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Fennesz

Musical Group or Musician
Forlisteners into experimental electronic, glitch/ambient, guitar-based electronics, and curious rock fans crossing into touch/mego territory.
8 Reviews 1 Definitions 6 Charts

The Profile

Austrian guitarist and electronic composer known for melding guitar with laptop processing to craft emotive glitch/ambient works. Key albums include Endless Summer (2001), Venice (2004), Black Sea (2008), Bécs (2014), and Agora (2019). He has released on Mego and Touch and collaborated with artists such as David Sylvian and Ryuichi Sakamoto.

Born in 1962 and based in Austria; emerged on Mego in the mid-1990s (Instrument, Hotel Paral.lel) and later on Touch (Venice, Black Sea). Venice features David Sylvian; he also collaborated with Ryuichi Sakamoto (Cendre) and is a member of Fenn O’Berg with Jim O’Rourke and Peter Rehberg.

The reviews praise Fennesz’s fusion of guitar and laptop into emotive glitch/ambient soundscapes. Endless Summer is hailed as a modern classic; Venice and Black Sea expand the palette with depth and texture, while Bécs revisits and reframes earlier aesthetics. Knoxville captures a vivid live collaboration. David Sylvian’s appearance on Venice is noted.

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