Fennesz

May 2008

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:56:48 +0000

7th May @ Festival Futuro Presente - Piazza del Polo Museale, Rovereto (Italy) http://www.festivalfuturopresente.it/interne/home.aspx?ID=4336 9th May @ Atmoshpere 2 - The Museum of Garden History, London (United Kingdom) http://www.touchmusic.org.uk/atmospheres2/ 12th May @ Ring Ring Festival, Belgrade (Serbia) http://www.touchmusic.org.uk/atmospheres2/ 15th May @ Focus: One, Poznan (Poland) 22nd May @ Rhiz 10th Anniversary Live Events - Rhis, Vienna (Austria) 30th May @ MUTEK Festival, Montreal (Canada) http://www.mutek.org/mtl08/

April 2008

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:58:18 +0000

3rd April @ Qwartz Awards, Paris (France) 15th April @ M.I.A. Night, Piazza Duomo, Milan (Italy) - [with Giuseppe la Spada visuals] 18th April @ Das Kind Kulturzentrum, Russelsheim (Germany) 30th April @ Konzerthaus, "Nanuk der Eskimo", Vienna - [with Otomo Yoshihide, Eva Reiter & Streichtrio des Klangforum Wien]

Nanuk of the North

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:01:31 +0000

Wednesday, 30. April 2008, 19:30 Vienna Konzerthaus - Grosser Saal Fennesz / Yoshihide / Reiter / Streichtrio des Klangforum Wien «Nanuk, der Eskimo» Christian Fennesz, Guitar, Computer Otomo Yoshihide, Guitar, Turntables Eva Reiter, Viola da Gamba Streichtrio des Klangforum Wien, Streichtrio Programme: Film «Nanuk, der Eskimo» (Regie: Robert J. Flaherty, USA 1922) Christian Fennesz Musik zu «Nanuk, der Eskimo» (Regie: Robert J. Flaherty, USA 1922) (UA) (Kompositionsauftrag von Wiener Mozartjahr 2006 und der Wiener Konzerthausgesellschaft)

Fennesz/Jeck/Matthews | Amoroso | Limited 7"

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:55:34 +0000

Touch # TS01 7" vinyl only Due in the week beginning 18th March 2008 Side a: Fennesz/Matthews 3' 34" Side b Jeck/Matthews 3' 24" cut by Jason @ Transition artwork and photography by Jon Wozencroft For more information on this series of Touch Sevens, 7" vinyl only releases, please visit the TouchSevens website Am`o`ro�so n. 1. A lover; a man enamored. adv. 1. (Mus.) In a soft, tender, amatory style. Charles Matthews plays the Grand Organ in York Minster, during Spire Live on 20th January 2007. This release is a homage to Arvo P�rt... Arvo P�rt is often identified with the school of minimalism and more specifically, that of "mystic minimalism" or "sacred minimalism". He is considered a pioneer of this style, along with contemporaries Henryk G�recki and John Tavener. About the players: Charles Matthews: "I felt you were pure music, not human flesh, music through time, music played from the Universe, without boundaries." [an audience member, July 2007] Born in 1966, Charles Matthews studied at the Royal College of Music, London, and was an organ scholar at Trinity College, Cambridge. His teachers have included Beryl Tichbon, Gwilym Isaac, David Pettit, Patricia Carroll, Nicholas Danby, Charles Spinks and Dr Richard Marlow. Charles pursues a varied career as pianist, organist, composer and teacher, performing and broadcasting for radio and television within the UK and internationally. He has won numerous awards, perhaps most notably the first prize in the 1999 Franz Liszt Memorial Competition in Budapest. His recordings have been issued by Olympia, Priory, Guild and Touch; he is the organist for the Touch project, Spire, which also includes Christian Fennesz and Philip Jeck. Christian Fennesz: Fennesz uses guitar and computer to create shimmering, swirling electronic sound of enormous range and complex musicality. �Imagine the electric guitar severed from clich� and all of its physical limitations, shaping a bold new musical language.� - (City Newspaper, USA). His lush and luminant compositions are anything but sterile computer experiments. They resemble sensitive, telescopic recordings of rainforest insect life or natural atmospheric occurrences, an inherent naturalism permeating each piece. He lives and works in Vienna and Paris. Philip Jeck: Philip Jeck studied visual art at Dartington College of Arts. He started working with record players and electronics in the early '80's and has made soundtracks and toured with many dance and theatre companies as we as well as his solo concert work. His best kown work "Vinyl Requiem" (with Lol Sargent): a performance for 180 '50's/'60's record players won Time Out Performance Award for 1993. He has also over the last few years returned to visual art making installations using from 6 to 80 record players including "Off The Record" for Sonic Boom at The Hayward Gallery, London [2000]. Philip Jeck works with old records and record players salvaged from junk shops turning them to his own purposes. He really does play them as musical instruments, creating an intensely personal language that evolves with each added part of a record. Philip Jeck makes geniunely moving and transfixing music, where we hear the art not the gimmick.

Fennesz/Jeck/Matthews - Amoroso

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:41:36 +0000

TS01
March 2008
Limited edition 7" vinyl only
Artwork and photography by Jon Wozencroft
Cut by Jason @ Transition Track Listing: Side A: Fennesz/Matthews 3:34 Side B: Jeck/Matthews 3:24 Am`o`ro�so n. 1. A lover; a man enamored. adv. 1. (Mus.) In a soft, tender, amatory style. Charles Matthews plays the Grand Organ in York Minster, during Spire Live on 20th January 2007. This release is a homage to Arvo P�rt... Arvo P�rt is often identified with the school of minimalism and more specifically, that of "mystic minimalism" or "sacred minimalism". He is considered a pioneer of this style, along with contemporaries Henryk G�recki and John Tavener. The 7" is part of the Touch Sevens 7" vinyl-only series. More information about this series may be found here. Available from the TouchShop.

