music

Ilandoruntis is the recording of my ninth gig at Exil in support of Nik Bärtschs’ Ronin. Ilandoruntis by Jens-Christian Fischer Ilandoruntis

I spend my summer holidays with friends in a remote place somewhere in Denmark on an old farm. It is a time of talking, laughing, sharing stories, crafting, sports and good food. And sometimes there’s music. In previous years I shared some of my songs, this year I performed a set with guitar and iPad and a portable speaker for a few friends one afternoon. As usual, I recorded the set - this time I tried to capture all tracks and not just the resulting stereo mix. ...

One thing leads to another. Someone I know knows someone, we exchange emails and he sees that I make music and asks me to perform some live music at a private event. Thus was born “Cafe noire”. It had been many months since I performed and I was nervous about how much I would be able to bring to the event. It turns out that I’m really happy how the performance went. ...

One track on the Crystal Caves album is Sideslips. When I recorded it, I also did a video recording. Enjoy:

Crystal Caves is a concept album I have been thinking off for over a year and started to work on for earnest in late 2018. It is a reflection on my state of mind, as experienced through therapy. I went through a dark phase in my life in late 2016 that led to a form of burn-out. I was lucky to get to meet a wonderful therapist, who helped me work on finding my way back. ...

Ambient Explorations is a series of four instant composition pieces. The only instrument used is an electric guitar, that is routed through a complex labyrinth of effects (mainly delays). The delays mangle and re-texture the guitar sound, creating long and evolving sound-scapes. Ambient • Exploration by Jens-Christian Fischer Ambient Explorations