http://www.fennesz.com/ 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. en Copyright 2012 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:43:03 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 2nd February Vooruit, Ghent (Belgium) 3rd February @ School of Arts, Ghent (Belgium) - [Q&A - workshop] 17th February @ Museo Marino, Florence (Italy) 18th February @ Auditorium del Carmine, Parma (Italy) 24th February @ Nouveax Festival - Centre Pompidou, Paris (France) http://www.fennesz.com/live/february_2012.html http://www.fennesz.com/live/february_2012.html live Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:43:03 +0000 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. Subscribe to the TouchPod podcast of TouchRadio via the iTunes Music Store Play Fennesz "On Invisible Pause" at www.touchradio.org.uk]]> http://www.fennesz.com/news/fennesz_on_touch_radio.html http://www.fennesz.com/news/fennesz_on_touch_radio.html news Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:38:19 +0000 here]]> http://www.fennesz.com/news/fluid_radio_interview.html http://www.fennesz.com/news/fluid_radio_interview.html news Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:40:30 +0000 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]]> http://www.fennesz.com/news/fennesz_sakamoto_flumina_1.html http://www.fennesz.com/news/fennesz_sakamoto_flumina_1.html news Sun, 04 Dec 2011 16:08:35 +0000
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December 2011
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].]]> http://www.fennesz.com/discography/fennesz_sakamoto_flumina.html http://www.fennesz.com/discography/fennesz_sakamoto_flumina.html discography Sun, 04 Dec 2011 15:59:28 +0000 6th December @ Signal Festival, Cagliari (Italy) - [Fennesz + Giuseppe La Spada visuals] 21st December @ Bimhuis, Amsterdam (Netherlands) - [Fennesz + Brandlmayr + Dafeldecker] http://www.fennesz.com/live_archive/december_2011.html http://www.fennesz.com/live_archive/december_2011.html live_archive Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:06:37 +0000 4th November @ Skanes Dansteater, Malmo (Sweden) - [live original music for the World première of Christophe Arouni "On Invisible Pause" dance piece] 11th November @ FIME Festival, La Valette du Var (France) - [live music for "The passion of Joan of Ark" silent movie] 12th November @ Semibreve Festival - Teatro Circo, Braga (Potugal) http://www.fennesz.com/live_archive/november_2011_1.html http://www.fennesz.com/live_archive/november_2011_1.html live_archive Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:55:24 +0000 www.skanesdansteater.se]]> http://www.fennesz.com/news/world_premiere_of_christophe_a.html http://www.fennesz.com/news/world_premiere_of_christophe_a.html news Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:53:41 +0000 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. ]]> http://www.fennesz.com/news/seven_stars_now_available_on_c.html http://www.fennesz.com/news/seven_stars_now_available_on_c.html news Thu, 13 Oct 2011 18:07:22 +0000 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. Here is the trailer]]> http://www.fennesz.com/news/fennesz_music_usage_on_film_tr.html http://www.fennesz.com/news/fennesz_music_usage_on_film_tr.html news Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:30:32 +0000 5th October @ Babel Songs Festival - Divadio Archa Theatre, Prague (Czech Republic) 7th October @ Tranzvisualia Festival, Gdynia (Poland) - [Fennesz + Giuseppe La Spada visuals] 15th October @ Porgy & Bess, Vienna (Austria) - [Fennesz / Hineregger / Moser / Fussenegger] 21st October @ Caixaforum, Madrid (Spain) http://www.fennesz.com/live_archive/october_2011.html http://www.fennesz.com/live_archive/october_2011.html live_archive Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:00:41 +0000 2nd September @ Poz Modern Festival, Poznan (Poland) - [Fennesz Lillevan visuals] 7th September @ MITO Festival, Torino (Italy) 25th September @ Union Chapel, London (United Kingdom) http://www.fennesz.com/live_archive/september_2011.html http://www.fennesz.com/live_archive/september_2011.html live_archive Wed, 17 Aug 2011 17:40:05 +0000
Tone 44V
July 2011
10" Vinyl Tone 44
September 2011
CD EP 1. Liminal 3:07 2. July 5:06 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 Design & photography by Jon Wozencroft Fennesz's first solo release since "Black Sea" [Touch # TO:76, 2008] is a 4 track 10" vinyl and a CD EP. 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." Fennesz's third collaboration with Ryuichi Sakamoto, "Flumina", is due out this November on Touch.]]> http://www.fennesz.com/discography/fennesz_seven_stars_1.html http://www.fennesz.com/discography/fennesz_seven_stars_1.html discography Mon, 18 Jul 2011 11:03:50 +0000 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]]> http://www.fennesz.com/news/fennesz_seven_stars.html http://www.fennesz.com/news/fennesz_seven_stars.html news Mon, 18 Jul 2011 10:51:03 +0000 2 August @ Niki Club, Tochigi (Japan) - [Fennesz + Sakamoto] 5 August @ NH TV - Live Stream, Tokyo (Japan) - [with Yellow Magic Orchestra] 7 August @ World Happiness Festival, Tokyo (Japan) - [Fennesz + Sakamoto] http://www.fennesz.com/live_archive/august_2011.html http://www.fennesz.com/live_archive/august_2011.html live_archive Wed, 06 Jul 2011 12:02:27 +0000