Fennesz Reprises Sakamoto Collaboration with LP, Tours

In a bid to make the coming spring endless, Mr. Christian Fennesz, laptop provocateur, will unleash his illustrious electronic sounds upon the gathered hordes at a number of European festivals next month. While this is wondrous news for residents of and folks happening through Vilnius, Lithuania, and Ljubljana, Slovenia, it leaves the rest of us a bit cold, and even more desperately in need of a sick Fennesz fix.

Fortunately, not long after his tour, Fennesz will reprise his collaboration with noted composer Ryuichi Sakamoto (The Last Emperor, etc.). The pair's Cendre follows up 2005's Fennesz Sakamoto one-track EP Sala Santa Cecilia and arrives Stateside via Touch on May 15. Cendre collects 11 new joint efforts and has Mr. Fennesz tearing it up on the guitar and laptop, while Mr. Sakamoto throws it down on piano and laptop. That shit is hot.

Keep those ears perked, as Touch should have a Fennesz full-length proper on the way in late 2007.

Cendre:

01 Oto
02 Aware
03 Haru
04 Trace
05 Kuni
06 Mono
07 Kokoro
08 Cendre
09 Amorph
10 Glow
11 Abyss

Fennesz:

04-13 Hasselt, Belgium - Musiekdroom (MOD)
04-14 Brussels, Belgium - AB (Domino Festival)
04-17 Paris, France - Mains d'Oevreus (Pixelache Festival)
04-19 Krems, Austria - Halle 1 (Donau Festival)
04-20 Utrecht, The Netherlands - Nicolai Church (Springdance Festival)
04-21 Utrecht, The Netherlands - Nicolai Church (Springdance Festival)
04-24 Vilnius, Lithuania - Jauna Muzika Festival
04-26 Ljubljana, Slovenia - Waves Radio Tower Exchange (re-lax 013)
04-27 Zagreb, Croatia - &TD Theater (Zagreb Biennale)