Endless Summer | ||||
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Released | 3 July 2001 | |||
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Length | 44:38 | |||
Label | Mego | |||
Producer | Christian Fennesz | |||
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Endless Summer is an album by Austrian electronic music producer and guitarist Fennesz, released on 3 July 2001 by Mego. The title was derived from the 1960s surf documentary by Bruce Brown, and is also shared with a 1974 compilation album by the Beach Boys.[1] The album features Fennesz's melodic guitar run through digital processing and glitch textures.[2][3]
Discover and download music with our free personalized discovery tools. Read reviews, listen to samples, and buy tracks or albums from your favorite artists. Jan 04, 2000 On Plus Forty Seven Degrees 56' 37' Minus Sixteen Degrees 51' 08, Fennesz is concerned with creating extremely dense and enveloping sound textures, essentially forgoing rhythmic or melodic development. The CD comes in an impressive cardboard slipcase adorned with photographs of nature colliding with technology, and a similar aesthetic prevails in the music.
The album brought Fennesz critical recognition and became 'a hit in left-field electronica.'[4] It was reissued in 2006 with two bonus tracks and new cover art. It was named among the best albums of the decade by publications such as Pitchfork,[5]FACT[6] and Resident Advisor.[7]
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Reception[edit]
Professional ratings | |
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [8] |
The Boston Phoenix | [9] |
Exclaim! | (positive)[10] |
Muzik | 5/5[11] |
NME | 8/10[12] |
Pitchfork | 9.4/10[13] |
Resident Advisor | 5/5[14] |
Stylus Magazine | B+[15] |
Uncut | [16] |
Writing for NME in 2001, John Mulvey described the album as 'weirdly blissful, possessing an indefinable emotional pull,' and noted the influence of 'Brian Wilson's most elegiac, wistful music,' proving that 'experimental new music can understand and revitalise old traditions, that the avant-garde doesn't have to be grey and terrifying.'[17]AllMusic stated that the album 'puts the emphasis on sunny melodies and a somewhat lighter atmosphere, but drowns them in glitch textures,' summarizing it as 'brilliantly conceived and masterfully executed' but also noting that the result 'strikes and disconcerts.'[18] I. Khider of Exclaim! called it 'the electronic album of the year' and stated that 'Fennesz processes and manipulates the source material by taking the pulse of the pop tune and rebuilding something deeply sentimental and sweet.'[10]
Legacy[edit]
In 2006, The Boston Phoenix called the album 'a turning point in experimental electronic music, the moment when melody and cacophony learned to love one another,' and labeled it a 'fuzzed-out masterpiece' in the lineage of My Bloody Valentine and the Jesus and Mary Chain.'[19] In 2007, PopMatters called it 'the most pivotal, most accessible, and most strikingly unique point in the Fennesz catalogue so far, and one of the more influential noise albums of the early decade.'[20]
Discussing the album's impact on electronic music for Resident Advisor in 2007, Joshua Meggitt stated that when compared to Fennesz's 'flickering electro-acoustic haze, much of the work by his clicks n' cuts contemporaries sounded po-faced, cerebral and cold [...] Fennesz invested the laptop with a soul hitherto reserved for 'real' instruments.'[21] Meggitt also noted the album's references to 'the whole discourse of sea-and-surf inspired music, literally evoking the rolling waves with grainy, often turbulent fields of noise,' along with the influence of 1950s exotica.[22]
In 2017, Pitchfork named Endless Summer the 22nd best ambient album of all time.[23]
Accolades[edit]
Publication/Author | Accolade | Rank |
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FACT | The Top 100 Albums of the 2000s[6] | 23 |
Pitchfork | The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s[24] | 26 |
Resident Advisor | Top 100 Albums of the '00s[25] | 41 |
Tiny Mix Tapes | Favorite 100 Albums of 2000-2009[26] | 14 |
Track listing[edit]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | 'Made in Hong Kong' | 4:22 |
2. | 'Endless Summer' | 8:35 |
3. | 'A Year in a Minute' | 6:01 |
4. | 'Caecilia' | 3:53 |
5. | 'Got to Move On' | 3:48 |
6. | 'Shisheido' | 2:58 |
7. | 'Before I Leave' | 4:06 |
8. | 'Happy Audio' | 10:55 |
Total length: | 44:38 |
2006 reissue bonus tracks | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
9. | 'Badminton Girl' | 4:06 |
10. | 'Endless' | 2:01 |
Total length: | 50:45 |
References[edit]
- ^'Fennesz - Red Bull Music Academy'. Red Bull Music Academy. Red Bull. 13 September 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
The reason [Endless Summer has] been so associated with The Beach Boys is the name Endless Summer, which is a Beach Boys compilation from the 1970s, which I wasn’t aware of, because I got the title from the film Endless Summer, which was a 1960s surf movie.
- ^Meggitt, Joshua (April 4, 2007). 'Fennesz – Endless Summer'. Resident Advisor. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
- ^Couture, François. 'Endless Summer – Fennesz'. AllMusic. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
- ^Couture, François. 'Venice - Fennesz'. AllMusic. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- ^Pitchfork - The Decade in Music. Top 200 albums of the '00s: #50 - #21.
- ^ ab'The Top 100 Albums of the 2000s'. Fact. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- ^'Top 100 albums of the '00s'. Resident Advisor. January 25, 2010. Retrieved March 19, 2010.
- ^Couture, François. 'Endless Summer – Fennesz'. AllMusic. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
- ^Gasteier, Matthew (January 2, 2007). 'Fennesz'. The Boston Phoenix. Archived from the original on July 25, 2016. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
- ^ abKhider, I. 'Fennesz: Endless Summer'. Exclaim!. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
- ^Mugridge, Tom (September 2001). 'Fennesz: Endless Summer (Mego)'. Muzik (76): 97.
- ^Mulvey, John (August 14, 2001). 'Fennesz : Endless Summer'. NME. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
- ^Richardson, Mark (July 31, 2001). 'Fennesz: Endless Summer'. Pitchfork. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
- ^Meggitt, Joshua (April 4, 2007). 'Fennesz – Endless Summer'. Resident Advisor. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
- ^Burns, Todd (September 1, 2003). 'Fennesz – Endless Summer – Review'. Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
- ^'Fennesz: Endless Summer'. Uncut: 74.
Fennesz's blazing processed guitar stokes a crimson glow at the heart of Endless Summer like the late evening sun on Monet's haystacks.
- ^Mulvey, John (August 14, 2001). 'Fennesz : Endless Summer'. NME. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
- ^Couture, François. 'Endless Summer – Fennesz'. AllMusic. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
- ^Gasteier, Matthew (January 2, 2007). 'Fennesz'. The Boston Phoenix. Archived from the original on July 25, 2016. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
- ^Dorr, Nate. 'Fennesz: Endless Summer'. PopMatters. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
- ^Meggitt, Joshua (April 4, 2007). 'Fennesz – Endless Summer'. Resident Advisor. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
- ^Meggitt, Joshua (April 4, 2007). 'Fennesz – Endless Summer'. Resident Advisor. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
- ^Masters, Marc. 'The 50 Best Ambient Albums of All Time'. Pitchfork. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
- ^Pitchfork - The Decade in Music. Top 200 albums of the '00s: #50 - #21.
- ^'Top 100 albums of the '00s'. Resident Advisor. January 25, 2010. Retrieved March 19, 2010.
- ^'Favorite 100 Albums of 2000-2009: 20-01 | Staff Feature'. Tiny Mix Tapes. 2009-01-20. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
External links[edit]
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