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Recommended by us on 11th September 2009
...according to our Brett on Fri 11 Sep, 2009.
You wouldn't expect Sparklehorse and Fennesz to bump into each other that often, but one bump has turned out to be significant and has grinded out the latest In The Fishtank which I didn't even realise was still a going concern. It generally amounts to a gorgeous and relaxing listen, with Mark Linkous's stargazing country guitar plucking often gently dominating the grainily atmospheric manipulations of Fennesz, although some tracks go the other way and burrow deep into ambient territory, broken up with the odd noisy plateau. One of these two is a quintessentially European artist and one could only have come from America so hearing them meld so gracefully together is quite a magical thing. Proper NATO shit.'In The Fishtank' is an ever ongoing project of Konkurrent, an independent music distributor in the Netherlands. For this series of releases Konkurrent invites musicians that they feel strongly related to into the studio to record. They are given two days studio time and freedom to do whatever they like musically, so The Fishtank offers a space for expression and experimentation Laptop artist Christian Fennesz manages to create a world of unheard and rich new sounds. Christian had the idea to collaborate with Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse as, after performing together, both felt that there was further mileage in their collaboration. Just two days in December 2007 were enough to record over 40 minutes of this sublime Fennesz and Sparklehorse combination. Songs and soundscapes of rare beauty with stunning atmospherics, where abstract sounds and well-crafted traditional song structure meet and where acoustic instruments and electronics create outstanding ambience.
Tracklisting: 1. Music Box Of Snakes 2. Goodnight Sweetheart 3. Shai-Hulud 4. If My Heart 5. Mark's Guitar Piece 6. NC Bongo Buddy 7. Christian's
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