Fennesz, Radian

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Wed 24th November 2004, Bush Hall, 310 Uxbridge Road London W12

Knom music (by arrangement with Thrill Jockey) is proud to be bringing two of the highlights of Vienna’s underground scene, on the same bill, for the very first time. The world of cutting edge electronic music today has its radar pointing very much in the direction of Vienna, and this is due in no small part to Radian, and Christian Fennesz. Fennesz is one of the city’s many artists associated with the revered ambient and experimental electronica label Mego, for whom he recorded his breakthrough album; Endless Summer, an album of reflections upon the Beach Boys, which received gushing acclaim the world over. His latest offering, Venice, (Touch), is an awesome piece of work. A tremendously beautiful record.

Radian’s connections with Fennesz go much further than residing in the same city. Stefan Nemeth from Radian also runs a label, Mosz, which features upcoming releases by Fennesz, as well as Pan American. Radian are a trio, and one could loosely say they make modern electronic jazz. But this would be lazy. It is a skewed, electronic post-rock jazz, using synths, vibraphone, computers, live drums, bass, and John McEntire of Tortoise (among everything else) at the desk. Radian has also recorded for Mego but now has made Uber Cool Chicago label its home.

"…a band with impressively original density and texture"
-Ben Ratliff, The New York Times
"Radian mics the microcosmos of sonic detail, filtering it into a spray of white noise that's thin as foil and dense as chain mail."
-Philip Sherburne, XLR8R

"Radian are true virtuosi... Rec.Extern is a masterpiece of sculpted sound and daring psychological manipulations! The Wire - Phil Clarke

"a band with an impressively original density and texture." New York Times, Ben Radcliffe

"intense, surprising and complex and well worth looking for." Ampersand Electronica, Jeremy

http://www.knom.co.uk has all the info, tix etc...