tag:,2010:/10 2010-01-18T15:50:25Z Oren Ambarchi is an electronic guitarist and percussionist with longstanding interests in transcending conventional instrumental approaches. Born in Sydney in 1969, he has been performing live since 1986. His work focuses mainly on the exploration of the guitar, “re-routing the instrument into a zone of alien abstraction where it’s no longer easily identifiable as itself. Instead, it’s a laboratory for extended sonic investigation”. (The Wire, UK). Movable Type 3.35 tag:www.orenambarchi.com,2010://10.2410 2010-01-03T13:01:10Z 2010-01-18T15:50:25Z

Sun Jan 10 Oren Ambarchi solo + Marco Fusinato, Anthony Pateras, Robin Fox @ Mona Foma Festival PW1 Hobart, Tasmania Australia www.mofo.net.au Tue Jan 19 Oren Ambarchi/Keith Rowe/Akio Suzuki @ The Playhouse Kitakyushu Performing Arts Centre River Walk 6F Kitakyushu...

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Tue Jan 19 Oren Ambarchi/Keith Rowe/Akio Suzuki @ The Playhouse Kitakyushu Performing Arts Centre River Walk 6F Kitakyushu Japan www.cca-kitakyushu.org/english/soundworkshop2009_ambarchi.pdf
Sun Jan 24 Oren Ambarchi/Jim O'Rourke/Keiji Haino trio + Marco Fusinato solo Tima Formosa CD launch @ Super Deluxe B1F 3.1.25 Nishi Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan www.super-deluxe.com
Mon Jan 25 Oren Ambarchi/Jim O'Rourke/Keith Rowe trio + Marco Fusinato solo @ Super Deluxe B1F 3.1.25 Nishi Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan www.super-deluxe.com
Mon Feb 1 Oren Ambarchi solo @ Super Deluxe B1F 3.1.25 Nishi Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan www.super-deluxe.com/
Tue Feb 23 Oren Ambarchi solo + Isis + Baroness @ Manning Bar University of Sydney Australia www.manningbar.com
Thu Feb 25 Oren Ambarchi solo + Isis + Baroness @ Corner Hotel Richmond Melbourne Australia www.cornerhotel.com]]> tag:www.orenambarchi.com,2009://10.2382 2009-12-10T10:34:34Z 2009-12-10T10:39:24Z

CD in Digipak Artwork & design: Jon Wozencroft Track listing: 1. Intimidator 2. Iron Waves 3. Moving Violation 4. The Strouhal Number 5. A Final Kiss On Poisoned Cheeks Intermission brings together a range of material Oren Ambarchi has contributed...

Track listing: 1. Intimidator 2. Iron Waves 3. Moving Violation 4. The Strouhal Number 5. A Final Kiss On Poisoned Cheeks Intermission brings together a range of material Oren Ambarchi has contributed to compilations and limited edition vinyl releases between the years 2000 and 2008. Highlights include two live recordings - an early, fragile solo guitar recording taken from a radio broadcast in 2000 and A Final Kiss On Poisoned Cheeks, his powerful 12" recorded live in Vancouver in 2007 and originally released on Table Of The Elements. Additional tracks include Iron Waves an exclusive track in collaboration with vocalist Paul Duncan and Intimidator featuring Australian pianist/composer Anthony Pateras originally released on Southern Lord. These are special anomalies in the Ambarchi canon but nonetheless feature the hallmarks of his unique soundworld, all underpinned by his trademark deep guitar tones and meticulous attention to detail. All tracks are newly remastered, many of which are available on CD for first time. Buy Intermission 2000-2008 in the TouchShop www.touchmusic.org.uk Track notes: Intimidator Guitars and prepared piano recorded at Jerker House and Enormodome, Melbourne in 2006 Anthony Pateras: Prepared Piano. Originally released on the 2LP version of 'In The Pendulum's Embrace' Southern Lord, USA. Iron Waves Remix of Paul Duncan's 'Parasail' from the 'Above The Trees' CD, Hometapes, USA Guitars, Bells, Cymbals recorded at Jerker House, Melbourne and BJB, Sydney in 2008. Previously unreleased. Moving Violation Guitars recorded at Jerker House, Melbourne November 2005. A version was originally released on Touch's 25th anniversary CD, Touch 25, UK. The Strouhal Number Guitar recorded live at 2SER FM Sydney in 2000 by Tony Dupe'. Originally released on 'Live & Direct' CD Spunk/Preservation records, Australia. A Final Kiss On Poisoned Cheeks Guitar recorded live at Vancouver New Music Festival Oct 17, 2007 by Gary Morgan Bells and motorised cymbal recorded at BJB, Sydney. Originally released as a limited 12" on Table Of The Elements, USA. All tracks remastered by Lachlan Carrick at Moose, Melbourne August 2009.]]> tag:www.orenambarchi.com,2009://10.2381 2009-12-10T10:31:03Z 2009-12-10T10:33:07Z

