Senking - List

Label: Raster-Noton

Released: 2007

Style: Abstract, Electronic

"is there beauty in the threatening? with list senking introduces 40 minutes of the darkest matter and reckons: yes.

on list he varies and experiments with a - for raster-noton - frightening diversity of sounds. he reveals the pieces as sound-collages, as quotes, which seem to refer to splatter movie and film noir. following the tremendous plot of his endtime-sujet, he persistently welds together sound spaces in order to compress them later into overwhelming drone-sounds. these as such, then go to serve a fundamental purpose, as an environment for minimalistic themes and melodies, always to be driven by the ever present slow-beat of the pieces. nonetheless the syntax, the destiny of each single piece is highly varied and has the appearance of a much more mature composition, compared to his earlier works."

Tracklisting:

1 Common Business (4:00)

2 Pathogenic Agent (4:26)

3 Come In (4:36)

4 Bohrer (5:35)

5 Great Day (4:41)

6 Gestalt (0:36)

7 Graue Musik (4:24)

8 Mist (4:47)

9 Crevasse (5:04)

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Fennesz - Field Recordings 1995:2002

Label: Touch
Released: 2002
Style: Glitch, Abstract, Experimental

"Fennesz has attracted a large amount of attention of late, largely due to his incredible ‘Venice’ album and collaborations with David Sylvian. ‘Venice’ is one of those records that has quite strangely instilled itself into the popular music world, a ‘weird’ album that mainstream music fans can buy without fear, and that is a great achievement. Fitting then that Touch have re-introduced this collection of classic Fennesz material dating back as far as 1995. There’s a lot on here, with tracks culled from the seminal ‘Instrument EP’ on Mego, soundtrack work and various compilations he has been involved with over the time, then it’s polished off with a number of totally exclusive tracks. Seriously, we’re being spoiled by Touch and of course the disc is packaged as usual totally impeccably and in this case it’s even slightly humourous, with the title ‘Field Recordings’ being mocked slightly by rural farming pictures. The music of course is typically high quality stuff, ranging from the noisier end of Fennesz’s sound on the opening track ‘Good Man’ and the ‘Instrument Ep’ to the melancholic pensive quiete of his Ekkehard Ehlers remix under the Betrieb moniker. A crucial collection for casual Fennesz fans and raving completists alike, ‘Field Recordings’s greatest strength is that it plays like an album rather than a haphazard compilation. On listening to the record at no time did I think the tracks were thrown together or sounded jarring, quite the opposite in fact, it sounds like they were always meant to be heard this way." - Boomkat

Tracklisting:

1 Fennesz - Good Man (4:05)
2 Fennesz - Instrument 1 (5:27)
3 Fennesz - Instrument 2 (6:05)
4 Fennesz - Instrument 3 (5:16)
5 Fennesz - Instrument 4 (5:05)
6 Ekkehard Ehlers - Betrieb (Remix) (3:55)
7 Fennesz - Menthol (3:51)
8 Fennesz - Surf (5:36)
9 Fennesz - Stairs (1:28)
10 Fennesz - Ivend00 (1:30)
11 Fennesz - Namewithnohorse (Version) (2:02)
12 Fennesz - Odessa (Version) (1:28)
13 Stephan Mathieu & Ekkehard Ehlers - Codeine (Remix) (5:17)

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Fennesz - Transition

Label: Touch
Released: 2008
Style: Experimental, Abstract, Ambient, Glitch

"For the first time since the original issue of his sublime 'Plays' EP, Christian Fennesz returns to the 7" format. You may recognize one of the sides on this release from the digital exclusive from the end of last year - it's an ocean current of superior, shimmering digital drones and frankly, it sounds awesome on vinyl. Since we've already spent our two cents on that track, let's get stuck into the other side: the guitar is far more pronounced here, nestled within an electrically charged breeze of fizzing sonic particles and debris. It's a recipe that's been copied extensively ever since 'Endless Summer' became big news, but what keeps Fennesz head and shoulders above the copyists is his complex, nuanced production, particularly when it comes to capturing his guitar. There really isn't any other electronic artist who seems capable of properly recording the instrument and harnessing the full richness of its timbres. This seven-inch exudes all that warmth and depth of personality, and is every bit the equal of the Chris Watson release that kicked off Touch's singles club... Utterly lovely."

Tracklisting:

1 On A Desolate Shore (5:14)
2 A Shadow Passes By (3:21)

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