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| birth_name = David Fenech Saint Genieys
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| alias = David F
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1969|7|19}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1969|7|19}}
| birth_place = [[Saint-Cloud]], [[Hauts-de-Seine]], France
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| origin = [[Saint-Cloud]], France
| instrument = Electric guitar
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| genre = [[Free jazz]]<br>[[Improvisation#Music|Improvised]]<br>[[Electronic music]]<br>[[Musique concrète]]
| instrument = electric guitar
| occupation = Composer
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| genre = [[free jazz]]<br>[[Improvisation#Music|improvised]]<br>[[electronic music]]
| occupation = composer
| years_active = 1993–present
| label = Blackest Ever Black, Marionette, [[Sub Rosa (label)|Sub Rosa]], Akuphone, Brocoli, Klang Galerie, Gagarin, inPolysons
| years_active = 1993 – present
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| associated_acts =
| label = [[Demosaurus (record label)|Demosaurus]], Inpolysons, Optical Sound, Signature, FBWL, Ubik, Ronda
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| website = [https://davidfenech.fr https://davidfenech.fr]
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| website = [http://davidfenech.fr http://davidfenech.fr]
| notable_instruments = guitar, voice, [[ukulele]]
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'''David Fenech''' (born 19 July 1969) is a French composer, guitarist and singer. His style has been described as 'a kind of punk [[musique concrète]]'. He uses the studio as an instrument, using a large panel of recording techniques. He has played and recorded with musicians such as Nurse With Wound, Felix Kubin, Jad Fair, Tom Cora, Rhys Chatham, Pascal Comelade, Jac Berrocal, Ghédalia Tazartès, James Plotkin, Shugo Tokumaru, Ergo Phizmiz, Pierre Bastien, and many others.
'''David Fenech''' is a French composer, guitarist and singer born on 19 July 1969 in [[Saint-Cloud]], Hauts-de-Seine.


==Biography==
==Biography==
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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 (musician)|Moka]]. His second album called ''Polochon Battle'' was released by inPolysons, a French label.
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 (musician)|Moka]]. His second album called ''Polochon Battle'' was released by inPolysons, a French label.


He also plays [[improvised music|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 also plays [[improvised music|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]], [[Shugo Tokumaru]], 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).
He has run a micro-label [[Demosaurus]] that has published 2 cds (Ghédalia Tazartès and 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)
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]] (3 albums) or with [[Jac Berrocal]] + [[Jason Willett]] (Christmas in March - Megaphone / Knock Em Dead)


==Selected discography ==
== Selected discography ==


===Solo===
===Solo===
*2024 ''Mountains Of Night'' – LP, Jelodanti
*2007 ''Polochon Battle'' – CD, Inpolysons
*2007 ''Polochon Battle'' – CD, Inpolysons
*2000 ''Grand Huit'' – CD, Tout L'Univers.
*2000 ''Grand Huit'' – CD, Tout L'Univers / LP, Gagarin Records


===With [[Pierre Bastien]]===
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'''Compilations'''
* 2022, ''Suspicious Moon'', CD, LP, Improved Sequence
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*2008, ''Documents'' – CD, Trace (with [[Pierre-Yves Macé]], [[Jean-François Pauvros]], [[Hervé Zénouda]]).
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*2007 ''Cagesan'' – CD, Beau Brun (with [[Felix Kubin]], [[Momus (artist)|Momus]], toog, [[Antoine Bédard|montag]], digiki, o.lamm, james harvey).
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*2006 ''Next to Nothing'' – CD, Optical Sound (with scanner, norcsq, simon fisher turner, versari, [[Ramuntcho Matta]], palo alto).
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*2006 ''Tribute to Moondog'' – CD, Trace Label (with joseph racaille, mami chan, konki duet, [[Jean-Jacques Birgé]])
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*2001 ''La Musique du Jouet'' – CD, Novel Cell Poem (with [[Pascal Comelade]], mami chan, dragibus, harpy, klimperei, frank pahl)
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*1999 ''Strings and Stings'' – CD, FBWL (with [[Thurston Moore]], ultra milkmaids, noel akchote, [[Loren Mazzacane Connors]])


===With Jac Berrocal and Ghédalia Tazartès===
===With [[Jac Berrocal]] and [[Ghédalia Tazartès]]===
* 2011, ''Superdisque'', CD, LP, Sub Rosa
* 2011, ''Superdisque'', CD, LP, Sub Rosa


===With Jac Berrocal and Vincent Epplay===
===With [[Jac Berrocal]] and Vincent Epplay===
* 2024, ''Broken Allures'', LP, CD, Cold Spring - with [[Cosey Fanni Tutti]] and [[Jah Wobble]]
* 2022, ''Zilveli Villa'', Single, AcoustiArc
* 2022, ''Transcodex'', LP, Akuphone - CD, KlangGalerie
* 2020, ''Exterior Lux'', LP, Akuphone - CD, KlangGalerie
* 2019, ''Ice Exposure'', LP, Blackest Ever Black - CD, KlangGalerie
* 2017, ''Why'', Single, Blackest Ever Black
* 2015, ''Antigravity'', CD, LP, Blackest Ever Black
* 2015, ''Antigravity'', CD, LP, Blackest Ever Black


===With Moka===
=== With [[Jac Berrocal]] and [[Jason Willett]] ===
* 2020, Xmas in March, LP, Megaphone + Knock Em Dead Records