It’s the people involved in ‘Afternoon Tea’ - originally released in 2000 on German label Ritornell and now reissued on Black Truffle with a new master, bonus tracks and newly discovered live recordings after years of being out of print...

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Wed Nov 11 Oren Ambarchi & Robbie Avenaim Duo + Marco Fusinato, Ohymach Hatred Of Fantastic @ Horse Bazaar 397 Little Lonsdale St Melbourne Australia http://www.horsebazaar.com.au/ Mon Nov 16 Gravetemple (Ambarchi, O'Malley, Csihar) + Aaron Dilloway Calling Out Of Context...

Field www.field.nu Wed Nov 11 Oren Ambarchi & Robbie Avenaim Duo + Marco Fusinato, Ohymach Hatred Of Fantastic @ Horse Bazaar 397 Little Lonsdale St Melbourne Australia http://www.horsebazaar.com.au/ Mon Nov 16 Gravetemple (Ambarchi, O'Malley, Csihar) + Aaron Dilloway Calling Out Of Context @ ICA The Mall London SW1Y 5AH UK http://www.ica.org.uk/ Tue Nov 24 Oren Ambarchi, Stephen O'Malley, Massimo Pupillo Trio + Asad Arkestra @ De Kreun Conservatoriumplein 8500 Kortrijk Belgium http://dekreun.be/ Wed Nov 25 Oren Ambarchi solo + Paramount Styles @ Unwound Via Dalmazia (zona Arcella) Padova, Padova Italy http://www.unwound.it/ Thu Nov 26 Oren Ambarchi & Msssimo Pupillo Duo + ZZZ @ Bronson Via Cella, 50 Madonna dell'Albero di Ravenna Italy http://www.bronsonproduzioni.com/ Sat Nov 28 Oren Ambarchi & Msssimo Pupillo Duo @ O' Via Pastrengo, 12, Milano Italy Sun Nov 29 Oren Ambarchi & Msssimo Pupillo Duo + Gr U + Do not cross the railway @ Sinister Noise Club Via dei Magazzini Generali, 4b Ostiense (Metro Piramide) Roma Italy http://www.myspace.com/sinisternoiseclub Mon Nov 30 Oren Ambarchi solo @ Anglikāņu Baznīcā, Anglikāņu iela 2a LV-1050 Rīga Latvia http://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglik%C4%81%C5%86u_bazn%C4%ABca Sun Dec 13 John Wiese Ensemble featuring Oren Ambarchi, Marco Fusinato, Dave Brown, Robbie Avenaim, Sean Baxter, Dale Gorfinkel, Jon Rose, Clayton Thomas, Clare Cooper, Lloyd Honeybrook, Adam Simmons, Nik Kennedy, Carolyn Connors and David Shea @ What is music? East Brunswick Hotel 280 Lygon Street East Brunswick Melbourne Australia www.whatismusic.com Thu Dec 17 Oren Ambarchi & Matt 'Skitz' Sanders duo + John Wiese, Robert Piotrowicz, Lloyd Honeybrook @ What is music? East Brunswick Hotel 280 Lygon Street East Brunswick Melbourne Australia www.whatismusic.com tag:www.orenambarchi.com,2009://10.2284 2009-09-23T12:38:43Z 2009-09-23T12:39:15Z

Wed Oct 7 Oren Ambarchi/Rob Mayson/Matt Skitz Sanders @ Stutter Horse Bazaar 397 Little Lonsdale Street Melbourne Australia www.horsebazaar.com.au Wed Oct 14 Oren Ambarchi & Stephen O'Malley duo Kairos/Almost Cinema 09 @ Vooruit Kunstencentrum Vooruit vzw, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 23, 9000 Gent...

