S/D: Oren Ambarchi (and projects)

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i'm interested in any recommendations beyond the major releases.

― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 11 March 2004 04:27 (9 years ago) Permalink

menstruation sisters "ma". like dna doing a set of fushitsusha covers.

― mullygrubber (gaz), Thursday, 11 March 2004 04:33 (9 years ago) Permalink

thats a S by the way.

john dale: "...Ma is a classic of unexpurgated all-out spastic sound-flail - an Australian equivalent to the wildness of Harry Pussy or Green Monkey"

― mullygrubber (gaz), Thursday, 11 March 2004 04:36 (9 years ago) Permalink

C: solo - Suspension, Stacte #1,2,3, Triste; in collaboration - Strange Love (with Günter Müller and Philip Samartzis), Oystered (with Voice Crack and GM), Afternoon Tea (oren and lotsa folks), Sun remixes (esp. Voice Crack's), Flypaper (with Keith Rowe)

D: Sun unremixed, Menstruation Sisters - how can anyone consider this anything but shit?, all Phlegm, the disc on Häpna with Andreas Berthling (possibly the most boring recording ever made)

― echoinggrove, Thursday, 11 March 2004 06:09 (9 years ago) Permalink

Menstruation Sisters - how can anyone consider this anything but shit?

a refined palate? a lack of common sense? i love it.

― el sabor de gene (yournullfame), Thursday, 11 March 2004 07:57 (9 years ago) Permalink

didi anyone see the sbs mini doco? drawing on greek/jewish heritage? a wonderful thing.

― mullygrubber (gaz), Thursday, 11 March 2004 08:00 (9 years ago) Permalink

this re ms of course.

― mullygrubber (gaz), Thursday, 11 March 2004 08:02 (9 years ago) Permalink

who ARE you mullygrubber?
best oren: triste (killer), all stactes, suspension, insulation, keith rowe duo, and i love the berthling duo (though it is surely an acquired taste.)
a lot of oren's collaborative work is interesting for 'research purposes' (ie it's interesting to hear how he plays w/various folks.) i really enjoy the "thumb" disc on grob (w/rowe, avenaim, sachiko m, and otomo.)
the record most people miss - and it's an absolute classic - the ambarchi/avenaim 3"cdr duo "clockwork". fucking beautiful.
the sun album is quite nice, there's some new stuff out on textile, and they're working on a new record. and touring europe in a few weeks w/a great expanded sun line-up (martin siewert!)
menstruation sisters: nothing's topped 'ma' for me, though 'dead at slugs' and 'goog' are both quite good. never heard the triple 7".
i agree with eg about phlegm, those were pretty woeful records. i tend to write that off as oren's 'zorn era'.

― jwd, Thursday, 11 March 2004 12:16 (9 years ago) Permalink

Suspension is one of the most gorgeous albums I own. I should really get another of his.

― Alan N (Alan N), Thursday, 11 March 2004 17:29 (9 years ago) Permalink

completely agree about suspension

i want to hear this clockwork disc. where can i find it jwd?

― tricky disco (disco stu), Thursday, 11 March 2004 18:13 (9 years ago) Permalink

forgot "Clockwork." good call, jwd - and good stuff. sounds like a mix of Harry Bertoia and Gamelan Son of Lion. more convincing than the other Ambarchi/Avenaim projects. it was self-released in '99 as a 3" cd-r, so it could be tough to track down now.

i'll add Oren's solo Mort aux Vaches ("Song of Separation") to my C:s, just because it's a lot more enjoyable on disc than it was live.

― echoinggrove (echoinggrove), Thursday, 11 March 2004 18:23 (9 years ago) Permalink

"strange love" on for4ears w/ gunter muller and philip samartzis is very nice drone improv w/ lots of surprises. and it somehow makes it sound like there are extra speakers behind my head in a way that nothing else does. really good.

