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Good, I was very nice about him in that review.

― Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 14:19 (twenty years ago) link

christian, I was only kidding about the songs.

― cozen (Cozen), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 19:41 (twenty years ago) link

uh oh an artist is spying on us...

― hector (hector), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 19:57 (twenty years ago) link

CHRISTIAN COME TO CALIFORNIA FOR MY PROM HOLLA DAWG MY # IS 415-GLI-TCHY

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 20:04 (twenty years ago) link

i am rather excited about the keith rowe thing!

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 20:38 (twenty years ago) link

but then i am a shameless fanboy

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 20:41 (twenty years ago) link

Have we commented on the uh, punny title?

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 21:41 (twenty years ago) link

well, it's better than pince-nez

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 21:45 (twenty years ago) link

wow this is um placid

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 24 March 2004 03:05 (twenty years ago) link

that's not really a criticism, just surprise

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 24 March 2004 03:05 (twenty years ago) link

It suited my mood nicely last night, I have to say. Good sinking-into-the-couch-while-reading music. (Then again I'm currently reading a study of Hitler's inner circle.)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 24 March 2004 03:45 (twenty years ago) link

hated it!
http://valdefierro.com/ilc.jpg

― Pablo Cruise (chaki), Wednesday, 24 March 2004 03:59 (twenty years ago) link

The memories!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 24 March 2004 04:06 (twenty years ago) link

that review is ridiculous.

― wantmytwominutesofmylifeback, Wednesday, 24 March 2004 04:56 (twenty years ago) link

"Circassian" is the best track.

― gygax! (gygax!), Sunday, 28 March 2004 01:00 (twenty years ago) link

I have just realized that just 5 days ago, Messr. Fennesz and Jelinek were doing a double set right here in Prague.. Should I weep?

― Baaderoni (Fabfunk), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 11:12 (twenty years ago) link

At the record store - there is only one where i live - they have all the Fennesz stuff, which one should i get first. I wanna buy one. ( and since ned will read this: i wanted to ask you which of those flowchart singles comps i should get. vol.1 or vol.2. or do i need both? i remember a thread somewhere where you enthused about them. at least i think you did.)

― scott seward (scott seward), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 11:40 (twenty years ago) link

get Plays and then move forward. if you like noise, you could also move back.

― Beta (abeta), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 13:18 (twenty years ago) link

As for the choice of Flowchart comps, hm. I'd say both, but start with 1 if you like shoegaze more and 2 if you're a touch fonder of ambient techno.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 13:25 (twenty years ago) link

Scott, I'd suggest the clichéd Endless Summer as the easiest way into Fennesz, and then explore from thereon in if you think you might like the more abstracted, noisey, laptops-drowning-in-magma stuff.

― Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 13:45 (twenty years ago) link

Thanks, fellas!

― scott seward (scott seward), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 14:06 (twenty years ago) link

Garfield in Venice -- now that's what I call lasagna!

http://www.garfieldmovie.com/home.html

― Ian Christe (Ian Christe), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 15:47 (twenty years ago) link

I'd say you should wait for that duo alb with keith rowe on erstwhile scott.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 16:09 (twenty years ago) link

i wanna buy a fennesz album too, is it cool if i go with this new one?

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 16:40 (twenty years ago) link

yes! it's great. i bought it last week.

― mark p (Mark P), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 16:44 (twenty years ago) link

his early stuff is not that noisy, in fact his debut solo record ("Instrument") is really melodic and guitar-ry.

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 17:15 (twenty years ago) link

I think i might just buy something old and something new. Maybe endless summer and the new one. i keep hearing great stuff about these records. the only thing i have him on is that Ulver remix album that i love. i've been purging my cd collection and hitting the store more often. spring cleaning you know.

― scott seward (scott seward), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 17:26 (twenty years ago) link

i say:

fennesz plays (2 song single of "covers") is a great and cheap intro.

endless summer is his strongest LP

field recordings is a GREAT compilation that has some of his strongest material ("good man")

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 17:31 (twenty years ago) link

i just got the new one, it was the only one at the record store!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 20:55 (twenty years ago) link

Hotel Paral.lel needs more love on this thread.

― hstencil, Tuesday, 6 April 2004 21:32 (twenty years ago) link

one of my favorite songs off hotel paral.lel is "aus" but i don't listen to the album much anymore.

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 21:43 (twenty years ago) link

There is a noise during a part of a tune on Venice that hits me right in the back of my throat and causes it to itch if I am sitting in the right place between the speakers. It is unquestionably the strangest effect music has ever had on me.

Unfortunately, this sensation dominated my recollection of the record & I don't remember if I liked it or not.

― southern lights (southern lights), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 21:48 (twenty years ago) link

holy, david sylvian's voice just came on and i almost jumped out of my seat!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 8 April 2004 02:31 (twenty years ago) link

i like his voice on this album but maybe it should be a little lower in the mix

― ryan (ryan), Thursday, 8 April 2004 04:44 (twenty years ago) link

you're telling me! i was sitting around listening to the album late at night and it really scared the willies outta me.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 8 April 2004 13:44 (twenty years ago) link

The drama of his voice appearing -- I didn't know about his cameo at all until I too was taken by surprise! -- is one of the best things about Venice. It's shocking and beautiful.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 8 April 2004 22:53 (twenty years ago) link

totally! (and scary)

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 8 April 2004 22:57 (twenty years ago) link

I didn't know it was coming either Ned, and found it heavy and intrusive after all that gorgeous music. Excellent album though.

