Artist.......: Fennesz
Album........: BΘcs
Label........: Editions Mego / Kudos Records Limited
Genre........: Alternative
Catnr........: eMEGO 165
Source.......: WEB
Rip.date.....: 2014-06-14
Str.date.....: 2014-04-28
Quality......: 250kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo
Url..........: http://editionsmego.com/release/eMEGO-165
track title time
1. Static Kings 5:46
2. The Liar 4:37
3. Liminality 10:00
4. Pallas Athene 6:10
5. BΘcs 5:43
6. Sav 7:35
7. Paroles 3:36
Runtime 43:27
Size 79.45
Release Notes:
The last time Fennesz released an album on Austrian label Mego it was 2001 and
the name of that release was 'Endless Summer'. Now, in 2014 Editions Mego is
extremely proud to release the conceptual follow up that landmark of abstract
pop. BΘcs (pronounced 'baeetch') is Hungarian for Vienna and is the first full
length Fennesz solo release since 2008's 'Black Sea'.
Eschewing the more drone orientated works of 'Black Sea', 'BΘcs' returns to the
more florid pop mechanisms as deployed on Endless Summer. 'Static Kings'
features the extra leverage of Werner Dafeldecker and Martin Brandlmayer who
deploy a range of atmospheric abstract effects to shape a bewitching sound
world. The 10 minute centrepiece 'Liminality' (featuring Tony Buck on drums) is
classic Fennesz: epic, evocative, beautiful, impossible. 'Pallas Athene' creates
a sanctuary of hovering beauty which leads into the title track. Emotional and
assured, the track 'BΘcs' is an astonishing contribution to contemporary pop.
'Sav' co-written by CΘdric Stevens (aka Acid Kirk) inhabits a less structural
terrain as one enters a forest of small sounds and oblique atmospheres, where
the closing 'Paroles', a gentle melody unravels amongst swirls of electronics
and fried disruption. BΘcs is not just an album or a series of songs, it's a
world to inhabit, a landscape ripe with sounds, songs and that esteemed Fennesz
signature.
A singular work by a singular artist.