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Unfinished Cities is André van Rensburg’s second solo album. Recorded in studios and halls from Johannesburg to Japan this release also features world-renowned experimental/virtuoso koto player Chieko Mori (well-known for her work with legendary theater director Robert Wilson and her 2005 release on John Zorn’s Tzadik label) and Yoko Ikoma (member of mama!milk and esquisse) performing on accordion and toy piano. On his solo guitar tracks, André uses silence as much as his seemingly schizophrenic struggle with the instrument to try and bring as much out of the guitar as possible. Undoubtedly André's best playing to date.

Biographical details:

When he was 6 years old, André van Rensburg strung a guitar string to a plank of wood, attached the other end to his bedroom window bars and yanked the string until it broke. His musical vision has changed little since…. After leaving school he moved to London and Paris for a year, writing his first material. On his return to South Africa he formed the band 'Supernature'. Supernature recorded 2 albums (released independently) and was infamous for their intense theatrical live performances, often ending in chaotic noise. André then teamed up with Brendan Jury and Trans.Sky (who collaborated with Brian Eno, the Orb and Jamie Catto from Faithless). They later formed the band 'Ohm', which recorded 2 albums for the British independent label M.E.L.T.2000 (previously known as B&W Records and now as Blue Room Records). Ohm toured London and Holland to great reviews. The band had a unique blend of rock and middle-eastern melodies, techno beats and ambient guitar work.

In 1999 he joined one of South Africa's most well-known and popular underground industrial groups, Battery 9. In 2004 he released an album with Battery 9's vocalist Paul Riekert as "Die Menere", reinventing American country music in an Afrikaans idiom with the album 'Floukop'. André has also done numerous Sound Installations in art galleries in South Africa and composed extensively for experimental theatre, dance & film. He currently lives and works in Taipei, Taiwan.