F A D E N S O N N E N

Coming March 2012 - White Night - Full Length Debut Album

2012-02-20T17:08:00.002-08:00

Coming Soon:

White Night - Debut Full Length CD from Fadensonnen

9 Tracks - Over 48 Min. of High Energy Improv Rock Action

Recorded over the span of 5 years - its glorious Faust tape like bootleg quality!!

Available in March 2012

Live @ Actionist Studio Reviews

2012-01-07T17:05:00.000-08:00

Via Christopher Stigliano's excellent Blog To Comm:

" . . . LIVE AT ACTIONIST STUDIO just happens to be the latest release this unheralded (and under-documented, under-appreciated and under-weight for all I know) musician has dared to unleash on us modern music maniacs , some of us who still harbor some hope that there's interesting underground avant garde rock being made a good thirty years after it all sorta went 'n deep sixed!

A lotta the same aspects of previous Fadensonnen releases can be discerned, but I was able to pick out a whole batch of new influences here (or was that just my ears hallucinating?) from Les Rallizes Denudes to even some of those Kongress workouts that I thought had only graced mine ears (esp. the one where Von Lmo was extrapolating on his own trapology!) It is heartening to know that people still play with stylophones! A pretty hotcha way to begin the new year if you ask me, and if this is any sorta start I just hope my hard can stand it these next twelve months!"

Permalink: http://www.black2com.blogspot.com/2012/01/considering-is-firat-real-jambus.html

Fadensonnen - Live @ Actionist Studio

2011-12-06T21:53:00.000-08:00

Fadensonnen - Live @ Actionist Studio - Live Album

Fadensonnen Live Album Edition 001

Skidmarks on Bruckner Boulevard / 114 Forrest Street / Van Brunt / Hoyt And Third

Four high psychic energy improvisations to upset the universal neighbors.

1. Skidmarks on Bruckner Boulevard
Skidmarks On Bruckner Boulevard by Fadensonnen/PD
PD: Hyper Echo Guitar, Vox
RD: Handicapped Traps, Percussion

2. 114 Forrest Street
114 Forrest Street by Fadensonnen/PD
PD: Hyper Echo Guitar
RD: Handicapped Traps, Percussion

3.Van Brunt
Van Brunt by Fadensonnen/PD
PD: Drone Stylophone, Percussion
RD: Acute Lonesome Drifter Guitar

4. Hoyt And Third
Hoyt And Third by Fadensonnen/PD
PD: Amphetamine Lead Guitar
RD: Handicapped Traps, Percussion

Running Time: 36:57

PD/RD 2011

Recorded @ Actionist Studio, Brooklyn, NY - 09/24/2011

Recorded / Mixed / Edited: PD

Fadensonnen Records 005

Limited Edition - 100 Handmade CD-R

$6 - USA Postage Paid

PD1 Reviews

2011-07-24T20:41:00.000-07:00

Via Christopher Stigliano's excellent Blog To Comm :

Who'd've thunk a brand-new Fadensonnen-related release would've made its way to my door this soon? But this just ain't any ol' Fadensonnen release, but one featuring the man in a solo setting handling all of the instruments (which include, besides the featured Amphetamine Lead/Feedbacker/Drone/Anvil Rhythm/Black Hole Lighter Slide Guitar...drums, percussion, tape manipulation, AM/FM clock radio and toy saxophone!), and it all sounds pretty disturbing, but in a great, life-reaffirming kind of disturbing way! Thirty-four minutes of total high-energy rock abandon which has me thinking a whole lot of the infamous Doug Snyder/Bob Thompson DAILY DANCE album which should be so ingrained and embedded into your psyche that I won't even bother hitching up a link to one of the many on-line reviews of it I have written o'er the years. Let's just say that if you like hard distorted acid guitar wailing and manic percussive scrunch being played over what sounds like one of those old John Cale tape experiments that were released a good decade or so back then this is the one for you! Cee-Dee closer "Uno Lapis" earns points for exceptional tape-loop drone repeato riffdom unheard since the days of at least READ ONLY MEMORY.