March 2008

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:08:55 +0000

1st March @ De Kade, Zaandam (The Netherland) - [Fennesz & Mike Patton] 7th March @ M.I.T. Festival - Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome (Italy) 8th March @ Feedback, Foligno (Italy) 14th March @ Sala Becool, Barcelona (Spain) 15th March @ Audiobox Festival Sonoro, Murcia (Spain) 21th - 23th March @ Tokyo International Art Festival, Tokyo (Japan) - [live music for Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui's "Aleko" dance piece]

February 2008

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:08:18 +0000

24th February @ Sonic Acts Festival, Amsterdam (The Netherland) - [GRM acousmonium] 27th February @ Rockefeller, Oslo (Norway) - [Fennesz & Mike Patton] 28th February @ Universiada Hall, Sofia (Bulgaria) - [Fennesz & Mike Patton] 29th February @ Proxima, Warsaw (Poland) - [Fennesz & Mike Patton]

Transition

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:19:06 +0000

TS04
January 2008
Limited edition 7" vinyl only
Artwork by Jon Wozencroft Track Listing: Side A: On a desolate shore 5:14 Side B: A shadow passes by 3:21 It is the sister release to the digital-only On A Desolate Shore A Shadow Passes By. These three tracks are based on 8 different guitar recordings made at Amann Studios, Vienna, between 2005-07. The acoustic guitar was recorded with an AKG C12 microphone. Other sounds were made using a Fender Stratocaster and a Vox ac15 amp. The 7" is part of the Touch Sevens 7" vinyl-only series. More information about this series may be found here. Available from the TouchShop.

Fennesz New Release | "Transition" | Limited 7"

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:10:25 +0000

Fennesz Transition Touch # TS04 7" vinyl only - no legal downloads of these tracks are available Side A: On a desolate shore [5:14] Side B: A shadow passes by [3:21] It is the sister release to the digital-only On A Desolate Shore A Shadow Passes By. These three tracks are based on 8 different guitar recordings made at Amann Studios, Vienna, between 2005-07. The acoustic guitar was recorded with an AK c12 microphone. Other sounds were made using a Fender Stratocaster and a Vox ac15 amp. The 7" is part of the Touch Sevens 7" vinyl-only series, which began with Oceanus Pacificus by Chris Watson [TS02]. For further information please go to the Touch Sevens site, or to purchase the limited vinyl visit the TouchShop Fennesz's new album for Touch follows in Spring 2008

On A Desolate Shore A Shadow Passes By

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:04:43 +0000

TS04D
10th December 2007
Digital download: MP3 / AAC / FLAC Track Listing: On A Desolate Shore A Shadow Passes By Exclusive digital download available through Boomkat, iTunes and all good download stores This release will be followed by Transition, a 7" single release in January 2008 featuring 2 different tracks from the same sessions. All three tracks are based on 8 different guitar recordings made at Amann Studios, Vienna, between 2005-07. The acoustic guitar was recorded with an AKG C12 microphone. Other sounds were made using a Fender Stratocaster and a Vox ac15 amp.

Fennesz New Release | Download Only Track | 11.12.2007

Sat, 08 Dec 2007 13:26:26 +0000

Fennesz - On a desolate shore a shadow passes by Touch # TS04D 1 track - 8:01 Exclusive digital download available through Boomkat, iTunes and all good download stores This release will be followed by Transition, a 7" single release in January 2008 featuring 2 different tracks from the same sessions.

December 2007

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:06:50 +0000

December 2007 1st December @ BUDA Kunstencentrum, Kortrijk (Belgium) [Charles Atlas & Fennesz]

November 2007

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 17:41:19 +0000

3rd November @ Dampfzentrale, Berrn (Switzerland) [2G - Keith Rowe & Christian Fennesz] 7th November @ Musiques Volantes Festival - Arsenal, Metz (France) 16th November @ Impact N�rdick Festival, Caen (France) 17th November @ Nov'Art Festival, Bordeaux (France) 23rd November @ Contemporary Music Festival, Huddersfield (United Kingdom) [with M.I.M.E.O.] 30th November @ LAB, Copenhagen (Denmark)

October 2007

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:33:02 +0000

4th October @ Enjoy Jazz Festival, Mannheim (Germany) 9th October @ Sonoaus 07 - Centro Cultural de la Villa, Madrid (Spain) 13rd October @ Casa da Musica, Oporto (Portugal) 17th October @ Forum Stadtpark [with Franz Hautzinger, Otomo Yoshihide, Luc Ex, Tony Buck], Graz (Austria) 18th October @ Szene [with Franz Hautzinger, Otomo Yoshihide, Luc Ex, Tony Buck], Vienna (Austria) 19th October @ (TBA) [with Franz Hautzinger, Otomo Yoshihide, Luc Ex, Tony Buck], Krakow (Poland) 20th October @ Archa Theater [with Franz Hautzinger, Otomo Yoshihide, Luc Ex, Tony Buck], Prague (Czech Republic) 27th October @ Elektroni[K] Festival, Rennes (France)

Fennesz press photos

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 21:46:46 +0000

Click on each photo for a hi-rez copy � 2006, Andrea Amadasi