Field www.field.nu Wed Oct 7 Oren Ambarchi/Rob Mayson/Matt Skitz Sanders @ Stutter Horse Bazaar 397 Little Lonsdale Street Melbourne Australia www.horsebazaar.com.au Wed Oct 14 Oren Ambarchi & Stephen O'Malley duo Kairos/Almost Cinema 09 @ Vooruit Kunstencentrum Vooruit vzw, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 23, 9000 Gent Belgium http://vooruit.be/en Thu Oct 15 Oren Ambarchi & Robbie Avenaim duo + Keiji Haino/Tony Conrad, Norbert Moslang & more @ Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival Salle des fêtes du Casino de Montbenon Lausanne Switzerland http://www.luff.ch/en/ Sat Oct 17 Oren Ambarchi & Robbie Avenaim a/v duo + Thomas Brinkmann, Arnold Dreyblatt @ Impakt Festival Theater Kikker, Main Hall Ganzenmarkt 14, Utrecht Postbus 185 3500 AD Utrecht The Netherlands http://www.impakt.nl/ Sun Oct 18 Oren Ambarchi & Robbie Avenaim a/v duo @ Levontin 7 Tel Aviv Israel http://www.myspace.com/levontine7 Mon Oct 19 Oren Ambarchi & Robbie Avenaim duo + Magik Markers @ Levontin 7 Tel Aviv Israel http://www.myspace.com/levontine7 Tue Oct 20 Oren Ambarchi & Robbie Avenaim duo (TBC) @ Uganda Aristobulus 4, Jerusalem Israel http://uganda.co.il/ Wed Oct 21 Oren Ambarchi solo + Manuel Mota @ Netwerk - Center For Contemporary Art Houtkaai, B-9300 Aalst Belgium http://www.netwerk-art.be/en/home Thu Oct 22 Oren Ambarchi & Robbie Avenaim duo + Jan Jelinek, Jon Hopkins, Davide Rossi @ Bimhuis Piet Heinkade 3 1019 BR Amsterdam The Netherlands http://www.bimhuis.nl/ Sat Oct 24 Oren Ambarchi & Robert Piotrowicz duo + Greg Kelley/Jason Lescalleet, Bertrand Gauguet / Thomas Lehn / Franz Hautzinger, John Tilbury, Robbie Avenaim & more @ Densites Festival Pole culturel, rue de Bonnétage, 55160 Fresnes-en-Woevre France http://www.vudunoeuf.asso.fr/ Sun Oct 25 Oren Ambarchi solo + Pow Ensemble @ Utmark Bergen Kunsthall Rasmus Meyers allé 5, 5015 Bergen Norway http://www.kunsthall.no/default_e.asp Tue Oct 27 Oren Ambarchi solo @ Bla Brenneriveien 9c 0182 Oslo Norway http://www.blaaoslo.no/ Sat Oct 31 Oren Ambarchi solo (playing Alan Lamb's Wires) + Alan Lamb, Dave Noyze, Garry Bradbury, Robin Fox @ Wired Open Day Wired Lab Site (somewhere near) Cootamundra, NSW Australia http://www.wiredlab.org/ tag:www.orenambarchi.com,2009://10.2090 2009-04-29T14:49:10Z 2009-04-29T14:49:27Z

Wed May 20th Oren Ambarchi solo + Our Love will Destroy the World + Sign of the Hag @ The Hole in the Wall 154 Vivian St Wellington New Zealand Thursday May 21st Oren Ambarchi solo + Expansion Bay @...

