CHRISTIAN FENNESZ: SONGWRITER/GUITARIST/COMPOSER

Fennesz, the Austrian born guitarist released his 6th EP SEVEN STARS out July 22, 2011. Fennesz has 6 studio albums to his credit and SEVEN STARS is the latest recorded effort, since he began recording as a solo artist in 1997.

The multi-layered compositions of guitar textures, notebook computer enhancements, include underlayments of pop melodies. Its new age spinning a bold new musical language. Some of his music could easily be referred to as 'Trance Music'. Fennesz, a laptop composer, singer/songwriter, and guitarist was originally with a free form rock group ‘Maische’ performing in the Viennese underground during the 80’s. They incorporated sound techniques not generally accepted in the rock world at that time.

Fennesz records his own music sound, but also collaborates with various other artists in many genres, and releases solo albums every 2-4 years. He is an acquired taste but has a following for his electronic zonal sounds, both soothing, and  invigorating.
The following excerpt below describes him in shimmering detail:

San Francisco Bay Guardian Music Blog (USA): Using his patented Mac patches to splay, splice, and caress a Stratocaster, Fennesz produces layer upon layer of compressed guitar feedback and processed glitches that spread out like a beach blanket on the windy sands of the Mediterranean. When a few chords suddenly appear from the whirring microtonal din, the noise musician-turned sculptor conveys with a Proustian flourish something truly magical: the distant memories of aquamarine sunsets and tawny sand dunes seem to emanate from the speakers.

Fennesz’s greatest strength has always been in his keen ability to formulate soundscapes that capture equally the coldest blasts of alien feedback and the most summery mosaic of acoustic guitar strums, chimes, and keyboard drones. Or rather, his compositions are at their most transfixing when they seem to play in music’s littoral zones, where the shallow grounds of textural play might suddenly give way to vast oceanic harmonics. [Erik Morse]

http://www.fennesz.com/

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