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Austrian soundscaper Christian Fennesz will issue Black Sea, his first solo LP under his surname in nearly five years, November 25 on vinyl and December 9 on CD via Touch.

The LP version features six compositions crafted using acoustic and electric guitars, synthesizers, electronics, computers, and live-improvising software lloopp, while the CD version tacks on two additional tracks. Most of the songs were conceived from the bottom up by Fennesz, although "Glide" is a joint effort with Thela's Rosy Parlane recorded live in Paris and later mixed down for the record. If you enjoyed the recently Forkcasted stream of album closer "Saffron Revolution", you'll be pleased to know the track is available for download purchase right now through the Touch webstore.

Black Sea's cover-- like that of pretty much every Touch release before it-- features gorgeous landscape photography by Jon Wozencroft. That's the CD's artwork above and the LP's below.

Fennesz has a pair of performances in Switzerland and Austria to attend to tomorrow (October 23) and the day after.



Black Sea CD:

01 Black Sea
02 The Colour of Three
03 Perfume for Winter
04 Grey Scale
05 Glide
06 Glass Ceiling
07 Vacuum
08 Saffron Revolution

Black Sea LP:

A1 Black Sea
A2 Perfume For Winter
A3 Grey Scale
B1 Glide
B2 Glass Ceiling
B3 Saffron Revolution

Fennesz:

10-23 Basel, Switzerland - Shift Festval
10-24 Vienna, Austria - Tanzquartier