Fadensonnen - Black EP (FR003 - June 2011)

NIGHT OF SHAROQUE COUGHS / SWEET JUDY BROWN / GNID GNID

32:18

Three tracks spanning the extremes of Fadensonnen - improv guitar action meets pop meets tape cut pileups!

CUSTOM HANDMADE DIGIPAK WITH BLACK CD-R - (EDITION OF 100 - SOLD OUT - COMING SOON TO BANDCAMP)

BLACK EP REVIEWS

Via Christopher Stigliano's excellent BlogToComm :

Fadensonnen-BLACK EP CD

The third and last in the Fadensonnen trilogy keeps up the high-powered amped up electronic rock of the first two delivering more of that total eruption free music that I kinda thought went out of business around the time REM began replacing Chrome as a template for youthful rockist exuberance. Echoing a variety of hot eighties underground flashpoints I remember (the MX-80 O-Type and Half Life spinoffs come to mind) and don't (well...maybe Mark Hanley's Sister Ray side project Room 101), Fadensonnen really know how to take the basement recording situations so prevalent in the days of cassette kultur and update the entire shebang for the present, not quite an easy task considering just how vague the notion of "the present" is. This ain't "industrial" or any real variation thereof, but some mighty engrossing underground rock and roll that takes the best moments of the past fiftysome years of sound exploration and runs wild over the hills with 'em! Only hope that this ain't the LAST we're going to hear from  Fadensonnen!

If you haven't been able to get these very limited (100!) edition Cee-Dees and would like to hear what you're missing, go to Fadennonsen's blog (see link up on left) where not only have the entire contents of the last three releases been posted, but videos along with them making for a particularly stimulating audio/visual excursion if you ask me. Actually, don't ask, because I haven't even had the opportunity to see them yet! Who knows, maybe they consist of nothing but the same cover graphic staring you in the face without any change in the picture or variation whatsoever just like every other upload which might be good for the ears but boring for the eyes. If I were you and I wanted to hear this amazing screech I'd head for this blog right now!

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Via Arcane Candy:

Fadensonnen is back in Black for their third color-titled half-hour EP. (I can’t wait until they cross the entire color spectrum and end up at Burnt Sienna or Turquoise.) The opening track, “Night of Sharoque Coughs,” features some lonesome guitar picking that is occasionally interupted by schizo workouts on the drum kit. “Sweet Judy Brown” is the first song in the Fadensonnen canon with vocals, which remind me a lot of the singing on The Jesus and Mary Chain’s Psychocandy. Careful, guys–you might attract a fanbase. “Gnid Gnid” shuts down the album in a more atmospheric rock vein with tin cans dripping in the background as distant drums throb and the guitars chime and moan on into a lengthy, churning din. Here’s hoping that PD and RD will be joined by R2D2 and C3PO on their next EP for a Fadensonnen quartet take on the bar scene from Star Wars.

Permalink: http://arcanecandy.com/2011/10/19/fadensonnen-black%E2%80%8F/

Fadensonnen - White EP (FR002 - April 2011)

SLIT THE MOON / WHITE OF ICE
24:56

Two drastically opposite rock eruptions - Slit The Moon speeds into the mainline to the nervous system - White Of Ice brings it back to the eternal drone - guitar excess in both directions.

CUSTOM HANDMADE DIGIPAK WITH BLACK CD-R - (EDITION OF 100 - SOLD OUT - COMING SOON TO BANDCAMP)

WHITE EP REVIEWS 

Via Christopher Stigliano's excellent Blog To Comm:

Fadensonnen-WHITE EP CD 
(Fadensonnen Music)

Gee, I didn't think that people (even myself) listened to WHITE LIGHT/WHITE HEAT anymore. Well, at least the first of the two numbers on this "EP CD" sounds as if the two participants (a PD and RD in case you're keeping score) had been spending the past two weeks playing one of those budget-pressed early-seventies ARCHETYPES versions of that longtime classic before sniffing up enough discarded Bic lighter fumes and recording this high-throb exercise right in the middle of the Gowanus Canal (and it sounds it!). The other track reminds me a bit of those late-eighties solo Sonny Sharrock excursions for some reason and is equally recommended especially if you, like me, looked so desperately hard for any life or excitement throughout that feelygood decade. Anyway, if you liked Fadensonnen's previous effort which I reviewed here and quite favorably at that you might like this one as well, and if life wasn't being kind enough to us all already there's even gonna be a third volume heading our way this coming summer! Can you wait? Well, at least I have something good to look forward to these upcoming months!