― dan (dan), Thursday, 11 March 2004 18:33 (9 years ago) Permalink

"strange love" does have the distinction of having some of the WORST artwork i have ever laid my eyes upon. gunter muller does not appear to have any concept of the words "GRAPHIC DESIGN". i guess he thought phil and oren might find the marsupials on the front cover 'cute'.
the mort aux vaches disc is great too - good call echoinggrove. "clockwork" would be pretty hard to track down, phil todd at betley welcomes careful drivers in the uk might have copies left.
if you get the chance to see oren do his thing live, JUST GO. truly stunning.

― jwd, Friday, 12 March 2004 03:11 (9 years ago) Permalink

wow! weird synchronicity alert. i was just about to type i'm not anyone jon.

― mullygrubber (gaz), Friday, 12 March 2004 03:13 (9 years ago) Permalink

i kind of like the strange love packaging.

― dan (dan), Friday, 12 March 2004 06:54 (9 years ago) Permalink

4 years pass...

wow he is great.

'highway of diamonds' minus the last minute or so is a keeper. i've been mixing it into other tracks and it works really well.

― jergins, Thursday, 26 June 2008 02:27 (4 years ago) Permalink

he also has the bestest set of myspace affilates i've ever seen. i wish they were my friends.

grapes from the estate is really great.

― schlump, Thursday, 26 June 2008 12:57 (4 years ago) Permalink

3 years pass...

New one is good

― (Uptown Baby) (admrl), Friday, 24 February 2012 18:01 (1 year ago) Permalink

agree

― Prince Rebus (donna rouge), Friday, 24 February 2012 18:04 (1 year ago) Permalink

3 weeks pass...

yeah its excellent

― Lamp, Friday, 16 March 2012 19:49 (1 year ago) Permalink

is this the one with Thomas Brinkmann?

― mmmm, Friday, 16 March 2012 19:53 (1 year ago) Permalink

no 'audience of one' on touch

― Lamp, Friday, 16 March 2012 19:55 (1 year ago) Permalink

Ah, okay. I passed up buying Triste yesterday is that good? I love Brinkmann so I'm thinking about that one. Is 'Audience of One' quite droney?

― mmmm, Friday, 16 March 2012 20:02 (1 year ago) Permalink

i wouldnt say so, no. large parts of it are on youtube if youre curious

― Lamp, Friday, 16 March 2012 20:03 (1 year ago) Permalink

Triste is good, droney and monolithic. Audience of One takes some risks with his sound and i think pulls it off.

― beta blog, Friday, 16 March 2012 22:12 (1 year ago) Permalink

6 months pass...

'audience of one' is so so good. i think i need it and fennesz black sea on vinyl.

― THEE-AH-TER (Matt P), Saturday, 6 October 2012 17:46 (7 months ago) Permalink

i agree! about audience of one. love it. got the double vinyl in the mail the other day. i don't always love all his stuff. sometimes i just you know "respect" it or whatever. also got the power trio live thing in the mail with him on drums and o'malley sunnn((((((000000000000 guy on bass and haino on guitar. its okay. mostly for haino guitar solos.

― scott seward, Saturday, 6 October 2012 17:55 (7 months ago) Permalink

i always catch myself wondering why i don't order from forced exposure like all the time when i browse their site. they're so reasonable! but reasonable is the same as expensive if you're broke. i should uh plan ahead, like budget that shit out. they still have all the soundways lps in stock. *SIGH*

― THEE-AH-TER (Matt P), Saturday, 6 October 2012 18:38 (7 months ago) Permalink

I gather Audience of One is a departure from the pure-tone processed guitar stuff?

I'm just starting to get into last year's Imikuzushi with OA on drums, Haino on guitar, and Jim O'Rourke on bass.

― EveningStar (Sund4r), Sunday, 7 October 2012 04:02 (7 months ago) Permalink

audience of one is a mix of sounds/styles. this is one of the more beautiful things i've heard in a while:

― scott seward, Sunday, 7 October 2012 04:09 (7 months ago) Permalink

it reminds me of BPB's 'careless love'.. just slightly. agreed it's nice

― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Sunday, 7 October 2012 07:02 (7 months ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

Audience of One may be the best thing he's done!

― EveningStar (Sund4r), Thursday, 8 November 2012 18:51 (6 months ago) Permalink

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