Timing is everything and this nicely coincided with the release of the artists new LP Agora which came out last Friday. I write this in my kitchen now as noise and dissonance washes all over me. Black coffee is the fuel to pump in, after a brunch of shrimp and tomato sandwiches. The Dire Straits ran a lyric once that went "I run on heavy fuel" - that juxtaposed with Christian Fennesz's ambient washes - provide a sunny, non-jokey April 1st as Spring truly sets into life.
I first encountered Fennesz in 2004 at The Coronet in London, and he was on the same bill as Four Tet, Caribou, Animal Collective and Explosions In The Sky. Brilliantly - I've just clicked that event - and it transpires that it was on 30th April, so we must have been fresh as a whistle. The discordance of sound from Fennesz, in between post-rock, folktronica and electro-funk sets, brought the mood down to a suitable down. This man is the sound of poised.
His debut LP Endless Summer was a breath of fresh air and came in at #86 on my list of best albums of the 2000's. A few LP's in-between ,and this conceptual follow-up to that debut has never felt better timed. As the seasons blend into one, and a new page begins, the sound artist crafts another tapestry.
Static, submerged, complex, beautiful. Go get 'em kid.
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