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Last November, 21st 2008, the Italian composer and Binaural member Antonio Mainenti presented himself to Portuguese audiences during a concert at Lugar do Capitão (Viseu). His powerful mix of looped monodic chantings, field recordings, Sicilian jaws harp and plenty of other self-built instruments and sound objects really impressed the crowd who attended this special event.
Here [...]

 

 Antonio Mainenti: Matri chi aviti i figghi a la batia: Play Now | Download

 

 Antonio Mainenti: Lu libbru di l'infami: Play Now | Download

 

 Antonio Mainenti: Sta bedda libbirta: Play Now | Download

Maile Colbert and Rui Costaландшафт from Binaural will direct on September, 27th 2008 a field recordings workshop (”Tuning your ears and composing the world“) during ANAMNESIS 08, a meeting dedicated to cinema, sound and oral tradition to be held in a rural area near Vimioso, on the northeastern part of Portugal.
This workshop is part of [...]

Pali Meursault’s Universinternational label announces the realease of “Dérives” a compilation CD which includes a sound piece by Binaural’s Rui Costa. Pali Meursault was an artist-in-residency during June 08 at Binaural’s guest studio in Nodar.
Here is the info from the press release:
First, there was the desire of an ambitious record, then to work with these [...]

The American sound artist John Grzinich stayed at Nodar Artist Residency Center last April 2008 where he developed a sound project (“Nodar Flowlines”) based on the interaction with local water flows, either the downhill streams that arrive in the Paiva river and the water channels that bring the water to the village. His work methodology [...]

 

 John Grzinich - Bottle Phones: Play Now | Download

The Latvian sound artist Maksims Shentelevs presented during Fronte[i]ras 07 a project that used recordings of mixed sounds made in specific acoustic environments of Nodar (water tanks, river banks, tree branches).
During the concert in Barcelos he created a composition using each of the three sound environments along with several percussion and string instruments (two [...]

 

 Maksims Shentelevs @ Fronte[i]ras 07: Play Now | Download

NOGS - Art Residencies Center of Nodar
July 2007 events
Saturday, July 14 2007
Location: Nodar, S. Pedro do Sul (Portugal)
4.30 p.m. – Nature walk on the banks of River Paiva *
9.00 p.m. – Documentary film “Borders” by Pedro Sena Nunes *
9.30 p.m. – Xesús Valle (Galicia, Spain). Sound art [...]

Despite the fact that Rinus Van Alebeek’s concert at Music Box Lisbon was (audience speaking) a flop, we had the pleasure to wander around in Lisbon with him, capturing and sharing sounds, sights and reflections.
Rinus Van Alebeek is a peculiar observer of reality and an artist who instinctively transforms lo-fi tape recordings into evocative sound [...]

 

 Rinus Van Alebeek Live @ Music Box: Play Now | Download

Binaural presents:
Rinus Van Alebeek (Netherlands)
Wed, June 13th - 10.45 p.m.
Music Box Lisboa
Lisbon, Portugal
Tickets on sale at the venue and through Ticketline.
Rinus Van Alebeek is an electronic musician and performer born in Holland in 1956. He arrived to music relatively late, after publishing two books in his native country under the pseudonym Philip Markus, the first [...]

We had the enormous pleasure of having Aaron Ximm a.k.a Quiet American in NOGS last April 2007. Apart from the great moments and insights we shared, it was a privilege for us to follow his work process. Some of our reflections on Aaron’s residency are here.
Aaron Ximm also left some wonderful recordings of Nodar. Here [...]

 

 Aaron Ximm: The Walls Have Ears: Play Now | Download

 

 Aaron Ximm: Nodar Sounds Sample: Play Now | Download

NOGS Artistic Residency Program for 2007
Public presentation of two projects developed in the NOGS artistic residency:
28 April 2007 | 5.00 p.m.
Nodar, S. Pedro de Sul (Portugal)
Program:
5.00 p.m.
Dennis Báthory-Kitsz [...]