Crónica
@cronicaelectronica.org
Publishing fine experimental music & sound art since 2003. https://www.cronicaelectronica.org
Machinefabriek’s “Spelonk” reviewed by Aural Aggravation: “Spelonk grows in depth and darkness, becoming increasingly dark, strange, and unsettling. Rutger Zuydervelt makes a lot out of very little, to subtle but strong effect.” auralaggravation.com/2026/01/12/m... @machinefabriek.bsky.social
January 13, 2026 at 9:55 AM
Machinefabriek’s “Spelonk” reviewed by Aural Aggravation: “Spelonk grows in depth and darkness, becoming increasingly dark, strange, and unsettling. Rutger Zuydervelt makes a lot out of very little, to subtle but strong effect.” auralaggravation.com/2026/01/12/m... @machinefabriek.bsky.social
Bruno Duplant’s “Écouter les Fantômes” reviewed by @soundprojector.bsky.social "Duplant has turned in some ultra-minimal offerings (…) in previous years, but this one has more exciting content per square inch, and is more accessible than some of his delightful but impenetrable sonic riddles."
January 6, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Bruno Duplant’s “Écouter les Fantômes” reviewed by @soundprojector.bsky.social "Duplant has turned in some ultra-minimal offerings (…) in previous years, but this one has more exciting content per square inch, and is more accessible than some of his delightful but impenetrable sonic riddles."
Great review of Durán Vázquez & Kloob’s album on Blow Up! Copies are still available at www.cronicaelectronica.org/243/
![Review of the album in Blow Up, reading: Questo disco inizia come una perfetta triangolazione tra Ben Frost, Thomas Köner e Philip Jeck, poi prende vie più personali, come una esplorazione inquieta di paesaggi che vorrebbero essere futuribili ma sono invece impiantati nella nostra realtà, a metà strada tra "Twin Picks" e "Solaris". Di Frost ritroviamo la forza tellurica, di Köner un certo pulsare profondo, di Jeck il senso ciclico e meditante della temporalità, di "Twin Picks" 'indugiare indagatore visionario e inquieto, di "Solaris" la sostanza metafisica. Un lavoro decisamente consistente. L'ispirazione viene dallo scrittore gallese Arthur Machen che, a cavallo tra '800 e '900, muovendosi tra fantasy ed horror, iniziò il genere science fiction. Peccato il disco sia arrivato tardi per essere inserito tra i dischi dell'anno. [8.4] Girolamo Dal Maso](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:d2zspkhdkorlbbt4udzwdk2h/bafkreibijxhmtdx33jysowirnvmyr53zwmupzp3fgcsgljnyskmlw7ejhe@jpeg)
January 6, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Great review of Durán Vázquez & Kloob’s album on Blow Up! Copies are still available at www.cronicaelectronica.org/243/
“Poststop” was a collaboration with the Futureplaces digital media festival and followed a two-day workshop and concert, collecting a series of variations of the original audio material, reconstructed by workshop participants and invited guests.
January 1, 2026 at 6:10 PM
“Poststop” was a collaboration with the Futureplaces digital media festival and followed a two-day workshop and concert, collecting a series of variations of the original audio material, reconstructed by workshop participants and invited guests.
“Crónica L” celebrated 50 releases in the label and was distributed as a free CD to all the subscribers of @neural-mag.bsky.social. Rather than only compiling tracks, we proposed 18 artists and projects to develop original collaborations, pairing them in unexpected ways.
January 1, 2026 at 6:06 PM
“Crónica L” celebrated 50 releases in the label and was distributed as a free CD to all the subscribers of @neural-mag.bsky.social. Rather than only compiling tracks, we proposed 18 artists and projects to develop original collaborations, pairing them in unexpected ways.