=== With Laurent Perrier ===
* 2020 ''Plateforme #3'' – LP, Bam Balam records

=== With Klimperei ===
* 2021 ''Rainbow de Nuit'' – LP, Marionette records

=== With Moka ===
* 2000 ''Les vaches'' – vinyl, Romulus Et Remus
* 2000 ''Les vaches'' – vinyl, Romulus Et Remus


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* 1996 ''Discotroma 1'' – CD, Le Dernier Cri
* 1996 ''Discotroma 1'' – CD, Le Dernier Cri
* 1996 ''Discotroma 2'' – CD, Le Dernier Cri
* 1996 ''Discotroma 2'' – CD, Le Dernier Cri

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===Compilations===
*2020 With Love, Jelodanti - Double LP, Jelodanti (with [[Arrington de Dionyso]], [[The Work (band)|The Work]], Palo Alto)
*2012 Veterans of the French Underground Meet la Jeune-Garde - CD, Musea (with [[Daevid Allen]], [[Pierre Bastien]], [[ERikm]], [[Pascal Comelade]], [[Richard Pinhas]]).
*2010 Chansons jamais entendues à la radio - CD, Musea (with [[Albert Marcoeur]], Joseph Racaille).
*2009 Assemblage de Pièces Comeladiennes du plus bel effet - CD, Musea (with [[Faust]], [[Pierre Bastien]], [[Richard Pinhas]]).
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*2008 ''Documents'' – CD, Trace (with Pierre-Yves Macé, Jean-François Pauvros, Hervé Zénouda).
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*2007 ''Cagesan'' – CD, Beau Brun (with [[Felix Kubin]], [[Momus (artist)|Momus]], toog, [[Antoine Bédard|montag]], digiki, o.lamm, james harvey).
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*2006 ''Next to Nothing'' – CD, Optical Sound (with [[Robin Rimbaud|Scanner]], [[Simon Fisher Turner]]).
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*2006 ''Tribute to Moondog'' – CD, Trace Label (with Joseph Racaille, [[Jean-Jacques Birgé]])
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*2001 ''La Musique du Jouet'' – CD, Novel Cell Poem (with [[Pascal Comelade]], Dragibus, Harpy, Klimperei, [[Frank Pahl]])
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*1999 ''Strings and Stings'' – CD, FBWL (with [[Thurston Moore]], [[Noel Akchote]], [[Loren Mazzacane Connors]])


== External links ==
== External links ==
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[[Category:French male singers]]
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[[Category:Progressive rock musicians]]
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Latest revision as of 05:47, 6 November 2024

David Fenech
Background information
Birth nameDavid Fenech Saint Genieys
Also known asDavid F
Born (1969-07-19) 19 July 1969 (age 55)
Saint-Cloud, Hauts-de-Seine, France
GenresFree jazz
Improvised
Electronic music
Musique concrète
OccupationComposer
InstrumentElectric guitar
Years active1993–present
LabelsBlackest Ever Black, Marionette, Sub Rosa, Akuphone, Brocoli, Klang Galerie, Gagarin, inPolysons
Websitehttps://davidfenech.fr

David Fenech (born 19 July 1969) is a French composer, guitarist and singer. His style has been described as 'a kind of punk musique concrète'. He uses the studio as an instrument, using a large panel of recording techniques. He has played and recorded with musicians such as Nurse With Wound, Felix Kubin, Jad Fair, Tom Cora, Rhys Chatham, Pascal Comelade, Jac Berrocal, Ghédalia Tazartès, James Plotkin, Shugo Tokumaru, Ergo Phizmiz, Pierre Bastien, and many others.

Biography

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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, Shugo Tokumaru, 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 and 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 (3 albums) or with Jac Berrocal + Jason Willett (Christmas in March - Megaphone / Knock Em Dead)

Selected discography

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Solo

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  • 2024 Mountains Of Night – LP, Jelodanti
  • 2007 Polochon Battle – CD, Inpolysons
  • 2000 Grand Huit – CD, Tout L'Univers / LP, Gagarin Records

With Pierre Bastien

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  • 2022, Suspicious Moon, CD, LP, Improved Sequence

With Jac Berrocal and Ghédalia Tazartès

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  • 2011, Superdisque, CD, LP, Sub Rosa

With Jac Berrocal and Vincent Epplay

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  • 2024, Broken Allures, LP, CD, Cold Spring - with Cosey Fanni Tutti and Jah Wobble
  • 2022, Zilveli Villa, Single, AcoustiArc
  • 2022, Transcodex, LP, Akuphone - CD, KlangGalerie
  • 2020, Exterior Lux, LP, Akuphone - CD, KlangGalerie
  • 2019, Ice Exposure, LP, Blackest Ever Black - CD, KlangGalerie
  • 2017, Why, Single, Blackest Ever Black
  • 2015, Antigravity, CD, LP, Blackest Ever Black

With Jac Berrocal and Jason Willett

[edit]
  • 2020, Xmas in March, LP, Megaphone + Knock Em Dead Records

With Laurent Perrier

[edit]
  • 2020 Plateforme #3 – LP, Bam Balam records

With Klimperei

[edit]
  • 2021 Rainbow de Nuit – LP, Marionette records

With Moka

[edit]
  • 2000 Les vaches – vinyl, Romulus Et Remus

With Peu Importe

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  • 1996 Discotroma 1 – CD, Le Dernier Cri
  • 1996 Discotroma 2 – CD, Le Dernier Cri

Compilations

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