Endless Summer

Endless Summer Artist: Fennesz
Label: Mego Austria
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD


UPC: 017533378322
EAN: 0017533378322
ASIN: B00005M6CH


Release Date: 2001-07-03

Endless Summer


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Tracks:

  1. Made In Hong Kong
  2. Endless Summer
  3. A Year In A Minute
  4. Caecilia
  5. Got To Move On
  6. Shisheido
  7. Before I Leave
  8. Happy Audio

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Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Blissful Bleep.......2005-10-10

Endless Summer...alot of people are split on this record. probably because of all the hype that surrounded it's release. it's not an album of sheer genius; but it is a delightfuly well composed slab of pretty noise. taking it simply or what it is will enhance the listening experience. personally, i love this record. the beautiful moments softly explode with fireworks of tender beauty and i love hearing the distant fragmented strains of the acoustic guitar struggling to shake off the electronic pixels that it's creator has stickered all over it. the title track and the song "Caecilia" are perfect examples of this technique and are the prime standouts. the rest of the record is adequate enough to keep my interest; but it's those two tracks that i keep coming back to. i like this kind of electronic music much much better than Boards Of Canada, because Fennesz's approach is less novelty and more reflective and thoughtful. and "Endless Summer" is free of those horrible children's samples that BOC constantly uses. and as a plus, the packaging and graphic design is divine.

2 out of 5 stars no brainer.......2005-08-16

Sounds like VST plugins to me. Give a monkey some software and let him go.

5 out of 5 stars Listen to the samples.......2004-06-26

Endless Summer is a good example why you should never trust written music reviews. It has all the ingredients for an intelligent-sounding review e.g. acoustic guitar meets computers, noise meets kitch and some subtle references to whatever. After the wave of praise-reviews talking about the above someone was bound to look through it all and be smart and say 'well it has all the right ingredients but its not really that good' or just plain 'it sucks'. The reason for this review-war is of course that the real qualities of this album (and all music) are not academic but abstract emotional personal stuff which cant be put into words. Personally i cant explain why i love this album.

4 out of 5 stars fascinating.......2004-06-03

Fennesz is my new favorite music discovery. Whenever I go see a rock show and there is a guy up there with a guitar and a huge cabinet amp full of processors and gadgets, I get excited. Fennesz is that guy but with a laptop. Ambient music gets a good seeing to with an element of live instrumentation. Fennesz, along with Squarepusher (the nuttiest bass player ever), gives me hope for the future of my guitar.

3 out of 5 stars Conceptually successful but with few musical peaks.......2003-04-17

Fennesz garnered so much acclaim so quickly for Endless Summer that the album quickly sold out before most folks could ever find a copy. You can see why: harnessing glitch and guitar with equal aplomb, Endless Summer, from title to warm processed drones inside, soundtracks your ideal Ibiza screensaver.

Meaning, if underwater somulent moods sound intriguing, the vast echoscape of
featured cut "Endless Summer" offers low-key, filtered guitar and fuzzy feedback in hazy harmony. "Caecilia" adds playful gurgles and some marimba-like touches to the formula. "A Year in a Minute" and "Got to Move On" focuses on hum that unfortunately crosses the nuance/repetitive threshold. Closer "Happy Audio," for all it's seven minute build, never truly blossoms to the spectacle it aches to be.

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