Fennesz / Sakamoto - Flumina (Touch)
Graceful seems the most apt adjective for this recurring meeting. Each artist is engaged in a sound choreography – a movement of sound objects – tonal, rhythmic and textural within a darkened stage.
Light chorus effects gloss over Sakamoto’s piano, creating a watery nausea that is oddly pleasurable. Fennesz lifts and submerges these passages through clouds of unfamiliar sources. It’s as if you are listening at great distance – nothing is close and in the macro view a fresh perspective is revealed. Soft focus sounds.
