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Infobox musical artist | name = Christian Fennesz| image = Fennesz.jpg| caption = Fennesz performing with Mike Patton at Dissonanze Festival in Rome on 2007-06-02.| image_size =| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist| birth_name = Christian Fennesz| alias = Fennesz| birth_date = Birth date and age|1962|12|25|df=y| death_date =| origin = Vienna , Austria | instrument = Guitar| genre =| occupation =| years_active =| label = Mego Records|Mego , Touch Music|Touch | associated_acts = Fenn O'Berg | website = http://www.fennesz.com/ fennesz.com| current_members =| past_members =| notable_instruments = Christian Fennesz (born 25 December 1962) is an Austria n guitarist active in electronic music , often credited on albums simply as Fennesz .
Fennesz uses guitar Allmusic|class=artist|id=p202296|pure_url=yes "Fennesz" by Sean Cooper for Allmusic.com; retrieved 2007-08-07 and notebook computer s to make multilayered compositions that blend melody and conventional musical instrument s with harsh, irregular glitch -influenced sounds and washes of white noise . He lives and works in Vienna, Austria .
Biography
Fennesz was born and raised in Austria and studied music formally in art school. He started playing guitar around the ages 8 or 9. http://www.semtexinc.com/interviews/interview.php? ID=32 at Semtexinc.com
He became involved in the Viennese techno scene of the early 1990s. From there on, he began to collect his own equipment and produce music based loosely around guitar and synthesizer sounds.
Since the 1990s, Fennesz played live with Ryuichi Sakamoto , with British electroacoustic improvisation icon Keith Rowe , and with American pop group Mark Linkous|Sparklehorse . He has also worked alongside Peter Rehberg and Jim O'Rourke (musician)|Jim O'Rourke in the improvisional trio Fenn O'Berg , and with British singer David Sylvian - Sylvian sang on Fennesz's album Venice while Fennesz composed the music for "A Fire in the Forest" from Sylvian's album Blemish (album)|Blemish and made contributions to Sylvian's "When Loud Weather Buffeted Naoshima". Fennesz also remixed Ulver on the album 1993-2003: First Decade in the Machines , as well as appearing on their 2007 album Shadows of the Sun .
Fennesz had ties with the Vienna -based label Mego Records|Mego , and is now signed to Touch Records|Touch in the UK.
Fennesz and Sakamoto released a collaborative album entitled Cendre in March 2007 on Sakamoto's new Commmons label, via Touch Records|Touch .
Fennesz performed with singer Mike Patton at the 2007 Moers Festival - marking the first time the two have performed together on stage in Europe, as they have performed in 2006 at the Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville , and will continue to tour Europe together into June.
In 2009 Fennesz teamed up with Mark Linkous ( Sparklehorse ) to create In the Fishtank 15 . The following year Fennesz released Szampler , http://www.tapeworm.org.uk/ttw16.html The Tapeworm, TTW#16 - Fennesz - Szampler a cassette containing his sample collection on the Tapeworm label. This release was later remixed by Stefan Goldmann and released as Goldmann vs. Fennesz: Remiksz . http://www.tapeworm.org.uk/ttw26.html The Tapeworm, TTW#26 - Goldmann vs Fennesz - Remiksz
Influences
The emphasis on the guitar texture and the burying of pop music|pop melodies under layers of effects are common features of Fennesz's music. Ultimately, this is something that can be traced to the various Fripp & Eno collaborations of the 1970s. Also, the music of the Beach Boys has had an influence on Fennesz, as revealed by his cover of “Don’t Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)” on the Plays EP. The Beach Boys influence is mentioned in a http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/31381/Interview_Interview_Fennesz Pitchforkmedia interview, in relation to the album title, cover art, and melodic emphasis of his Endless Summer LP.
(2005) Live in Japan CD (Headz/Touch, 2003) and LP (Autofact/Touch)
(2009) Live @ The V. Sessions streaming video recording ( http://soundcloud.com/zoyd/fennesz-live-at-the-v-sessions The V. Sessions), 2009
; Studio EPs
(1995) Instrument 12" vinyl ( Mego Records|Mego )
(1998) Il Libro Mio EP (Tanz Hotel)
(1998) Plays 7" ( Mego Records|Mego )
(1999) Plays CDEP (Moikai)
(2006) Plays 10" vinyl ( Editions Mego )
(2011) Seven Stars 10" vinyl (Touch)
; Singles, tracks
(2002) "Wrapped Islands" with Polwechsel ( Erstwhile Records|Erstwhile )
(2005) "Erstlive 004" with Peter Rehberg , Sachiko M and Otomo Yoshihide (Erstwhile)
(2007) "On a desolate shore a shadow passes by" (Touch) - download only
(2008) "Transition" (Touch)
(2008) "Saffron Revolution" (Touch) - download only
(2011) "Fearless" (Thrill Jockey) - contribution for the Benefit for the Recovery in Japan compilation
; Remixes
(2003) Remixed "Tomorrow Never Knows" and "The Future Sound Of Music" (titled "Only the Poor have to Travel") by Ulver on 1993-2003: A Decade In The Machines ( Jester Records )
(2005) Remixed "Weight" by Isis (band)|Isis on Oceanic Remixes Vol. 4 ( Ipecac Recordings|Ipecac )
(2007) Remixed "In This Twilight" by Nine Inch Nails on Year Zero Remixed ( Interscope Records|Interscope )
(2010) Remixed "Returnal" by Oneothrix Point Never on Returnal Maxi Single 7" (Editions Mego)
(2011) Remixed "The Visitor" by Miracle on Fluid Window
; Soundtracks
(1999) Beyond the Ocean (USA)
(2000) Gelbe Kirschen (Austria), directed by Leopold Lummerstorfer
(2002) Blue Moon (2002 film)|Blue Moon (Austria), written and directed by Andrea Maria Dusl
(2005) Platform#09 Chicago loo (France) by Cedrick Eymenier
(2009) Film ist. a girl & a gun (Austria), directed by Gustav Deutsch, with Lucia Pulido, Martin Siewert, Burkhard Stangl (7", Interstellar Records, Austria 2009)
; In Fenn O'Berg:
(1999) ''The Magic Sound of Fenn O'Berg (Mego)
(2002) ''The Return of Fenn O'Berg (Mego)
(2009) Magic & Return Double CD reissue (Editions Mego)
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