David Fenech
| David Fenech | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | 19 July 1969 |
| Origin | Saint-Cloud, France |
| Genres |
free jazz improvised electronic music |
| Occupation(s) | composer |
| Instruments | electric guitar |
| Years active | 1993 – present |
| Labels | Demosaurus, Inpolysons, Optical Sound, Signature, FBWL, Ubik, Ronda |
| Website | http://davidfenech.fr |
| Notable instruments | |
| guitar, voice, ukulele | |
David Fenech is a French composer, guitarist and singer born on 19 July 1969 in Saint-Cloud, Hauts-de-Seine.
Biography
David Fenech received a guitar for his tenth birthday and never ceased making music since then. Between 1990 and 1995, he was very active on the mail art network and published tracks on various tape and CD compilations. In 1991, he led the Peu Importe collective in Grenoble. This band played improvised music and punk rock in a spirit close to bands like The Ex or Pere Ubu.
David Fenech released his debut solo CD in 2000 on the Tout L'Univers label (reissued by Felix Kubin on Gagarin Records), and then a duet with Moka. His second album called Polochon Battle was released by inPolysons, a French label.
He also plays improvisation on electric guitar with musicians such as Gino Robair, Tom Cora, Jac Berrocal, Andrea Parkins and has also played duets with musicians like Felix Kubin, Jad Fair, Ergo Phizmiz, Klimperei, James Plotkin (khanate), Shugo Tokumaru, Ramona Cordova, Mr Quark, Toog, Dragibus, Ghédalia Tazartès, etc. He has also worked as a software developer at IRCAM and more recently at L-Acoustics
He has run a micro label Demosaurus that has published 2 cds (Ghédalia Tazartès et Frank Pahl).
In 2009, he began working with Jac Berrocal. This collaboration resulted in a record as a trio with Ghédalia Tazartès (Superdisque, on Sub Rosa) and more recently trios with Jac Berrocal + Vincent Epplay (Antigravity - Blackest Ever Black) or with Jac Berrocal + Jason Willett (Christmas in March - Megaphone / Knock Em Dead)
Selected discography
Solo
- 2007 Polochon Battle – CD, Inpolysons
- 2000 Grand Huit – CD, Tout L'Univers.
Compilations
- 2008, Documents – CD, Trace (with Pierre-Yves Macé, Jean-François Pauvros, Hervé Zénouda).
- 2007 Cagesan – CD, Beau Brun (with Felix Kubin, Momus, toog, montag, digiki, o.lamm, james harvey).
- 2006 Next to Nothing – CD, Optical Sound (with scanner, norcsq, simon fisher turner, versari, Ramuntcho Matta, palo alto).
- 2006 Tribute to Moondog – CD, Trace Label (with joseph racaille, mami chan, konki duet, Jean-Jacques Birgé)
- 2001 La Musique du Jouet – CD, Novel Cell Poem (with Pascal Comelade, mami chan, dragibus, harpy, klimperei, frank pahl)
- 1999 Strings and Stings – CD, FBWL (with Thurston Moore, ultra milkmaids, noel akchote, Loren Mazzacane Connors)
With Jac Berrocal and Ghédalia Tazartès
- 2011, Superdisque, CD, LP, Sub Rosa
With Jac Berrocal and Vincent Epplay
- 2015, Antigravity, CD, LP, Blackest Ever Black
With Moka
- 2000 Les vaches – vinyl, Romulus Et Remus
With Peu Importe
- 1996 Discotroma 1 – CD, Le Dernier Cri
- 1996 Discotroma 2 – CD, Le Dernier Cri