Whenever I read
the following words: electronic, experimental,
electroacoustic or musique concrete on a CD, it grabs my
attention. I bought this album (13 tracks = 45.24 minutes) at Renaissance
Montréal on a cold Sunday afternoon with a small pile of used
horror DVD`s. This was a yearly electroacoustic music contest held in
Spain. The record label folded, there`s a link to a dead website: www.confluencias.org . there`s not much
information. I consider myself lucky to buy this for such a small price (2.00$
Canadian). The tracks submitted for this yearly contest should be no less than 2
minutes and no more than 5 minutes. 211 composers from 35 different countries
participated. The 13 tracks you will hear are from the finalists. There`s some
amazing sounds from the likes of: Elaine Thomazi (Brazil),
Simon Steen-Andersen (Denmark), Michal Rataj (Czech Republic),
Antonio Fereira (Angola), Vincenzo Grossi (Italy), Massimo
Biasioni (Italy), Jorge Antunes (Brazil), Xyramat
(Germany), David De La Haye & Shona Mooney (UK),
Martin Bédard (Canada), Aldo Rodriguez (Mexico), Julian
De Brahi (Argentina) and Federico Schumacher (Chile).
Federico is the winner of the Electroacoustic Miniatures International
contest 2006 edition. Impressive music at work here. The only artist
I know is Jorge Antunes. His music appears on some electroacoustic music
compilations I purchased a long time ago (I bought them on sale, I must be one
of the rare freaks out there who enjoys this stuff). Recommended if you can find
it. Good luck.
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