fennesz — sakamoto collaboration, solo album

pitchfork reports that the collaboration between christian fennesz and ryuichi sakamoto will continue this year on 15 may with the release of the full-length album cendre on touch records.

Fennesz will reprise his collaboration with noted composer Ryuichi Sakamoto (The Last Emperor, etc.). The pair’s Cendre follows up 2005’s Fennesz Sakamoto one-track EP Sala Santa Cecilia and arrives Stateside via Touch on May 15. Cendre collects 11 new joint efforts and has Mr. Fennesz tearing it up on the guitar and laptop, while Mr. Sakamoto throws it down on piano and laptop.

the album will feature eleven tracks.

1. oto
2. aware
3. haru
4. trace
5. kuni
6. mono
7. kokoro
8. cendre
9. amorph
10. glow
11. abyss

later this year fennesz will also release his solo album followup to 2004’s venice.