Fennesz Sakamoto

not much infos about it & my japanese isnt what it used to be but this record should be out this summer. probably a joint release between Touch & Commmmons, as Touch also mentionned it in a newsletter.

http://www.commmons.com/whatsnew/artists/sakamotoryuichi/201104141704.html

i loved the first one.

I have no clue what that website says, but I hope it's similar to Insen.

google translation says

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Christian Fennesz and Ryuichi Sakamoto unit "fennesz + sakamoto" again! "WORLD HAPPINESS 2011" also determine the appearance!

 

Is scheduled for release in July, by Christian Fennesz + Sakamoto Riyuuiti

Unit fennesz + sakamoto latest music album will be "0330"

The album will be called 0330. Either that or WORLD HAPPINESS 2011

anyway, good news!

yeah, good news. loved that "cendre" thing. loved it a lot !

It's out, listening now. It's just over 2 hours long, let's hope it's as good as Cendre.

At first, i was a bit disapointed with it, as its way more abstract than Cendre but its a really strong release. Truly recommended. I wont ever be able to sing it under the shower but i keep on listening to those records.

Yeah, it's pretty good but it's a bit of overdose of piano for me if played through in one sitting.

I've only heard a few tracks so far as I can imagine it getting a little too overwhelming trying to tackle a CD (let alone the whole release) in one go. It's completely beautiful and there's amazing details in the backing ambience and subtle processing of the piano, so a definite thumbs up from me with this one. One thing I would prefer though is if there were fewer but longer tracks - it seems like a lot of the pieces have been curtailed from much longer performances and as a result sound more like extracts than fully formed songs (it doesn't help that some of the fade outs are so abrupt too)

Gave this one a listen, did not catch my attention. Might have been better if it were just a single disc album. Still prefer Cendre.

I don't remember where but I read that every track is in a different key/scale and that he played (improvised if I recall correctly) one of these at each concert of one tour. That tour btw was broadcasted live on the internet, which I've seen a couple of times and which was quite nice too, sakamoto being accompanied by a couple of (other) string instruments.

oh wait I was talking about flumina... I was confused, you'll understand why if you look at flumina's tracklist.