Magic Sound of Fenn O'Berg

Fennesz | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 23, 2000)
• Label: Mego Austria
• ASIN: B000035X1Q
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #560,119 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Shinjuku Baby, Pt. 1

2. Steam Powered Oscillation

3. Horst und Snail Mit Markus

4. Gurtel Eins

5. Escape from Hamberg

6. Shinjuku Baby, Pt. 2

7. Gurtel Zwei

8. Fenno'berg Theme

Customer Reviews

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars amazing powerbook improv, December 9, 2000

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Jess (deep in the jungle) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Magic Sound of Fenn O'Berg (Audio CD)

Three of avant music's brightest lights (the Mego label's Peter Rehberg and Christian Fennesz, and the ubiquitous Jim O'Rourke) sit down with their laptops, and create a disarming and beautiful collection of electronic free improvisation. You'll find only trace elements of established genres here, as the three lob samples and tones back and forth: recognizible instruments blend with "pure" electronics, pop structures dissolve into the irradiation of noise and static. The fact that it's all done in real time, with little to no premeditation, makes it all the more intriguing. This _isn't_ techno, despite what the racking system might tell you. Whatever the old farts of free improv tell you, this _is_ the future of avant garde, improvised music. Let whatever hang ups you have about music created on computer go, and lose yourself in the journey.