Fennesz

Features

Hidden Melodies: An Interview with Christian Fennesz

By Jennifer Kelly

Christian Fennesz always has the record button on, and with his new album he's found a way to turn a cross between a flute and a gong into something perfectly natural. [23 April 2009]

The Best Re-Issues of 2007

By PopMatters Staff

From '60s soul to bluegrass and Krautrock to post-punk, PopMatters counts down the year's best re-issued albums. [19 December 2007]

Reviews

Fennesz: Black Sea

By Mike Newmark

Fennesz's first solo record in quite some time is quieter, more amorphous and less accessible than his most definitive work. Spend some time with it, however, and it begins to open up. [15 January 2009]

Fennesz: Hotel Paral.lel

By Nate Dorr

Endless Summer may be the most recognized Fennesz release, but even as far back as 1997 he was laying down a template for the tension of that album's lovely guitar shimmer and abrasive scraps of feedback. [12 November 2007]

Fennesz: Endless Summer

By Nate Dorr

Six years later, the original tracklist, full of gauzy guitars and bristling white noise, still holds up on its own merits -- and without the unneccessary bonus tracks. [1 May 2007]

Fennesz: Venice

By Chris Toenes

Venice gives a peek at his enduring penchant for pop, shows him breaking out into other areas of digital territory, and allowing his listeners to see the guitar anew, with its most glimmering elements shining like sunlight through cracks in a wall, sharp as diamonds.

[27 April 2004]