U STREET MUSIC HALL 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY WEEK
After ghosting us for almost 10 years, we are honoured to have Fennesz back in North America. Joining the tour on select dates is NYC based composer Britton Powell presenting his new work “If Anything Is".
Using a filtered and treated electric guitar as the starting point for his lush soundscapes, Fennesz has created a personal and groundbreaking discourse throughout his career. Perhaps sculpting the last truly unique vision for the guitar, his luminant compositions are anything but sterile experiments. Fennesz’s world of sound unfolds and resembles sensitive, telescopic recordings of rainforest insect life or natural atmospheric occurrences, an inherent naturalism permeating each piece. In addition to his prolific output as a solo artist, and his ongoing investigation of the limits of noise, automatic composition, field music or contemporary classical, Fennesz is also a frequent collaborator with other luminaries of the scene. These include artists such as Alva Noto, Oren Ambarchi, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Keith Rowe, Peter Rehberg, David Sylvian, and Jim O’Rourke.
Fennesz
Fennesz uses guitar and computer to create shimmering, swirling electronic sound of enormous range and complex musicality. "Imagine the electric guitar severed from cliché and all of its physical limitations, shaping a bold new musical language." - (City Newspaper, USA). His lush and luminant compositions are anything but sterile computer experiments. They resemble sensitive, telescopic recordings of rainforest insect life or natural atmospheric occurrences, an inherent naturalism permeating each piece.
Christian Fennesz is published by Touch Music. He lives and works in Vienna.
Britton Powell
Britton Powell is a composer and performer based in Brooklyn, NY. His works have been commissioned for performance at Centre Pompidou (Paris), Guggenheim House (Japan), Ultima Festival (Norway), Issue Project Room (NYC), Unsound Festival (Poland), Time Zones Festival (Italy), Today's Art (Netherlands), and The Barbican Center (London). He has participated in several collaborations with artists such as Jon Hassell, Matmos, Marshall Allen, Jon Gibson, Krakow Sinfonietta, John Also Bennett, Leo Svirsky, Lucy Railton, and many others.
He also curates the Catch Wave Ltd. record label.
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