Black Sea

Billboard (p.40) - "[T]hese are blasts of sustained drones that lightly envelop the brain, blocking out the static of everyday existence." Mojo (Publisher) (p.114) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[W]ith BLACK SEA, the spectral colours have become submerged beneath a dark cloud of MBV drone, blues chords and distant, decaying strings." Record Collector (magazine) (p.94) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Many of the definitive characteristics of Fennesz's mien remain intact -- reverb-drenched guitars and atomised grains sown in effect-driven fields -- but they're wielded into thrillingly unconstrained tapestries..." Clash (Magazine) (p.100) - "BLACK SEA is deeper and even more sedentary than 2004's ax-bient classic 'Venice,' but still just as engaging....A slow revealer, BLACK SEA is a treasure chest for dreamers and droners to get truly lost in." Signal To Noise (p.54) - "Fennesz seems always to return to a kind of folksy arpeggiating on his guitar, a cool, mentholated space that is like mood music for hipsters."

坂本龍一やマーティン・ブランドルマイヤーらとのコラボを挿み、エレクトロニカ界の伊達男が4年ぶりにソロ作を発表。何やら社会的メッセージが潜んでいそうな表題からも察しがつくとおり、深くて重たい聴き心地の本作は、『Endless Summer』で確立した独特の加工術はもちろん、それに対比させるように生々しいギターの音色も前面に押し出している。静かな激情を空間的な音響処理で具現化した、圧倒的な芸術作品!
bounce (C)大久保 洋二