Play Fennesz Radio
Fennesz
On Tour
1,949,136 plays (129,108 listeners)
Christian Fennesz’s trademark sound combines guitar playing with digital techniques like granular synthesis. This style has been described as “Rock meets PowerBook”.
His oeuvre is far broader though - he’s been at the forefront of digital music for many years now. Hotel Paral.lel won the Prix Ars Electronica Award of Distinction for Digital Musics in 1999 along with Pita’s Seven Tons For Free.
At the frontier of contemporary music is Fennesz: a meticulous laptop conceptualist who weaves tangible melodies and glowing guitars through dense, symphonic electronica.
Fennesz uses guitar and computer to create shimmering, swirling electronic sound of enormous range and complex musicality. “Imagine the electric guitar severed from cliché and all of its physical limitations, shaping a bold new musical language.” - (City Newspaper, USA).
Christian Fennesz is known from his own particular musical world as well as his impeccable work in creating beautiful compositions for guitar. Somewhere between concrete music, classical and ambiance sounds, he stretches musical resources and effects to create melodies and atmospheres that fuse classical and orchestral concepts with conceptual musical research and complex digital structures.
Fennesz has been recording with Ryuichi Sakamoto, with whom he also plays live, with Keith Rowe, Sparklehorse, Mike Patton, etc…
His oeuvre is far broader though - he’s been at the forefront of digital music for many years now. Hotel Paral.lel won the Prix Ars Electronica Award of Distinction for Digital Musics in 1999 along with Pita’s Seven Tons For Free.
At the frontier of contemporary music is Fennesz: a meticulous laptop conceptualist who weaves tangible melodies and glowing guitars through dense, symphonic electronica.
Fennesz uses guitar and computer to create shimmering, swirling electronic sound of enormous range and complex musicality. “Imagine the electric guitar severed from cliché and all of its physical limitations, shaping a bold new musical language.” - (City Newspaper, USA).
Christian Fennesz is known from his own particular musical world as well as his impeccable work in creating beautiful compositions for guitar. Somewhere between concrete music, classical and ambiance sounds, he stretches musical resources and effects to create melodies and atmospheres that fuse classical and orchestral concepts with conceptual musical research and complex digital structures.
Fennesz has been recording with Ryuichi Sakamoto, with whom he also plays live, with Keith Rowe, Sparklehorse, Mike Patton, etc…
Top Albums
-
Il Libro Mio: Recherchen zum Manierismus
Fennesz
Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes Search
- Buy Album
- Amazon Search
- eBay Search
-
Plus Fourty Seven Degrees 56'37" Minus Sixteen…
Fennesz Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes Search
- Buy Album
- Amazon Search
- eBay Search
Shoutbox
-
VoilesVoiles wrote:
I strongly encourage EVERYONE to listen to his single "June," which was also released within a few months of Black Sea. As a great fan of Black Sea, I myself am willing to say that it is as outstanding as if not superior to any of tracks on that album. http://wallywashis.name/mp3/Fennesz/June/
-
moneeb wrote:
gig review for the recent show here: http://www.distantreverb.com/gigreview.php?id=9
-
love_and_caring wrote:
All fennesz lovers sure have an amazing "taste", this group is for you: http://www.last.fm/group/Stripper+Stilettos (: It's an art/tacky/everything community.
-
stonedsoup wrote:
new image is nice
-
pauladaunt wrote:
Fennesz @ St. Giles in the Fields Church: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98IYczD8PEk
-
_CaRtZ_ wrote:
field recordings :)
-
randyseternity wrote:
http://www.last.fm/user/randyseternity/journal/2009/12/12/38ldiv_my_top_50_albums_of_the_decade?success=1
-
EssienPopoola wrote:
unusual and eclectic - www.happenstanceradio.blogspot.com
-
mcclintic wrote:
http://www.thevsessions.com/en/resume.php?numsession=1 Last live record: go for it!
-
ofgriding wrote:
Wow, this vid is amazing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5Aix07MLHE
-
CraigEvanson wrote:
listentoSCQ: when you said "Black Sea soundtracked my 'trip' " i thought you were going on to talk about something much more interesting : )
-
a_bleeding_star wrote:
["Black Sea" is really Impressive]
-
Heliosphaner wrote:
waiting for Plateaux Festival
-
optimistic_tour wrote:
Revisiting Black Sea this fall, it became apparent how incredible the album is and how much I overlooked it at first. This is autumn/winter soundtrack perfection.
-
marillchu789 wrote:
venice season.
-
spacematador wrote:
This. On headphones.
-
Coreyfornicatio wrote:
Endless Summer is such a good album
-
Morganiano wrote:
I love Field Rec 95-02
-
xxxxglosoli wrote:
Endless Summer for me.
-
theStarry wrote:
I agree, Black Sea may very well be his best. Utter bliss.
Videos
See more
Listeners
-
Ronnievb
Listening now
to Before I Leave -
lukew4ll
Top Listener
-
Green_Paradise
Top Listener
-
dlitus
Top Listener
-
weirdnumber
Top Listener
-
williamle8300
Top Listener
Recent Activity
-
circadiansongs, melihkirac and steve_ws added Fennesz to their libraries. 5 hours ago
-
httm tagged Fennesz with magic and genius. yesterday afternoon
-
deathstardroid, Shastieva and reversewhisper added Fennesz to their libraries. Monday evening
-
GulasH unlinked Fennesz from OFF Festival 2010 at Słupna Park. Sunday evening
-
mutekkk added Fennesz to the lineup of OFF Festival 2010 at Słupna Park. Sunday evening
-
chrisesimpson added Fennesz to chrisesimpson’s library. Sunday evening
-
Cypher303 wrote about Fennesz in 100 most important CDs of decade. Sunday afternoon
-
Quintenstaircas, LesDoigtsFroids, piorun_kulisty and 5 other people added Fennesz to their libraries. Sunday afternoon
-
moneeb wrote about Fennesz in Fennesz - 3 Nov 2009 - St Giles-In-The-Field, London. Friday evening
-
moneeb added Fennesz to moneeb’s library. Friday evening
Related Journals
-
100 most important CDs of decade
by Cypher303 |
3 Jan 2010 | 4 comments
-
Fennesz - 3 Nov 2009 - St Giles-In-The-Field, London
by moneeb |
1 Jan 2010 | Add comment
-
Beginning of 2010.
by FunkmastaJambro |
1 Jan 2010 | Add comment
Groups (172)
-
Erstwhile
58 members
-
Touch
283 members
-
Stars of the Lid are the only band we need
120 members
-
gruizig en prettig
189 members
-
electronic guitar
68 members