Permalink:  http://black2com.blogspot.com/2011/04/yeah-i-know.html

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Via Arcane Candy:

Whereas Fadensonnen’s first album, Grey, was named after the most well-known type of alien, White pays tribute to that most beloved paranormal phenomenon: the ghost. (Punching the cobweb-covered clock at just 25 minutes, it seems that the latter could have been included on the same disc as the 30 minute long former.) Shyly boasting just two tracks, the EP kicks off in high gear with the duo of PD and RD a-pickin’ and a-grinnin’ their way through “Slit the Moon,” whipping up a dense, sloppy electric guitar maelstrom supported by a backbone of simple, Velvety drum thwack. “White of Ice” flip-flops the mood with a much more subdued sound stage filled with spacious drones that hover like body wash mist in a dank dressing room as gently-picked melodies tease some downwardly mobile stripper’s alcohol-logged head into a stupor.

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Fadensonnen - Grey EP (FR001 - December 2010)

EAST RIVER BLUES / FUNERAL FOR MURDERED ORANGES / CAMBRIDGE-UPON-MORNING / BROOKLYN GAMELAN / GLACIER NIGHT
30:14


Fadensonnen's debut EP - high energy rock meeting expansive guitar duels stretching into the phase shifted stratosphere.

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GREY EP REVIEWS

Via Christopher Stigliano's excellent Blog To Comm:

Blog To Comm 2011 ALBUM OF THE YEAR - "ALBUM OF THE YEAR: hard choice really...I mean, which Fadensonnen Cee-Dee should I pick? Well, of the three I guess it's platter #1 that earns the highest honors for this year. Given the overtly squeaky-clean image that "rock music" had saddled on in since the eighties it's sure wonderful to hear something overdrive again. "

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Fadensonnen-GREY EP CD (Fadensonnen)

Here's an unsolicited item I received in the mail today complete with a note that read "Hi Chris, High (Psychic) Energy Rock didn't die - it seeped into the waterways of Brooklyn. Hope you enjoy this!" Now, some might think that I would revert back to my true self and tinkle sprinkle all over this particular disque like Iggy's girlfriend would to Iggy himself, but I refuse to do what would come most natural to me and hey, will give this disque a more-than-decent writeup! Fadensonnen are a pretty hotcha group that kinda reminds me of some of those experimental aggregates of the past twenty years who have been springing up from some of the most bizarre places imaginable...Charlamanides 'r whatever they're called and some of the Japanese post-Rallizes Denudes acts come to mind. And (given the weirdo cover graphic reprinted above) a bit of the specter of Chrome seems to be looming high above as well. Hot electric guitar blare with psychedelic hints that remind me of post-Hendrix scronkings w/o the vocals, or any other instruments for that matter. A "PD" and "RD" make of the group and their wild feedback-drenched sound is enough to give heart and hope to this way-outta-it oldtimer who still follows Lester Bangs' dictum about feedback being the best thing that happened to the electric guitar (and all that Lou Reed did on METAL MACHINE MUSIC was take the guitar away!). You might think it's boring but personally I find the entire thing very intense, engaging, mesmerizing and invigorating simultaneous-like. And who knows, you might too! "Highly recommended" way for you to toss out more of your hard-begged!"

