new release (
finally available!!)
janek schaeferalone at last cd sirr0031
Elegantly packed in a 100% black jewel case and with a 8 pp booklet full of delicious pictures, this collection of invitations use source sounds produced using location recordings and manipulated vinyl, which are simply processed through janek's collection of foot pedals & mixing desk. Each new image is unique to each of us - and they are all uniquely framed within the evocative music. more...
new review: "Schaefer takes every day sound - field recordings - of whatever nature and transforms them into pieces of music. He does that to such an extent that the 'original' field recordings have disappeared and what remains is, quite curious (...) subtle processing, taking the musique concrete into an entirely new realm. Schaefer delivered a great disc, I think, of highly subtle music that should win him new fans and pleasantly surprise the old. (Vital weekly, 06.2008)" ... more...
Chasms is the extraordinary debut solo prepared piano album from Australian composer/pianist Anthony Pateras. Chasms takes things further, re-configuring the instrument into a psychoacoustic percussion orchestra, exploring extended timbral continuums through complex rhythms and physically intense performance strategies. This is electro-acoustic music created purely with prepared piano. more
We are very proud to present the music of Steve Peters, which Alvin Curran once described as "pure, restrained, and rigorously beautiful." These three delicate pieces - or rooms, as the title states - are the result of very personal investigation regarding the interaction between physical spaces and the experience of listening. The selected compositions aim to create room(s) for the listener, intensifying quietly and subtly our awareness. more
2008.21.06: 1um1.net , Lisbon People, Place and Distributed Communities speakers: Teresa Dillon, IRE/UK , Luis Silva, PT, Takuro Lippit, NL & Paulo Raposo, PT
2008.05.30 Casa da Música | Porto
site-specific audiovisual works by Jacob kirkegaard and paulo raposo + francisco janes
2008.03.27 Século, Lisboa performances by john grzinich, paulo raposo, andré gonçalves, carlos santos, j. castro pinto and more.
2008.02.19 illusion of safety | Século
IOS,
aka Dan Burke, first presentation in lisbon.
2007.11.21 Atlantic Waves Festival | london
ICA-Institute of Contemporary Art
Sirr c/o Paulo Raposo curated an evening with three concerts in the Atlantic Waves Festiva, Londonl. In association with The Wire 25, The Wire magazine's 25th birthday.
# jason kahn, eRikm, jgrzinich, pauloaposo
# Anthony Pateras, Manu Holterbach, Kenneth Kirschner, Pedro Carneiro
# Achim Wollscheild, Marc Behrens, Eric La Casa, and André Gonçalves;