Permalink: http://black2com.blogspot.com/2011/07/not-much-to-report-on-really.html

Fadensonnen - PD1 (July 2011)

2011-07-09T14:31:00.000-07:00

Fadensonnen - PD1 - Album

Fadensonnen Solo Album Edition 001

Ghosts Rejoice, Rejoice / Black Smoke / OOMOO / G Train / Uno Lapis

1. Ghosts Rejoice, Rejoice
Ghosts Rejoice, Rejoice by Fadensonnen/PD

PD: Amphetamine Lead Guitar, Toy Saxophone, Drums, Percussion, Tape Manipulation

2. Black Smoke
Black Smoke by Fadensonnen/PD

PD: Amphetamine Lead Guitar, Toy Saxophone, Drums, Tape Manipulation

3. OOMOO
OOMOO by Fadensonnen/PD

PD: Black Hole Lighter Slide Guitar, Feedbacker Guitar, Toy Saxophone, Drums, Percussion, Tape Manipulation

4. G Train
G Train by Fadensonnen/PD

PD: Amphetamine Lead Guitar, Drone Guitar, Amp Drone, Tape Manipulation

5. Uno Lapis
Uno Lapis by Fadensonnen/PD

PD: Amphetamine Lead Guitar, Anvil Rhythm Guitar, AM/FM Clock Radio, Drums, Percussion, Tape Manipulation

Running Time: 34:17

PD 2011

Recorded @ Actionist Studio, Brooklyn, NY - 04/2011 - 06/2011

Recorded / Mixed / Edited : PD

Fadensonnen Records 004

Limited Edition / 100 Copies / Handmade + Numbered Black CD-R

$6 Postage Paid - USA

$9 Postage Paid - International

Black EP Reviews

2011-06-25T10:12:00.000-07:00

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!

Permalink: http://black2com.blogspot.com/2011/06/apologies-apologies-apologies.html
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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 - Black EP (June 2011)

2011-06-01T17:00:00.000-07:00

Fadensonnen - Black EP

Night Of Sharoque Coughs / Sweet Judy Brown / Gnid Gnid

1. Night Of Sharoque Coughs
Night Of Sharoque Coughs by Fadensonnen

PD: Amphetamine Tremolo Lead Guitar, Anvil Rhythm Guitar, Drums, Percussion, Vox, Tape Manipulation
RD: Feedbacker Guitar, Spinal Drone Guitar, Transatlantic Vibrations

2. Sweet Judy Brown
Sweet Judy Brown by Fadensonnen

PD: Real Good Time Reverb Rhythm Guitar, Drums, Percussion, Vox, Tape Manipulation
RD: Prehistoric Spinal Amp Drone, Transatlantic Vibrations

3. Gnid Gnid
Gnid Gnid by Fadensonnen

PD: Drone Guitar, Drums, Vox, Toy Saxophone, Tape Manipulation
RD: White Light Lead Guitar, Interstellar Amp Drone

Running Time: 32:18

PD/RD 2011

Recorded @ The Gowanus Black Hole Studio + Actionist Studio, Brooklyn, NY, 1/2008 - 05/2011

Recorded / Mixed / Edited - PD

Fadensonnen Records / 003

Limited Edition / 100 Copies / Handmade + Numbered Black CD-R

$6 Postage Paid - USA

$9 Postage Paid - International

2011/2012 - UPCOMING RELEASES

2011-05-25T11:35:00.000-07:00

Live @ Actionist Studio (live album) - (Fadensonnen Records 005) - December 2011

White Night (debut full length)- (Fadensonnen Records 006) - Spring 2012

Fadensonnen - Free MP3 Downloads

2011-04-20T13:16:00.000-07:00

Free MP3 from Fadensonnen - BLACK EP - Track 2 -
Sweet Judy Brown:

http://www.mediafire.com/?cozj5cuzv077x3c

Free MP3 from Fadensonnen - WHITE EP - Track 1 -
Slit The Moon:

http://www.mediafire.com/?6defbsrf7hhpxz1

Free MP3 from Fadensonnen - GREY EP - Track 3 -
Cambridge-Upon-Morning:

http://www.mediafire.com/?bni132bx06db5vl

White EP Reviews

2011-04-16T13:06:00.000-07:00

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.