Permalink: http://black2com.blogspot.com/2011/01/you-can-tell-this-year-is-getting-off.html
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Via Foxy Digitalis:

This self-releasd EP comes out of the blocks lickety-split.  East River Blues is a semi-immersive cacophony of shredded guitar squawks, clattering drums and rabid tape manipulation that fits the band’s description of themselves (as much as I hate it) as being “High Energy Improvised Rock and Roll.”  Still, it’s all a little bit trite and banal, which is precisely what improvisation shouldn’t be.

The next four tracks slow the pace somewhat, instead concerning themselves with the creation of dry desert atmospheres akin to those favoured by Earth of late.  Funeral For Murdered Oranges is ponderous and arid, plodding along for three minutes or so without really going anywhere and Brooklyn Gamelan – although spacier and slightly speedier – is similarly staid.

When they give themselves the space and time to open up and develop like they do on Cambridge-Upon-Morning, Fadensonnen prove to be a pretty captivating duo.  Here they strum, twang and bend to good effect, conjuring up Leone’s gigantic landscapes and taking off to soar above them.

The final track here is Glacier Night, a sprawling, dust-blown journey through Death Valley that defies its chilly title and finally collapses in on itself in a maelstrom of thunderous drums and pained guitar expression.  When Fadensonnen allow themselves to stretch out and flow like this they can be quite an absorbing unit.  It’s just a pity they don’t do it more often. - Steve Dewhurst

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Via Arcane Candy:

PD and RD (I’m on an initials-only basis with these guys!), also known as Fadensonnen, is a duo of din-makers who hail (a cab) from Brooklyn, New York. (Soon to be re-named Old York, or maybe New Spice.) On their alien-titled debut CD, Grey, they offer your brain / ears combo a half hour’s worth of surly sonics that crawl the gamut from noisy guitar feedback with maniacally hyperactive, freeform drumming to sparse, plaintive pickfests to all-out drone / riff-athons–all reverb-soaked and recorded in murky lo-fidelity. This shirt, I mean short but sweet set is sure to please electric fans of sub-underground drone / shamble rock–especially from Japan and New Zealand.

Permalink: http://arcanecandy.com/2011/10/09/fadensonnen-grey/

Fadensonnen Records

Fadensonnen Records is the home of Fadensonnen and its members music.

Fadensonnen records produce handmade, limited edition vinyl pressings and digital downloads available at our bandcamp using original artworks from Fadensonnen's members. Unfortunately due to time constraints, we can no longer offer our limited edition cd-rs from previous releases.

(Updated: 8/2016)
Past Releases:
FR001 - Fadensonnen - Grey EP (December 2010)
FR002 - Fadensonnen - White EP (April 2011)
FR003 - Fadensonnen - Black EP (June 2011)
FR004 - Fadensonnen - PD1 (July 2011)
FR005 - Fadensonnen - Live @ Actionist Studio (December 2011)
FR006 - Fadensonnen - White Night (April 2012)
FR007/008 - Fadensonnen - PD2 (February 2013)
FR009 - Fadensonnen - PD3 (June 2013)
FR010 - Fadensonnen - PD4 (June 2013)
FR011 - Fadensonnen - Badlands (May 2014)
FR012 - Fadensonnen - PD5 (August 2014)
FR013 - Fadensonnen - PD6 (October 2015)
FR014 - Fadensonnen - PD7 (August 2015)
FR015 - Prodromes - Songs For Guitars (November 2015)
FR016 - Fadensonnen - Gutter Wanderer (June 2016)

Future Releases:
Songs Album 3, Songs Album 4, Heavy Improv Album, Totensonnen


Contact:

fadensonnen (dot) music (at) gmail (dot) com

Who is Fadensonnen?

Fadensonnen is PD + RD.

Fadensonnen was initiated in 2007.

Usually we play:

PD - amphetamine lead / interstellar rhythm guitar, ostrich guitar, drums, percussion, tape manipulation, vox,  recording.
RD - feral wah lead / destruction rhythm guitar, amp drones, effects.

Fadensonnen is collaborative creative antagonism producing improvised rock and roll to alter nervous systems.

Fadensonnen is from Brooklyn, NY.

Contact

fadensonnen (dot) music (at) gmail (dot) com