Field www.field.nu Wed May 20th Oren Ambarchi solo + Our Love will Destroy the World + Sign of the Hag @ The Hole in the Wall 154 Vivian St Wellington New Zealand Thursday May 21st Oren Ambarchi solo + Expansion Bay @ Dunedin Public Art Gallery The Octagon Dunedin New Zealand Friday May 22nd Oren Ambarchi 1pm 'Lecture' @ Elam lecture Theatre Auckland New Zealand Saturday May 23rd Oren Ambarchi solo + Roy Montgomery + Alex McKinnon @ Artspace K Rd Auckland New Zealand tag:www.orenambarchi.com,2009://10.1809 2009-03-03T10:17:31Z 2009-03-03T10:18:02Z

Tue Mar 10 - *Cancelled* Oren Ambarchi/Rob Mayon/Robbie Avenaim @ Make It Up Club Bar Open Fitzroy Melbourne Australia Sat Mar 14 Sunn 0))) (Greg Anderson, Stephen O'Malley, Attila Csihar, Oren Ambarchi) + Jazkammer @ Radar Festival Mexico City Mexico...

Field www.field.nu Tue Mar 10 - *Cancelled* Oren Ambarchi/Rob Mayon/Robbie Avenaim @ Make It Up Club Bar Open Fitzroy Melbourne Australia Sat Mar 14 Sunn 0))) (Greg Anderson, Stephen O'Malley, Attila Csihar, Oren Ambarchi) + Jazkammer @ Radar Festival Mexico City Mexico www.radar.org.mx/ Thu Mar 19 Oren Ambarchi solo @ Radar Festival Mexico City Mexico www.radar.org.mx/ Tue Mar 24 Oren Ambarchi solo + Ghatanothoa @ Sinister Noise Club Rome Italy http://www.myspace.com/sinisternoiseclub Wed Mar 25 Oren Ambarchi solo @ O-Artoteca Milan Italy http://www.o-artoteca.org/spazio.htm Thu Mar 26 Oren Ambarchi solo + Dario Neri + Orthographe Transmissions Festival Galleria Ninapi Ravenna Italy http://www.bronsonproduzioni.com/ Sat Mar 28 Oren Ambarchi solo + Z'ev & more @ Cocart Music Festival Torun Poland http://www.csw.torun.pl/dzialania/festiwale/cocart-music-festival-2009 Thu April 30 Oren Ambaarchi & Nels Cline duo @ Melbourne International Jazz Festival National Gallery of Victoria Melbourne Australia http://www.melbournejazz.com tag:www.orenambarchi.com,2009://10.1763 2009-01-24T11:51:48Z 2009-01-24T11:58:50Z

A new label, Black Truffle, is re-issuing two rare recordings from Oren Ambarchi: Stacte.3 Format: CD Catalogue Number: BT01 Originally released in 2000 as a limited vinyl only album, 'Stacte.3' is now available on CD for the first time. Described...

Field www.field.nu Stacte.3 Format: CD Catalogue Number: BT01 Originally released in 2000 as a limited vinyl only album, 'Stacte.3' is now available on CD for the first time. Described by Wire scribe Jon Dale as "Alvin Lucier and Cluster collaborating for Mego", the concept of Oren Ambarchi's 'Stacte' LP series - now comprising of five volumes - began in 1998. The first few 'Stacte' LPs were self-released by Ambarchi and featured his earliest explorations of the guitar and its sonic possibilities after a period known as a drummer in post-punk, noise and free jazz outfits. An idea was explored and investigated at length using a spontaneous approach, with Ambarchi treating each side of the vinyl like a canvas, slowly capturing a moment, patiently teasing every nuance and implication from each texture. His method allowed the listener to sink their teeth into something substantial over the course of the LP side's entire duration, resulting in an otherworldly, cumulative impact of patiently unfolding compositions. The 'Stacte.3' release (especially the LP's second side) was a breakthrough for Ambarchi and it defined the parameters for his subsequent projects such as 2001's 'Suspension' and 'Grapes From The Estate' from 2004, both released on the legendary UK label Touch. 'Stacte.3' is an early glimpse of Ambarchi at his most raw and minimal and it's a fascinating, integral listen in his catalogue of sound works. Remastered in December 2008 and with artwork designed by Stephen O'Malley. TRACKLISTING: 01. Stacte.3A 02. Stacte.3B
Persona Format: CD Catalogue Number: BT02 Originally released in 2000 as a limited vinyl only album, 'Persona' is now available on CD for the first time. 'Persona' was recorded in February 2000, just a week after the 'Afternoon Tea' collaboration with Fennesz, Pimmon, Pita and Keith Rowe. Utilizing a raw and spontaneous approach like the 'Stacte' series of solo releases, Ambarchi recorded the pieces on 'Persona' at home in a day, only using his guitar, a handful of effect pedals and a boombox as a monitor(!). Considered to be a 'sister' release to Ambarchi's acclaimed 'Suspension' album on Touch, the material on 'Persona' (originally released on E.R.S. in a tiny edition of 300) was only heard by a handful of listeners. From the late 90's his experiments in guitar abstraction and extended technique led to a more personal and unique soundworld and 'Persona' was an early document of this direction. Here, the pieces are hesitant and tense extended songforms, located in the cracks between several schools: modern electronics and processing; laminal improvisation and minimalism; and hushed, pensive songwriting. It recalls the deceptive simplicity and temporal suspensions of composers such as Morton Feldman and Alvin Lucier, and the physicality of rock music, stripped back to its bare bones, abstracted and replaced with pure signal. Remastered in December 2008 and with artwork designed by Stephen O'Malley TRACKLISTING: 01. Alma 02. Vogler 03. Persona
Black Truffle web site: www.blacktrufflerecords.com]]> tag:www.orenambarchi.com,2008://10.1576 2008-09-07T09:03:30Z 2008-09-07T09:04:10Z

