Christian Fennesz

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[Wikipedia] Christian Fennesz is an Austrian producer and guitarist active in electronic music since the 1990s, often credited mononymously as Fennesz. His work utilizes guitar and laptop computers to blend melody with treated samples and glitch production. He lives and works in Vienna, and currently records on

Quotes by Christian Fennesz

I studied ethnomusicology for a while, but I don't think that really influenced my music.

Christian Fennesz

Music

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For me, there is a strong hypnotic power in noise-music, and that's something I don't want to leave out of my music…

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Hypnotic

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I don't release many records just as "Fennesz," so when I do, I want to plan everything in detail. It's not that…

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Details

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I hate the idea of repeating myself. I need new perspectives and challenges for each project, and I'm very happy that many…

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Able

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I grew up with rock and pop music from the 70s and 80s. I had to play guitar in school - it…

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80s

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In my case, I am improvising with existing sound files. I use an MSP patch that a friend of mine made, and…

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Cases

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For me, noise is not something I use to shock, or because it's funny, or weird, or whatever. I use it because…

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Beautiful

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I grew up in a small village close to a big lake. There are heavy winds there, and they always sound different.…

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Bigs

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I started playing guitar at the age of 8 or 9 years. Very early, and I was like already into pop music…

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Able

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No more "band psycho" stuff for me. I'm fine without it.

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Band

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It's amazing. It's actually build from old Siemens Telefunken transistors from the 60ties. There is like 10 in there. It's the most…

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Boxes

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It's true that laptop performances can be boring for the audience. The problem is, the organizers of events are still putting us…

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Audience

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I really don't want to become a "member" of a band anymore. I really enjoy having total control over my music and…

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Band

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I was really a big fan of Loveless. At [the time it came out], I made music that was not too far…

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Attention

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