“Mus*****c” celebrated the fifth anniversary of the label and was also our first full digital release. If you prefer to add it to your collection in Bandcamp, use one of these:
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January 1, 2026 at 6:02 PM
“Mus*****c” celebrated the fifth anniversary of the label and was also our first full digital release. If you prefer to add it to your collection in Bandcamp, use one of these:
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Happy new year! We're celebrating by adding three compilations to the Crónica Archive: 2008's “Mus*****c”, 2010's “Crónica L” and 2011's “Poststop”. All are now free to download at www.cronicaelectronica.org/archive/
January 1, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Happy new year! We're celebrating by adding three compilations to the Crónica Archive: 2008's “Mus*****c”, 2010's “Crónica L” and 2011's “Poststop”. All are now free to download at www.cronicaelectronica.org/archive/
For 2026 we have a series of fantastic releases already lined up, starting with Machinefabriek’s “Spelonk”, already in January! Already available to preorder at www.cronicaelectronica.org/245/ @machinefabriek.bsky.social
December 30, 2025 at 7:07 PM
For 2026 we have a series of fantastic releases already lined up, starting with Machinefabriek’s “Spelonk”, already in January! Already available to preorder at www.cronicaelectronica.org/245/ @machinefabriek.bsky.social
All 16 releases of 2025 in a tidy grid! All CDs are limited releases, and stocks are getting low. Everything can be downloaded from cronica.bandcamp.com
December 30, 2025 at 7:05 PM
All 16 releases of 2025 in a tidy grid! All CDs are limited releases, and stocks are getting low. Everything can be downloaded from cronica.bandcamp.com
Durán Vázquez + Kloob’s “Vinum Sabbati: In the Dawn of Science Fiction”, an album about witchcraft, sorrow, terrible feelings, and horror. A music of fear, but also of beauty! www.cronicaelectronica.org/243/
December 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Durán Vázquez + Kloob’s “Vinum Sabbati: In the Dawn of Science Fiction”, an album about witchcraft, sorrow, terrible feelings, and horror. A music of fear, but also of beauty! www.cronicaelectronica.org/243/
Emiter’s return to Crónica was, in 2025, his beautiful “Electromagnetism of the City”, an album of feedbacks, noises, densities, impulses and discharges, harmonies of noise. www.cronicaelectronica.org/241/
December 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Emiter’s return to Crónica was, in 2025, his beautiful “Electromagnetism of the City”, an album of feedbacks, noises, densities, impulses and discharges, harmonies of noise. www.cronicaelectronica.org/241/
[MONRHEA] and AGF’s “INvolution”, a collaboration around the concept of self inversion, created between Hailuoto and Nairobi. www.cronicaelectronica.org/240/ @poemproducer.bsky.social
![Cover of “ INvolution” by [MONRHEA] + AGF](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:d2zspkhdkorlbbt4udzwdk2h/bafkreibfjdlurjmq3erv2l3moxru7ez5skfavdqsa6bsg364lffbmjmn2e@jpeg)
December 30, 2025 at 1:54 PM
[MONRHEA] and AGF’s “INvolution”, a collaboration around the concept of self inversion, created between Hailuoto and Nairobi. www.cronicaelectronica.org/240/ @poemproducer.bsky.social
David Lee Myers’s “Terrenus” is an exploration in purely electronic sound, a grounded exercise in “earth music”. www.cronicaelectronica.org/239/
December 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
David Lee Myers’s “Terrenus” is an exploration in purely electronic sound, a grounded exercise in “earth music”. www.cronicaelectronica.org/239/
Haarvöl’s “Horizons of Suspended Zones” was their third release in Crónica and revealed a bold new direction for their music, shaped by three central key notions: repetition, silence, and duration. www.cronicaelectronica.org/238/
December 30, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Haarvöl’s “Horizons of Suspended Zones” was their third release in Crónica and revealed a bold new direction for their music, shaped by three central key notions: repetition, silence, and duration. www.cronicaelectronica.org/238/
J.L. Maire & Alfredo Costa Monteiro’s “L'Écoute Tactile”, a collaboration through sonic territories where two complementary approaches to sound and music production converge: the extended pure intonation and the exploration of timbre without fixed tones. www.cronicaelectronica.org/237/
December 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM
J.L. Maire & Alfredo Costa Monteiro’s “L'Écoute Tactile”, a collaboration through sonic territories where two complementary approaches to sound and music production converge: the extended pure intonation and the exploration of timbre without fixed tones. www.cronicaelectronica.org/237/
Ilia Belorukov’s “NRD DRM TWO 2022-2024” collects pieces created on a Nord Drum 2, exploring a 1-step pattern with a changing tempo. What may sound like a simple premise becomes a rich tapestry of sonic detail, worth listening closely. www.cronicaelectronica.org/236/ @musicworm.bsky.social
