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Mestres Quadreny analyses his motives and techniques with reference to various
works in the MACBA collection and within his own music.

Started in 1987 as magazine on paper, Vital Weekly is published by Frans de Waard and appears 48 times a year. It contains the latest CD-reviews.Vital Weekly is a labor of love and devotion.

Started in 1987 as magazine on paper, Vital Weekly is published by Frans de Waard and appears 48 times a year. It contains the latest CD-reviews.Vital Weekly is a labor of love and devotion.

This issue of Vital Weekly is largely dedicated to a flurry of activities happening in The Netherlands this week, all around music from the early 80s, which was called Ultra. Concerts, books and a magazine have been published, and Vital Weekly wants to look at those, from their usual critical point of view.

LINES OF SIGHT #1 takes inspiration from recent projects concerning the musical score; musical, sociological, biological explorations of how our minds and intuition translate and transmit music.

16 Degrees represents sixteen connections to musicians whose work Eric admired. The result is sixteen fabulous tracks borne out of the creative intellect of various individuals and a wide range of genres.

We catch up with two members of the Netherland’s cryptically named Fourteen Twentysix to discuss their techniques, musical evolution and the plans for their next release, due out in September of 2011.

Bestovich’s latest EP unleashes his myriad of devices to spin a yarn of audio, with influences of early Aphex Twin and Leftfield frequently floating to the surface.

Tracks for the Dead Voices; White Noise compilation were created using EVP recordings, either as samples to complement a composition, or manipulated to become the basis of the composition itself.