OREN AMBARCHI/STEPHEN O'MALLEY/JIM O'ROURKE TRIO + POP - ZBIGNIEW KARKOWSKI/PETER REHBERG SUN SEPT 21 YOKOHAMA TRIENNALE RED BRICK WAREHOUSE NO.1 1-1 Shinko, Naka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken 231-0001 Japan...

Field www.field.nu YOKOHAMA TRIENNALE RED BRICK WAREHOUSE NO.1 1-1 Shinko, Naka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken 231-0001 Japan ]]> tag:www.orenambarchi.com,2008://10.1516 2008-07-30T05:32:26Z 2008-07-30T05:32:58Z

Heathen Harvest...

Field www.field.nu Heathen Harvest]]> tag:www.orenambarchi.com,2008://10.1504 2008-07-09T16:57:51Z 2008-07-09T16:58:26Z

CONCERT OREN AMBARCHI + HELM The Luminaire Monday 14 July [8pm] 311 High Rd., NW6 T:020.7372.8668 Tube: Kilburn £7 (advance) £8 (door) Sydney resident Oren Ambarchi treats his guitar work with an otherworldly alchemy. Straddling music worlds of tonal micro-glitch,...

Field www.field.nu CONCERT OREN AMBARCHI + HELM The Luminaire Monday 14 July [8pm] 311 High Rd., NW6 T:020.7372.8668 Tube: Kilburn £7 (advance) £8 (door) Sydney resident Oren Ambarchi treats his guitar work with an otherworldly alchemy. Straddling music worlds of tonal micro-glitch, black metal drone and outright pop, his captivating minimalism is a sun-drenched treat. Ambarchi's tonal guitar work is filtered through various effects pedals to recreate Mego-like (but more listener-friendly) improvised explorations, akin to many of the best laptop artists (and his collaborators) Christian Fennesz, Tim Hecker and Pimmon. His joint work includes live sets and recordings with Martin Ng, Sunn 0)))'s Stephen O'Malley, Otomo Yoshihide, Keiji Haino, John Zorn, Keith Rowe, Phill Niblock, Gunter Muller, Evan Parker, Toshimaru Nakamura, Dave Grohl, and Damo Suzuki. Ambarchi is also a band member of the unfocussed post-pop group Sun, as well as Burial Chamber Trio, and Gravetemple. Labels releasing his material are Touch, Southern Lord, room40 and Staubgold; notable solo albums include Suspension, Triste, and Grapes From The Estate. How's that for a CV? NB: support comes from Helm, whose main-man Luke Younger provides sonic billows and industrial-esque surges. tag:www.orenambarchi.com,2008://10.1458 2008-06-03T15:20:27Z 2008-06-03T15:22:05Z

7" vinyl only Side A: Highway of Diamonds 5:55 Side B: Bleeding Shadow 6:38 Now available in the TouchShop cut by Jason @ Transition artwork and photography by Jon Wozencroft Electric guitars, organ, samples, bells, percussion and motorised cymbal recorded...