December 30, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Ilia Belorukov’s “NRD DRM TWO 2022-2024” collects pieces created on a Nord Drum 2, exploring a 1-step pattern with a changing tempo. What may sound like a simple premise becomes a rich tapestry of sonic detail, worth listening closely. www.cronicaelectronica.org/236/ @musicworm.bsky.social
Another ongoing series, 30×N, by @c + Visiophone, had two releases: “VRD1” and “LRJ1”, with accompanying videos and remixes by Jordan Rita Seruya Awori & Marc Behrens, Joana de Sá, and Jos Smolders. www.cronicaelectronica.org/30%C3%97N/ @carvalhais.org @ptudela.bsky.social @visiophone.bsky.social
December 30, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Another ongoing series, 30×N, by @c + Visiophone, had two releases: “VRD1” and “LRJ1”, with accompanying videos and remixes by Jordan Rita Seruya Awori & Marc Behrens, Joana de Sá, and Jos Smolders. www.cronicaelectronica.org/30%C3%97N/ @carvalhais.org @ptudela.bsky.social @visiophone.bsky.social
From Arturas Bumšteinas and Viktorija Makauskaitė hailed “Aida”, composed as the soundtrack for an exhibition on the Japanese Pop Culture Tradition from the 17th to the 21st Centuries, exploring Japanese electronic instruments and urban field recordings. www.cronicaelectronica.org/234/
December 30, 2025 at 1:37 PM
From Arturas Bumšteinas and Viktorija Makauskaitė hailed “Aida”, composed as the soundtrack for an exhibition on the Japanese Pop Culture Tradition from the 17th to the 21st Centuries, exploring Japanese electronic instruments and urban field recordings. www.cronicaelectronica.org/234/
Philippe Petit returned with “Closing our Eyes”, a series of compositions that invite to finding a place of interiority in a sonic journey that conjures images and imaginary signs to express a visual fantasy. Petit's music is natural, visceral, and playful! www.cronicaelectronica.org/233/
December 30, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Philippe Petit returned with “Closing our Eyes”, a series of compositions that invite to finding a place of interiority in a sonic journey that conjures images and imaginary signs to express a visual fantasy. Petit's music is natural, visceral, and playful! www.cronicaelectronica.org/233/
Cecilia Quinteros’s debut in Crónica was the wonderful “Qadira”, an album of eight delicate pieces for cello and electronics www.cronicaelectronica.org/232/
December 30, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Cecilia Quinteros’s debut in Crónica was the wonderful “Qadira”, an album of eight delicate pieces for cello and electronics www.cronicaelectronica.org/232/
Hannes Strobl’s ongoing series of compositions was continued with “Diffraction” and ”Cais do Sodré”, two pieces for bass guitar, electronics and field recordings. www.cronicaelectronica.org/231/ www.cronicaelectronica.org/244/
December 30, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Hannes Strobl’s ongoing series of compositions was continued with “Diffraction” and ”Cais do Sodré”, two pieces for bass guitar, electronics and field recordings. www.cronicaelectronica.org/231/ www.cronicaelectronica.org/244/
Kunrad's album documents several of his installations and performances, capturing and documenting what otherwise would be fleeting moments of beauty. This is a canvas for imagination, a place for “Kleine Geluiden”, small sounds, to enrich our daily lives. www.cronicaelectronica.org/230/
December 30, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Kunrad's album documents several of his installations and performances, capturing and documenting what otherwise would be fleeting moments of beauty. This is a canvas for imagination, a place for “Kleine Geluiden”, small sounds, to enrich our daily lives. www.cronicaelectronica.org/230/
Let's look back at Crónica in 2025! In spite of the usual hardships that come with being an artist-run and non-profit label, was a fantastic year of releases that kicked off with a collaboration between Jérôme Noetinger and @c, “Expansão” www.cronicaelectronica.org/229/
December 30, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Let's look back at Crónica in 2025! In spite of the usual hardships that come with being an artist-run and non-profit label, was a fantastic year of releases that kicked off with a collaboration between Jérôme Noetinger and @c, “Expansão” www.cronicaelectronica.org/229/
The Crónica Archive, a work-in-progress collection of our releases, features more than twenty releases, available as audio downloads and/or video streams. We will keep expanding it at www.cronicaelectronica.org/archive/
December 29, 2025 at 9:49 PM
The Crónica Archive, a work-in-progress collection of our releases, features more than twenty releases, available as audio downloads and/or video streams. We will keep expanding it at www.cronicaelectronica.org/archive/
Last reminder: order any physical until December 31st we will ship it along with a free surprise gift from our catalogue! Browse and choose from www.cronicaelectronica.org
December 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Last reminder: order any physical until December 31st we will ship it along with a free surprise gift from our catalogue! Browse and choose from www.cronicaelectronica.org