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fennesz sakamoto - Cendre
The fact that you're on this site and reading this review assumes you're of a certain musical disposition, and if you are in any way interested in the more beautiful things in life, the sensitive yet experimental end of modern music - pay close attention as this album is just about as good as it gets. I first heard "Cendre" a few weeks back and it blew me away instantly. Christian Fennesz and Sakamoto working on a full album together? Yes, and rather than go down the route of their previous short-form collaboration 'Sala Saint Cecilia' (which was drifting and sometimes impenetrable), "Cendre" is an album focused on layered harmonies and simplicity. Taking Sakamoto's signature piano work (think 'Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence' and you're on the right track) and classic Fennesz production ('Endless Summer', 'Venice', '"Plays") 'Cendre' feels like the perfect meeting of minds - and while it might be obvious to reference Sakamoto's high-profile collaborative work with Carsten Nicolai, these two musicians seem much more evenly matched. Sakamoto's haunting motifs may be wrapped up in sheets of harmonic noise, but they never become overwhelming - rather this is an album which revolves around subtlety and attention to detail. The emphasis here is on an almost Zen-like calmness and the restraint around which the two have balanced the album is just hard to fathom. It's the sort of record that can change your mood, but without resorting to cliché or emphasis on 'ambience'; it is optimistic and life-affirming but never over-wraught, I wouldn't even say that it is sentimental. Cendre, rather, is an album that you can imagine piecing together your own stories to, an album which is primed for you to remember ten or twenty years down the line, leaving you with that nameless, warm, fuzzy nostalgia and a heavy heart. I don't even think I need to mention Eno or Harold Budd do I? Absolutely gorgeous, and without a doubt one of the finest, loveliest records you'll hear this year. ESSENTIAL PURCHASE.
MP3 Download // £3.99
Touch
MP3 Download // £6.99
FLAC Download // £8.99
Haunting, weighty new offering on Touch from Christian Fennesz and Ryuichi Sakamoto.
CD // £14.99Touch
10" // £8.99
Fennesz's first solo release since 2008 - as impeccably wrought and moving as you'd expect.
Endless Summer (Limited Gatefold Vinyl Edition)
Editions Mego
LP // £16.99
Limited gatefold vinyl edition of this classic album with new artwork and expanded audio...
Touch
MP3 Download // £2.95
FLAC Download // £3.95
Fennesz's first solo release since 2008 - as impeccably wrought and moving as you'd expect.
CD // £13.99Editions Mego
MP3 Download // £6.99FLAC Download // £8.99
The classic album from Fennesz...
Touch
MP3 Download // £6.99
FLAC Download // £8.99
Dense, shimmering pieces for cello featuring contributions from Johann Johannsson. Amazing.
Touch
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Amazing environmental and hydrophonic recordings from the Barents Sea, Greenland and Norway
GAVIN BRYARS / PHILIP JECK / ALTER EGO
The Sinking Of The Titanic (1969- )
Touch
MP3 Download // £6.99FLAC Download // £8.99
Touch
MP3 Download // £6.99FLAC Download // £8.99
A remastered reissue of a 2007 album originally released under the billing of Lost In Hildurness
FLAC Download // £4.99LACIES
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Amazing Cello/Piano pieces for followers of Peter Broderick or Hildur Gudnadottir. Essential Purchase!
