Rhys Chatham + David Fenech – Tomorrow starts tonight
Label : KlangGalerie (gg435)
Format : CD

Tracklisting :
01. In search of tomorrow
02. Tomorrow together
03. Tomorrow starts tonight

1 and 2 recorded and mixed in Paris in 2022
3 recorded by Jan Bruckschwaiger at Replugged, Vienna (May 12 2022)
Mastered by James Plotkin
Thanks Walter and Lisa Robotka, Tea Soza, Pascal Regis

The first duet album by Rhys Chatham and David Fenech, two well-known musicians of the experimental scene. It is a long piece of music in a minimalist spirit, where the two guitarists meet and merge with Rhys’ trumpets, flutes and vocals and David’s small percussion.This record has an organic feel and natural development that makes it unique. Tomorrow starts tonight !

Rhys Chatham is best known for his compositions for electric guitar orchestra… he began his musical career as a harpsichord tuner, studied flute with Sue Ann Kahn, studied shortly thereafter with electronic music pioneer Morton Subotnick and later with La Monte Young (also as a member of his famous “Theatre of Eternal Music” ensemble). He also played with Tony Conrad in an early version of his band The Dream Syndicate. In 1971, while still a teenager, Chatham became the first musical director of the famous venue The Kitchen in New York. He has played and recorded with musicians as varied as Charlemagne Palestine, Sonic Youth, Arthur Russell, Jonathan Kane (Swans), George Lewis, Band of Susans, David Toop, and in his large guitar ensembles with members of Tortoise, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Hüsker Dü…

David Fenech is a French musician living in Paris, guitarist, singer, improviser. He plays a wide variety of instruments and is an accomplished guitarist with his own technique… but his main instrument may well be the microphone, his music being composed of whatever he records with it. His distinctive, slightly baroque style, on the bangs of rock, jazz and improvised music, has often been described as “a kind of musique concrète punk”. He has performed and recorded with musicians as diverse as Felix Kubin, Tom Cora, Pierre Bastien, Jac Berrocal, Ghédalia Tazartès, Nurse With Wound…

01 - In Search Of Tomorrow

David Fenech (born in 1969) is a French musician living in Paris. He plays a large variety of instrument and is a skilled guitar player with his own technique. His main instrument is the microphone and his music features whatever he puts under it. His baroque style has been described as ‘a kind of punk musique concrète’...

He has played and recorded with musicians such as Jac Berrocal, Jah Wobble, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Felix Kubin, Jad Fair, Tom Cora, Rhys Chatham, James Plotkin, Shugo Tokumaru, Ergo Phizmiz, Nurse With Wound, Pierre Bastien, Jean-Hervé Peron and many others. His recordings have been published on Cold Spring, Sub Rosa, Blackest Ever Black, Wergo, Gagarin Records, Jelodanti, inPolysons...

"One of my alltime favourites" (Felix Kubin)

"Truly unpredictable, you never know where any given tune is heading, or which stylistic outfit he is going to whip out next from his magic trunk of disguises. He makes it look easy, but you can bet there’s 500 kilograms of sheer talent and hard work behind his every move. Recommended! " (Ed Pinsent - The Sound Projector)