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Phroq (Francisco Meirino)

About Me

Francisco Meirino first began recording in 1994, occasionally donning the moniker Phroq.
His music is a complex and constantly changing electronic soundscape, ranging from ultra dynamic electro-acoustics to sheer noise passages.
Through these sounds, he explores the tension between programmed and accidental results.
Meirino / Phroq is widely published with work released through Groundfault, Banned Productions, Even Stilte, Entr'acte, Solpisism, Gameboy, etc ...
and his own imprint, Shiver Sounds.
Francisco Meirino has peformed at internationally including :
the Observatori festival (Spain), Activating The Medium (Usa), Norberg (Sweden), LUFF (Switzerland), Akousma (Montreal)
as well as in Japan, Usa, France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Netherlands, Germany, etc..
He has also collaborated with the likes of :
Scott Arford, Dave Phillips, Michael Gendreau, Randy H.Y. Yau, Lasse Marhaug, Tim Olive, Zbigniew Karkowski, Cindy Van Acker...

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/28/2006
Band Website: www.phroq.com
Band Members: Francisco Meirino ..
Influences: earth/wind/fire/magnetic fields
Sounds Like: a headache...

NEW RELEASES : AVAILABLE NOW!

"Connections, opportunities for mistakes"

Shiver Sounds Records (CH) CD-Limited edition of 300 copies.
order it for 10.- euros (+ postage)
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"Connections, opportunities for mistakes" is based on the idea of recording what is not supposed to be: minidisc recording failures, the death of a PA system, electro-static background noises, broken cassette recorder and so forth.
This album is all about encouraging the listener to get involved, to let him make his own choice about how he his listening to a record and questioning the act of «making» sound itself.

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"Half-Asleep Music"

Entr'acte Records (UK) CD-Limited edition of 300 copies.
order it directly for 10.- euros (+ postage)
"This music was recorded late at night while I was half-asleep. The idea for this unusual method came from an article on unihemispheric slow-wave sleep, in which one half of the brain rests while the other remains alert. By working only when it was a considerable effort to stay awake, I hoped to capture that moment when music is guided by the subconscious – when, stripped of all the usual critical faculties, I had to rely instead on raw intuition"

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"Magnetic Ghosts"

SRA Records (Usa) Cdr edition - 100 copies
order it directly for 8.- euros (+ postage)
"Francisco Meirino chooses to go by Phroq for his niche into the experimental drone, electro-acoustic sound world. This release is quite incredible-- it was made entirely with some contact mics and a tape recorder. No effects were added except for some EQ adjustments." (Label description)
Assembled and mastered by Francisco Meirino at Shiver Mobile in 2008.

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"Recordings of various vibrations ans stress situations"

Uzu Sounds Records (Fr) Cdr edition
order it directly for 8.- euros (+ postage)
Assembled and mastered by Francisco Meirino at Shiver Mobile in 2008.
Record Label: Entr'acte/Shiver Sounds/EvenStilte/Groundfault
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Double review

Double review inBagatellen*In his recent review of a Daniel Jones/ David Papapostolou disc for Signal To Noise, Brian Marley refers to EAI as a fading genre of improvised music. Its a curious quote...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Mar 2009 05:26:00 GMT

"Connections, opportunities for mistakes" & "Half-Asleep Music" New Cd's !

NEW RELEASES : AVAILABLE NOW!Phroq "Connections, opportunities for mistakes"Shiver Sounds Records (CH) CD-Limited edition of 300 copies.order it for 10.- euros (paypal) directly to the label Shiver ...
Posted by on Tue, 20 Jan 2009 02:30:00 GMT

Out now ! "Recordings of various vibrations.." & "Magnetic Ghosts" new cdr releases

Phroq "Recordings of various vibrations and stress situations"Uzu Sounds Records (Fr) Cdr editionorder it directly to the label Uzu Sounds01 After shaking for several minutes, my computer turned off (...
Posted by on Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:22:00 GMT

Nocturnes MadeOneShot 3

Venez nombreux !!Nocturnes MadeOneShot 003Au Bourg, Lausanne18h ouverture des portes - 18h30 projection de films par le LUFF20h30 présentation du catalogue du LUFF 200821h début des concertsavec :-D'I...
Posted by on Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:59:00 GMT

FRANCISCO MEIRINO (Phroq) : RESIDENCY IN SAN FRANCISCO !

I will be in San Francisco, Usa from january 1st to march 27. If anyone wants book a show for me or meet me, please do not hesitate : contact me ! So far here are the shows that are already set : jan...
Posted by on Fri, 28 Dec 2007 06:35:00 GMT

A NIGHT OF PURE SOUND HORROR !!!!

Hey kids ! coming soon : an amazing night of pure sound horror ! I will be performing for the first time as RES-PIRE with my friend Thibault Walter, so dont miss this WORLD PREMIERE !!!!on the same bi...
Posted by on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 07:50:00 GMT

LIVE IN PARIS

I will be performing in Paris at the Instants Chavirés, with Zbigniew Karkowski and Antimatter, next saturday the 20th october 2007.Noise ON !
Posted by on Sun, 14 Oct 2007 17:09:00 GMT

Live at the luff with ASTRO + REIKO A.

I will perform at the lausanne underground film and music festival.the 11 october with astro(ex c.c.c.c.) and reiko a.!you better come and watch us !on the same bill : Zbigniew Karkowski + Anitmatter ...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:09:00 GMT

Scott Arford / Francisco Meirino LIVE ACTS!

Come to watch us ! two amazing solo sets (scott will play "still life" A live audio, cinematic performance for a slow-motion ambient Zombie movie)and our great collaboration Hope to see you t...
Posted by on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 05:11:00 GMT