― stevo (stevo), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 08:01 (twenty years ago) link

three weeks pass...

i have been listening to venice (my first fennesz cd) a lot yesterday and today. somehow it really makes me think of wagner. quite heavy and wafting like the fog on a lake in the alps in autumn. that is not per se bad but a little bit frightening, i find. and david sylvian of course fits perfectly into this picture. his drawling is so artificial and unnatural. as is fennesz laptop music. which isn't bad per se neither. it does marry glitch noise and melodic beauty quite amazingly. i can understand that it takes him years to make a new album.

― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Saturday, 15 May 2004 15:41 (twenty years ago) link

listening to it for the first real time (ie. not at night while in bed) right now, and I don't see why some don't like it. It's very good. Also, I feel kinda sorry for anyone who missed him with Keith Rowe at Tonic last night who wanted to go. It was fucking awesome, but ridiculously packed - the line to get in was the biggest I've seen there (and almost stretched to Delancey!).

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 28 May 2004 13:14 (nineteen years ago) link

i listened to it again last night while i was doing some work, actually in circumstances not unlike ha stencil's (ie i wasn't in bed or dozing off), and yeah i was really feeling it too. the singing still scared the shit out of me though!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 28 May 2004 13:19 (nineteen years ago) link

He also played with Rowe at a festival in Quebec over the weekend (as well as a separate solo set), but no other Canadian dates (to my knowledge). Bastards.

― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Friday, 28 May 2004 13:27 (nineteen years ago) link

yeah he played a couple of gigs at victo. my friend who also performed said he was a real prick

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 28 May 2004 13:29 (nineteen years ago) link

I missed him a month ago here in Prague, playing with Jelinek...

― Baaderoni (Fabfunk), Friday, 28 May 2004 13:39 (nineteen years ago) link

hstencil, I envy your having seen the show last night; I procrastinated endlessly on picking up a ticket and thought about just heading over and taking my chances but figured I'd get shut out. Anyway, what's his live setup like? Most of the pictures I've seen suggest that his performance is solidly PowerBook-based; were there any real-time guitarisms on display? I'm of two minds about whether seeing him with a guitar would heighten the defamiliarization effects of the records or just lift the veil a tad too high.

Has Fennesz ever been on a bill with Kevin Drumm? I find these guys an interesting study in microcontrasts and seeing them in the same room would be interesting.

― rasheed wallace, Friday, 28 May 2004 13:58 (nineteen years ago) link

yeah he played guitar, which was interesting because I've seen him two other times and he didn't do that. In addition to the powerbook he's also got this big, custom-made distortion box that sounds pretty great. (I saw all this from far away - fortunately I'm not nerdy enough to go up on stage and check out equipment after sets LIKE MANY OF THE NERDS IN ATTENDANCE LAST NIGHT.) Sets by all were great, but Fennesz's solo in particular struck me by how "techno" it was (in a non-obvious way). My head was bobbing/body felt like dancing at numerous points in the set (and it's a testament to the overall lameness of the Tonic crowd that there were few having the same response). Hell at one point for about 20 seconds it sounded like he was going to segue into a gabba track!

To my knowledge, Fennesz and Kevin have never played together in the States (not that I can remember anyway), but I would be surprised if they haven't played on bills together in Europe. Kevin's recent semi-retirement is kind of a bummer.

Also, Sylvain track just came on, and the haters are nuts! This is great!

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 28 May 2004 14:11 (nineteen years ago) link

great and scary

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 28 May 2004 14:23 (nineteen years ago) link

not as scary as "Farmer in the City" but still good.

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 28 May 2004 14:24 (nineteen years ago) link

which btw slocki do you have much Scott Walker, esp. later stuff? If you don't, you should, I think you'd like it a lot.

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 28 May 2004 14:24 (nineteen years ago) link

Thanks stence. Agreed about the Sylvain track; in many ways it jibes with his somewhat cinematic tendencies -- hearing a voice come in late in the wash of the album is not unlike being jolted by a jarring image or plot twist in Godard or Hitchcock. And then you're sort of placidly returned into the flow of things. As album sequencing I think it's pretty damn brilliant.

― rasheed wallace, Friday, 28 May 2004 14:26 (nineteen years ago) link

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I never picked that one up, since I never listen to the Sakamoto/Alva Noto stuff I have.

― baaderonixx, Friday, 14 December 2007 10:19 (sixteen years ago) link

"On a Desolate Shore a Shadow Passes By"

Beautiful. Halfway through, the track (guitars & electronics making the sounds of surf) nearly falls apart - like when you let sand (metaphore might've been induced by the title...) slip through your fingers and the last grains are about to fall through - and then a wonderfully treated acoustic guitar comes through. Awesome.

― willem, Friday, 14 December 2007 22:29 (sixteen years ago) link

six years pass...

happy 10th birthday Vemice!

― sleeve, Thursday, 20 February 2014 18:21 (ten years ago) link

Fuck me.

― the drummer is a monster (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 20 February 2014 20:55 (ten years ago) link

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