Comments on: Sparklehorse & Fennesz – In the Fishtank 15

By: little bear

little bear — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 01:51:19 +0000

I saw the fennesz gig at the venue… I have been smitten ever since. Same though, It is only on rare occassions i feel the urge to pop him on the stereo…same with most types of stuff like this. doesnt really make it any less special when you take the time to actually enjoy it. his work with david sylvian is amazing too. And fenn’o'berg. This record sounds equal to all of these. Cannot wait to steal it… i mean have a listen to matthews copy

By: Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:40:24 +0000

Me too, very much. I really don’t hear much Sparklehorse, so I assume there’s a lot of Mark Linkous which secretly hankers to produce this kind of experimental music but has never quite managed the determination to do so. I could be wrong, but I really wonder about his secret inner mental experimentalist after hearing this.

By: smileyjonny

smileyjonny — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:59:21 +0000

I like both Sparklehorse and Fennesz quite a lot, so the combo is rather exciting to me. And turns out I love it. Fennesz is usually all about massively buggered-about guitar sounds, and while I can sit and bug out to him for hours (he played Edinburgh Venue years ago, in one of the most mesmerising yet least visually interesting gigs i’ve ever been to), the lack of identifiable tunes does limit the occasions when I feel like popping him on the stereo. Working with Sparklehorse does move it ever so slightly towards melody and structure, but without losing the good bits. Luvverly.

It’s interesting that it is much more fennesz than sparklehorse- I get to wondering whether that reflected the dynamics in the studio somehow.

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:54:09 +0000

I like the idea of two bands playing together but frankly I don’t like either of these songs at all. They just sound like people monkeying around. It’s sort of like a musical doodle.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:48:00 +0000

The WGC one is with Telefunk and is really nice. Twistification and The Cuckoo in particular.

Thanks AnotherDave, I think that should be fixed by now.

By: AnotherDave

AnotherDave — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:02:51 +0000

Shai-Hulud is really great – it captures perfectly what it must be like to be eaten by a 200 metre worm with shards of crystal as teeth and a propensity for swallowing tanks.

(The link to download ‘Goodnight Sweetheart’ is broken, by the way.)

By: zenm

zenm — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:34:13 +0000

there’s a willard grant conspiracy one floating around somewhere – worked okay i think
re: monsters of folk – it really is ordinary isn’t it – jim james is better than that – would like to seem him head out to left field a bit more, rather than being dragged back to middle of the road fare – thought the last my morning jacket release hinted at the possibility of something more interesting – that said, did find myself enjoying the george harrison tribute

By: Matthew

Matthew — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:26:06 +0000

That is pretty much how I’d like to do it, but recording everything really is just the tip of the iceberg. Once it’s recorded there really is a ton of work to do afterwards, which at the moment wouldn’t be feasible, I don’t think.

There might be ways to do it though – I will apply what little remains of my brainpower.

By: dav

dav — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:38:34 +0000

Surely it is quite feasible though, you must have some ace recording equipment that you use in the sessions and you could just do limited CDR runs which would keep costs down. I imagine half of the problem would be fitting it around, what I can only imagine to be, an already tight as hell schedule.

You could always just do it as a toad session, get two bands together to practice one day then film the next?

Sorry, I imagine you’ve thought about all that already and this comment is just a big brain fart really.

By: Rampant Chutney Consumerism

Rampant Chutney Consumerism — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:41:13 +0000

ideas ideas