Christian Fennesz



Christian Fennesz started his career as the singer/guitarist/songwriter in the group Maische, one of the more interesting bands occupying the viennese underground during the late eighties. Incorporating into their sound techniques like free form improvisation and instrumental rock in a time when such practices were generally not accepted by the rock audiences. With their demise in 1993, Fennesz rethought his approach to return in 1995 with the 12'' EP ''Instrument'' on the austrian electronic label Mego. Having freed himself of the constrictive band format he was able freely experiment with new electronic means and a whole new audience. Since then he has released an EP on Syntactic records. A full length CD for Mego entitled ''Hotel Paral.lel'' was released in 1997. Fennesz has also performed numerous times (both solo and in collaboration) at various festivals (Phonotaktik, Hyperstrings, Sonar, ARS Electronica, Konfrontation, LMC, Musikprotokoll....). He toures with Peter Rehberg and Jim O'Rourke, and with Ryuichi Sakamoto.

5 / 6 (7", Ltd) Syntactic 1995
Instrument (12") Mego 1995
Hotel Paral.lel (CD, Album) Mego 1997
Dì-n (LP, S/Sided) Ash International 1998
Il Libro Mio - Recherchen Zum Manierismus (CD, Mini) Tanz Hotel 1998
Plays (7") Mego 1998
Dafeldecker / Kurzmann / Fennesz (CD) Charhizma 1999
Music For An Isolation Tank (CD) Rhiz Records 1999
Plays (CD, Single, RE) Moikai 1999
plus forty seven degrees 56' 37" minus sixteen degrees 51' 08" (CD, Album, Ltd) Touch 1999
The Magic Sound Of Fenn O'Berg (CD, Album) Mego 1999
03_02_00 (CD, EP, Ltd) Touch 2000
Afternoon Tea (CD, Album) Ritornell 2000
Live @ Synaesthesia (CD, Mini) Synaesthesia 2000
Phonographics 1-5 (CD, Mini) Durian Records 2000
plus forty seven degrees 56' 37" minus sixteen degrees 51' 08" (CD, Album, RE) Touch 2000
7"/10"/12" EP (12", Ltd, EP, Cle) Raft Recordings 2001
Endless Summer (CD, Album) Mego 2001
Endless Summer (LP) Mego 2001
Light (CD, EP) Touch 2001
Dawn (CD) GROB 2002
Field Recordings 1995:2002 (CD, Comp, Dig) Touch 2002
Invisible Architecture #2 (CD) Audiosphere 2002
Split Series #15 (12") FatCat Records 2002
The Return Of Fenn O'Berg (CD, Album) Mego 2002
The Return Of Fenn O'Berg (LP) Mego 2002
The Return Of Fenn O'Berg (CD) P-Vine Records 2002
Wrapped Islands (CD) Erstwhile Records 2002
Endless Summer (CD) P-Vine Records 2003
Live In Japan (CD, Album) Headz 2003
Complementary Contrasts, Donaueschingen 2003 (CD, Album, Ltd, Dig) Hat Hut Records 2004
GRM Experience (SACD) Signature / Radio France 2004
Live At The LU (CD) Erstwhile Records 2004
Venice (CD, Album, Dig) Touch 2004
Venice (CD) Digital Narcis Corporation,. Ltd. 2004
Live At Amann Studios (File, MP3) Touch 2005
Live In Japan (LP, TP) Autofact Records 2005
Sala Santa Cecilia (CD, Maxi) Touch 2005
Untitled (CD, EP) Erstwhile Records 2005
Endless Summer (CD, Album, RE, RM) Editions Mego 2006
Endless Summer - Deluxe Edition (CD, Album, RM) P-Vine Records 2006
Live At Vila Nova de Foz Côa, May 29th 1999 (File, MP3) Touch 2006
Plays (10", RE) Editions Mego 2006
Cendre (CD, Album) Commmons 2007
Cendre (CD, Album, Dig) Touch 2007
Hotel Paral.lel (CD, Album, RE, RM, Enh) Editions Mego 2007
Live In Japan (LP, Ltd) Autofact Records, Touch 2007
On A Desolate Shore A Shadow Passes By (File, AAC) Touch 2007
Amoroso (7", Single, Ltd) Touch 2008
Black Sea (LP) Touch 2008
Black Sea (CD, Album, Dig) Touch 2008
June (12", Etch, S/Sided, Ltd, Cle) Table Of The Elements 2008
plus forty seven degrees 56' 37" minus sixteen degrees 51' 08" (CD, Album, RE, Dig) Touch 2008
Saffron Revolution (File, MP3) Touch 2008
Transition (7", Single, Ltd) Touch 2008
Ambarchi - Fennesz - Pimmon - Rehberg - Rowe : Afternoon Tea (BT03) 2009