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
- ↑ "Crónicaster". Crónica. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
- ↑ "Rádio Zero". Rádio Zero. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
- ↑ "@c: Entrevista" (in portuguese). 1 February 2007. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
- ↑ "Jardins Efémeros 2013: Catálogo" (in portuguese). July 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
- ↑ "Goûte Mes Disques | Sleppet - Marc Behrens - la chronique" (in french). 24 February 2010. Archived from the original on 27 February 2010. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
- ↑ "Marc Behrens – Queendom Maybe Rise" (in french). 14 April 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
- ↑ "Goûte Mes Disques | Erotikon - The Beautiful Schizophonic - la chronique" (in french). 24 November 2009. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
- ↑ ""Pastoral" reviewed by Resonant Strata". 21 February 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
- ↑ "@c - Up, Down, Charm, Strange, Top, Bottom || Disques | EtherREAL" (in french). 4 October 2008. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
- ↑ "loop - V/A, Crónica L". 31 October 2010. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
- ↑ "BIG ODD: 5 ANOS DE CRÓNICA!" (in portuguese). 3 April 2008. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
- ↑ ""Is That You?" reviewed by Earlabs". 1 October 2008. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
- ↑ ""Crónica L" reviewed by Textura". 28 October 2010. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 "Vitor Joaquim - Flow || Disques | EtherREAL" (in french). March 2006. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
- ↑ "CEM GÜNEY, Praxis" (in portuguese). 8 May 2009. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
- ↑ "@c - V3 || Disques | EtherREAL" (in french). 28 June 2004. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
- ↑ "Cem Güney - Praxis || Disques | EtherREAL" (in french). June 2008. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
- ↑ "Cyclic Defrost: Various Artists – Cronica L (Cronica)". 26 November 2010. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
- ↑ "EARLabs review page | Marc Behrens - Sleppet". 15 April 2010. Archived from the original on 29 April 2010. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
- ↑ "Festival Sónar". 15 June 2006. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
- ↑ "Review by Scott McMillan". Strings. Archived from the original on 28 August 2012. Retrieved February 8, 2012.
External links
- Official Site
- Digital Berlin label feature
- Crónica concert program at Netwerk Aalst
- Crónica discography on discogs.com