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Christian Fennesz has always been known for the quality of his collaborations, Sala Santa Cecilia – recorded with the legendary Ryuichi Sakamoto – being a distinct highlight. Knoxville, on the other hand is a very different kind of collaboration. Recorded in 2009 at the Big Ears festival in Knoxville, Tennessee, the one-off performance brings together Fennesz on guitar and electronics, David Daniell on guitar and Tony Buck on drums, each summoned personally by the festival organisers to channel their atmospheric energy into something darkly unique.
From the outset of this performance, the initial, tactile drones morph into waves of beautifully textured sounds, bathing the listener in melodies that ebb and flow above the murky, disjointed percussion below. Although the release is split into four tracks, it flows as one, offering an aural experience quite like no other. A true experiment in sound, then, like some sort of sonic rain. This is for the dreamers, the introspective wonderers and the people who aren’t afraid of something they can’t understand. Matt Hazley
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KEY TRACKS: ‘HEAT FROM LIGHT’.
FOR FANS OF: EMERALDS, POCAHAUNTED.
