do you think FENNESZ famous? - Page 2

Rob Instigator · 11.20.2008, 10:17 AM

who knew this cocksmear remixed shitty NIN songs?

noisereductions · 11.20.2008, 10:27 AM

Rob, I'm pretty sure silliness isn't tollerated here.

greedrex · 11.20.2008, 10:29 AM

Leave it Noise redux. Yr post was great. Keep the silliness alive.

noisereductions · 11.20.2008, 10:34 AM

haha thanks

Everyneurotic · 11.20.2008, 01:08 PM

fez-nesz, hahahahaha.

but seriously, fennesz is absolutely mesmerizing live, one of the best shows of that type of music i've ever attended. completely beautiful.

Rob Instigator · 11.20.2008, 01:25 PM

still not in any way FAMOUS

Everyneurotic · 11.20.2008, 01:28 PM

not by a long chance.

Glice · 11.20.2008, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by atsonicpark

......However, I'm more perplexed by the popularity of Ryoji Ikeda -- another artist who I love, but his music is just sine waves and tones, and the dude gets TONS of publicity, he's really well-known and shit. Which is great, "Test Patterns" is one of my favorites of the year and "Dataplex" is one of my favorite albums EVER.... but yeah it's pretty, uh, "challenging"/"difficult" stuff for most people really so his success kinda surprises me.

I think Ryoji Ikeda gets a lot of coverage for being very cold in his concepts while not being shit in his results. The two records I have of his (+- & Test Patterns) are build on 'concepts', which immediately gets him in with the 'high art' crowd (that is, people who go to galleries and the Barbican), it gets him in with the sound-art crowd, he's in with the Wire crowd, the ambient crowd, the IDM crowd... they're all variations on the same chin-stroker, but it's a fairly broad cross-section.

I've never really got Fennesz. It's ok, but never excited me (not that much 'electronica' does, in all honesty). I'd rather have Philip Jeck. Mmm. Jeck.

I'm pretty sure Rehberg said that Fennesz was Mego's biggest-selling artist in a relatively recent Wire article.

atsonicpark · 11.20.2008, 02:00 PM

I'm going to use "variations on the same chin-stroker" as a song title now.

batreleaser · 11.20.2008, 05:06 PM

I've never seen him live, but I sure do like some of his records.

Toilet & Bowels · 11.20.2008, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Glice

I think Ryoji Ikeda gets a lot of coverage for being very cold in his concepts while not being shit in his results. The two records I have of his (+- & Test Patterns) are build on 'concepts', which immediately gets him in with the 'high art' crowd (that is, people who go to galleries and the Barbican), it gets him in with the sound-art crowd, he's in with the Wire crowd, the ambient crowd, the IDM crowd... they're all variations on the same chin-stroker, but it's a fairly broad cross-section.

Interestingly enough, I saw Ryoji Ikeda at the Barbican, I went just to be sociable but the reason my friends wanted to go was because their art tutor had recommended it to them. It was an absolute bag of shite, and quite different to what i'd heard of his prior to that (+-), it was like a shit merzbow with a preachy film playing behind that was a message to the audience that they shouldn't support war and stuff.
There's a lesson to be learned here, and the lesson is that art tutors are mostly idiots who should be ignored.

greedrex · 11.20.2008, 05:44 PM

The last LP Black Sea is significantly less good than any other Fennesz record. It's way to quiet and subdued, although still a nice listening experience.

atsonicpark · 11.20.2008, 07:27 PM

Sigh... The dreaded "art crowd".

My friend goes to art school and his teacher always plays sun city girls in class.

11.20.2008, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Glice

I'd rather have Philip Jeck. Mmm. Jeck.

Not that I think Fennesz has much or anything in common with Jeck. I just wanted to point out that I saw our favourite scruffy dansette record player puppeteer 3 times and he almost made me weep.

Dead-Air · 11.20.2008, 11:30 PM

This isn't at all a question about Fennesz, but really a question about what "famous" means.

Like, "is this guy who sells albums in the tens of thousands and is on the cover of magazines that pander to obscure music fans and that 95% of the people on this board know of plus 77% like by any definition famous?"

Go ask Andy Warhol. Or better still, ask Valerie Solanas.

noisereductions · 11.21.2008, 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Dead-Air

This isn't at all a question about Fennesz, but really a question about what "famous" means.

That's what I was thinking too. I always considered Bjork "famous", but I remember in like 2003 I was working at this cafe with a bunch of high schoolers, and I was like "oh I'm going to see Bjork this weekend" and they were all like "WHO?" So famaous? No? I don't know.

Toilet & Bowels · 11.21.2008, 09:16 AM

bjork is certainly famous in the UK

Rob Instigator · 11.21.2008, 10:12 AM

I would say Bjork is well-known, bt she could walk down the street in most any city in america and people are not going to botehr her, just some hipsters.

and for Fez(Fennesz), that fuck could walk around with a big sign pointing to him that reads "techno beats for cheap" and no one would give a fuck.

11.21.2008, 10:14 AM

Techno Beats For Cheap! Here!

noisereductions · 11.21.2008, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

walk around with a big sign pointing to him that reads "techno beats for cheap"

Rob, as an experiment It'd be awesome if YOU did that, and if anyone asked you about the sign just be like "I'm Fennesz" and then record their response.

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Everyneurotic invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mexico Posts: 15,713	not by a long chance. __________________ Richard Clayderman found alive and still bland! Repo Man has all night! Photographic evidence of Monosodic's existance! New Kiddieriot shit after all! Never too late to share fave rex from the year before! David Keenan is a douchebag! Ron Asheton missed!
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batreleaser invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York, NY Posts: 5,155	I've never seen him live, but I sure do like some of his records.
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greedrex invito al cielo Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: in yr fotobukit Posts: 6,588	The last LP Black Sea is significantly less good than any other Fennesz record. It's way to quiet and subdued, although still a nice listening experience. __________________ Greed Recordings bandcamp ~The Rex~, stalkin' yr shit since 2008.
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11.20.2008, 07:27 PM	#33
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	Sigh... The dreaded "art crowd". My friend goes to art school and his teacher always plays sun city girls in class. __________________
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11.20.2008, 11:30 PM	#35
Dead-Air invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Portland OR Posts: 4,300	This isn't at all a question about Fennesz, but really a question about what "famous" means. Like, "is this guy who sells albums in the tens of thousands and is on the cover of magazines that pander to obscure music fans and that 95% of the people on this board know of plus 77% like by any definition famous?" Go ask Andy Warhol. Or better still, ask Valerie Solanas. __________________ FuckBook; My Band; My Radio Show; My Flickr Page; Science Fiction Message Board
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11.21.2008, 09:16 AM	#37
Toilet & Bowels invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Europe Posts: 12,215	bjork is certainly famous in the UK
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11.21.2008, 10:12 AM	#38
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,930	I would say Bjork is well-known, bt she could walk down the street in most any city in america and people are not going to botehr her, just some hipsters. and for Fez(Fennesz), that fuck could walk around with a big sign pointing to him that reads "techno beats for cheap" and no one would give a fuck. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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11.21.2008, 10:14 AM	#39
sarramkrop Posts: n/a	Techno Beats For Cheap! Here!
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