Fennesz
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Christian Fennesz (born December 25, 1962) is an Austrian musician who uses guitar and computer to create his electronic compositions. He lives and works in Vienna and Paris.
Fennesz has been recording with Ryuichi Sakamoto, with whom he also plays live, with Keith Rowe and Sparklehorse. He has also worked alongside Peter Rehberg and Jim O'Rourke in the improvisional trio Fenn O'Berg, and with David Sylvian who sang on his album Venice and for whom Fennesz composed the music for the song "A Fire in the Forest" for his album Blemish.
Fennesz had ties with the Vienna based record label Mego, and is now signed to Touch in the UK.
Discography:
- Sala Santa Cecilia live EP with Ryuichi Sakamoto (Touch, 2005)
- Venice (Touch, 2004)
- Live in Japan (CD-Headz/Touch, 2003) and (LP-Autofact/Touch, 2005)
- Field Recordings: 1995-2002 (Touch, 2002)
- Endless Summer (Mego, 2001)
- Live at Revolver, Melbourne live EP (Touch, 2000)
- Plus Forty Seven Degrees 56' 37" Minus Sixteen Degrees 51' 08" (Touch, 1999)
- Plays (Mego/Mokai, 1999)
- Il Libro Mio EP (Mego, 1998)
- Hotel Paral.lel (Mego, 1997)
- Instrument EP (Mego, 1997)
Motion picture soundtracks:
- Blue Moon (Austria, 2002) , dir: Andrea Dusl
- Gelbe Kirschen (Austria, 2000) , dir: Leopold Lummerstorfer
- Beyond the Ocean (USA, 1999)
With Fenn O'Berg:
- The Return of Fenn O'Berg (Mego, 2002)
- The Magic Sound of Fenn O'Berg (Mego, 1999)
External links
- official website (http://www.fennesz.com/)
- Fennesz @ Touch (http://www.touchmusic.org.uk/Biographies/christianfennesz.html)
- Fennesz @ Mego (http://www.mego.at/fennesz.html)de:Fennesz