Permalink : http://arcanecandy.com/2011/10/15/fadensonnen-white/

Fadensonnen - White EP (April 2011)

2011-04-07T23:01:00.000-07:00

Fadensonnen - White EP

Slit The Moon / White Of Ice

1. Slit The Moon

Slit The Moon by Fadensonnen
PD: Amphetamine Lead Guitar, Black Hole Lighter Slide Guitar, Celestial Phased Rhythm Guitar, Ostrich Drone Guitar, drums, Tape Manipulation, Feedback
RD: Feral Wah Lead Guitar, Central Nervous Amp Feedback

2. White Of Ice
White Of Ice by Fadensonnen
PD: Astral Plane Rhythm Guitar, Tape Manipulation
RD: White Light Lead Guitar, Spinal Drone Guitar

Running Time: 25:01

PD/RD 2011

Recorded @ The Gowanus Black Hole Studio + Actionist Studio, Brooklyn, NY, 1/2008 - 03/2011

Recorded / Mixed / Edited - PD

Fadensonnen Records / 002

Limited Edition / 100 Copies / Handmade + Numbered Black CD-R

$6 Postage Paid USA
$9 Postage Paid International

Packaging Photos:

Grey EP Reviews

2011-01-08T14:26:00.000-08:00

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. "

Permalink: http://www.black2com.blogspot.com/2011/12/end-o-year-wrap-it-up-ill-take-it-being.html

"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

Permalink: http://www.foxydigitalis.com/foxyd/?p=8931

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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 - Grey EP (December 2010)

2010-12-28T17:16:00.000-08:00

Fadensonnen - Grey EP

East River Blues / Funeral For Murdered Oranges / Cambridge-Upon-Morning / Brooklyn Gamelan / Glacier Night

1. East River Blues
East River Blues by Fadensonnen
PD: Amphetamine Lead Guitar, Drums, Percussion, Tape Manipulation
RD: Feral wah Lead Guitar, Central Nervous Amp Done

2. Funeral For Murdered Oranges
Funeral For Murdered Oranges by Fadensonnen
PD: Delicate Vibration Lead guitar, Percussion, Tape Manipulation, Vox
RD: Interstellar Rhythm Guitar

3. Cambridge-Upon-Morning
Cambridge-Upon-Morning by Fadensonnen
PD: Astral Plane Rhythm Guitar, Ostrich Guitars, Percussion, Tape Manipulation
RD: White Light Lead Guitar

4. Brooklyn Gamelan
Brooklyn Gamelan by Fadensonnen
PD: Gamelan Guitar, Hand Drums, Tape Manipulation, Vox
RD: Spinal Drone Guitar

5. Glacier Night
Glacier Night by Fadensonnen
PD: Snake Phase Shifted Rhythm Guitar, Drums, Percussion, Tape Manipulation
RD: Feral Wah Lead Guitar

Running Time: 30:14

PD/RD 2010

Recorded @ The Gowanus Black Hole Studio + Actionist Studio, Brooklyn, NY, 1/2008 - 10/2010

Recorded + Edited - PD

Fadensonnen Records / 001

Limited Edition / 100 Copies / Handmade + Numbered Black CD-R

$6 PPD within USA
$9 PPD International

Fadensonnen Records

2010-12-27T22:10:00.000-08:00

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

It constructs handmade, limited edition black cd-r's for all its releases using original artworks from Fadensonnen's members.

Past Releases:
December 2010 - Fadensonnen - Grey EP (Fadensonnen Records 001)
April 2011 - Fadensonnen - White EP (Fadensonnen Records 002)
June 2011 - Fadensonnen - Black EP (Fadensonnen Records 003)
July 2011 - Fadensonnen - PD1 (Solo Album Edition 001 / Fadensonnen Records 004)
December 2011 - Fadensonnen - Live @ Actionist Studio (Live Album Edition 001 / Fadensonnen Records 005)

Future Releases:
Spring 2012 - Fadensonnen - White Night LP (Fadensonnen Records 006)

Contact:

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

Who is Fadensonnen?

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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 with a satellite in Cambridge, UK.

Contact

2010-01-01T01:36:00.000-08:00

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