Field www.field.nu TouchShop cut by Jason @ Transition artwork and photography by Jon Wozencroft Electric guitars, organ, samples, bells, percussion and motorised cymbal recorded at BJB Studios, Sydney with additional overdubs made at home 2005-2007. Gratitude to Fairport Convention and Boris D Hegenbart. Oren Ambarchi is a composer and multi-instrumentalist with longstanding interests in transcending conventional instrumental approaches. His work focuses mainly on the exploration of the guitar, "re-routing the instrument into a zone of alien abstraction where it’s no longer easily identifiable as itself. Instead, it’s a laboratory for extended sonic investigation". (The Wire, UK). This is the next in a new series of 7" vinyl-only releases, 'Touch Sevens'. You can read more about this series here 7" vinyl was the quintessential format for popular music. Today, it is an undervalued and mostly promotional medium, used as a fetishistic signpost to a time of musical authenticity and a "healthy" popular culture. It might seem like another retrograde step to launch a vinyl series just as the download format threatens to dominate, and indeed there is an element of "the rear view mirror"... the generation of Touch artists who grew up with vinyl [and cassette] still feeling a strong emotional attachment to it. This series is more than that... an overtly critical, non-digital statement is supported by treatments of audio work which cannot be applied to digital formats - the sonic texture, the use of a locked groove, the A & the B and the additional dimension of the visual counterpoint. As for the aspect of audience participation, we choose not to specify the RPM on the label, encouraging the listener to experiment with playback options and personal preferences. An attempt to make music that works at both speeds. The front cover might actually be the back cover...]]> tag:www.orenambarchi.com,2008://10.1417 2008-04-05T14:21:59Z 2008-04-06T11:37:18Z

An interview with Oren Ambarchi in Cyclic Defrost can be read here...

Field www.field.nu here]]> tag:www.orenambarchi.com,2007:/new//10.58 2007-08-18T10:27:55Z 2007-08-21T12:51:08Z

New album out now: In The Pendulum's Embrace Oren Ambarchi [Touch # TO:78, 2007] CD - 3 tracks Oren Ambarchi continues his otherworldly investigations with "In The Pendulum's Embrace", a dark twin to his landmark 2004 album "Grapes From The...

Field www.field.nu In The Pendulum's Embrace Oren Ambarchi [Touch # TO:78, 2007] CD - 3 tracks Oren Ambarchi continues his otherworldly investigations with "In The Pendulum's Embrace", a dark twin to his landmark 2004 album "Grapes From The Estate" [Touch # TO:61]. Returning again to the hallowed halls of BJB Studios in Sydney, Ambarchi expands the scope and range of his unique musical language, incorporating an even broader pallette of instrumentsand sensibilities. Despite the use of glass harmonica, strings, bells, piano, percussion and guitars, it's startling that the world created is still unmistakably his own, and that there is such a cohesion of vision throughout the albums's three lengthy pieces. With this record there's an even more tenuous coexistence of fragility and density; sounds as light as air mingling with wall shaking low-end. The converted already know the kind of trance-inducing euphoria of Ambarchi's music. Newcomers will be scouting the back catalogue...
You can hear an extract from the album here and an info sheet (pdf) can be downloaded here]]> tag:www.orenambarchi.com,2007:/new//10.56 2007-08-17T17:11:42Z 2008-03-02T12:46:16Z

Oren Ambarchi is exclusively published by Touch Music [MCPS]. His work is also released on Touch, one of the most influential independent labels based in the UK [founded 1981/2]....

Field www.field.nu Touch Music [MCPS]. His work is also released on Touch, one of the most influential independent labels based in the UK [founded 1981/2]. ]]>
Oren Ambarchi is exclusively published by Touch Music [MCPS]. His work is also released on Touch, one of the most influential independent labels based in the UK [founded 1981/2]. ]]>