06.01.12: Fennesz on Touch Radio
6.01.12 - On Invisible Pause - 48:13 - 192 kbps
Photo: Mats Bäcker
On Invisible Pause, choreographed by Christopher Arouni, is part of Skanes Dansteater's performance HAZE, November 4th 2011 in Malmö's Skanesdansteater. Mixed by Christopher Arouni, Christian Fennesz & Anders Myhrman.
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05.12.11: fluid radio interview
You can read an interview with Pascal Savy from fluid radio here
04.12.11: fennesz sakamoto "flumina"
DCD
Photography + cover design: Jon Wozencroft
Mastered by Fernando Aponte
Track listing:
CDOne
12 tracks
01: 0318
02: 0319
03: 0320
04: 0322
05: 0324
06: 0325
07: 0327
08: 0328
09: 0330
10: 0401
11: 0402
12: 0404
CDTwo
12 tracks
01: 0405
02: 0407
03: 0409
04: 0411
05: 0415
06: 0417
07: 0419
08: 0423
09: 0424
10: 0425
11: 0428
12: 0429
The 24 pieces of 'flumina' are based on piano compositions/improvisations which Ryuichi Sakamoto had recorded whilst touring in Japan. On that tour Ryuichi played a piano piece in a different key at the beginning of every show, always having a 'fennesz sakomoto' project in mind. After 24 shows he had 24 tracks in 24 different keys, covering all 24 tonal steps of the western tonal system. Sakamoto sent the tracks over to Christian Fennesz and he worked on them using electronics, guitars and synths. They met in New York then and mixed the album together with Fernando Aponte at KAB Studios.
This is their 3rd collaboration released on Touch, after the live recording of 'Sala Santa Cecilia' [Touch # Tone 22, 2005] and 'Cendre [Touch # Tone 32, 2007].
Buy fennesz sakamoto "flumina" in the TouchShop
24.10.11: World Premiere of Christophe Arouni dance piece "On Invisible Pause" at Skanes Dansteater, Malmo
Christian Fennesz is playing live on the 4th of November at Skanes Dansteater for the dance piece "On Invisible Pause" by Christophe Arouni. An abstract story inspired by presence and the art of communicating without being seen. Fennesz has written original music for the piece.
13.10.11: Seven Stars now available on CD
Fennesz's latest solo release, Seven Stars, is now available on CD. When you buy this CD in the TouchShop, you also get a free download of a remix of "Shift", "Reshift".
Fennesz writes: "Seven Stars was recorded in Vienna in January 2011. I recorded and mixed the album within 3 weeks. Liminal and July were existing pieces which i have reworked. (I wrote an early version of Liminal in a hotel room in Bali in 2010). There is also a version of Liminal that I have been playing live for some time. My friend Steven Hess, with whom I have worked before, happened to be in Vienna at the time of the sessions, so I invited him to join me in the studio. Christoph Amann recorded the drums using a selection of his great microphones including his amazing new Josephson.
I wanted to make a record that has a certain lightness about it and at the same time explore new territory using drums on one track. This might be something I will continue with in the future."
Fennesz's third collaboration with Ryuichi Sakamoto, Flumina, is due out in November on Touch.
Click here to buy the "Seven Stars" CD in the TouchShop.
29.09.11: Fennesz music usage on film trailer
Surf, from Fennesz's album Field Recordings 1995-2002 [Touch # Tone 16, 2002], has been used on a trailer for the movie The Grey (dir. Joe Carnahan, 2012). The track is published by Touch Music.
18.07.11: Fennesz "Seven Stars"
10" Vinyl
Printer inner and outer colour sleeve
Design & photography by Jon Wozencroft
When you buy this 10" in the TouchShop, you also get a free download of a remix of "Shift", "Reshift".
Track listing:
Side A
1. Liminal 3:07
2. July 5:06
Side B
3. Shift 6:47
4. Seven Stars* 3:01
Recorded in Studio B, Amannstudios, Vienna.
Acoustic and electric guitars, bass, synths, computers.
*Seven Stars features Steven Hess on drums, recorded at Amannstudios by Christoph Amann
Fennesz's first solo release since "Black Sea" [Touch # TO:76, 2008] is a 4 track 10" vinyl, with a CD version due in September 2011. It will also be available as a digital download. Using acoustic and electric guitars, bass, synths, computers, Fennesz continues to engage and entrance us in equal measure.
Fennesz writes: "Seven Stars was recorded in Vienna in January 2011. I recorded and mixed the album within 3 weeks. Liminal and July were existing pieces which i have reworked. (I wrote an early version of Liminal in a hotel room in Bali in 2010). There is also a version of Liminal that I have been playing live for some time. My friend Steven Hess, with whom I have worked before, happened to be in Vienna at the time of the sessions, so I invited him to join me in the studio. Christoph Amann recorded the drums using a selection of his great microphones including his amazing new Josephson.
I wanted to make a record that has a certain lightness about it and at the same time explore new territory using drums on one track. This might be something I will continue with in the future."
Buy Fennesz "Seven Stars" in the TouchShop
23.06.11: Yellow Magic Orchestra in the USA, with special guest Christian Fennesz
Christian will play as special guest with Yellow Magic Orchestra next Sunday, 26th June, at the Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles and Monday, 27th June at The Warfield, San Francisco.
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27.05.11: New Fennesz press photos, by Kevin Westenberg
New Fennesz press images have been uploaded to the Gallery section of this site. The photos were shot this spring by the legendary Kevin Westenberg, and are available to download as hi-rez .tiff's.
Click here to view Kevin Westenberg's portraits of Fennesz.
24.05.11: Special live and commissioned new composition for The Morning Line sonic pavillon, Vienna
On 7th June 2011, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary (T-B A21) will inaugurate The Morning Line - its most ambitious public art project to date - with live music performances by Christian Fennesz, Zavoloka and Carsten Nicolai. A four-day Festival for Contemporary Music Composition featuring over 27 sound artists and nine new compositions curated by Franz Pomassl and specially conceived for the pavilion's sonic architecture, will kick off The Morning Line's six months residency on the Vienna Schwarzenbergplatz.
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