― dan (dan), Thursday, 11 March 2004 18:33 (twenty years ago) link
― jwd, Friday, 12 March 2004 03:11 (twenty years ago) link
― mullygrubber (gaz), Friday, 12 March 2004 03:13 (twenty years ago) link
― dan (dan), Friday, 12 March 2004 06:54 (twenty years ago) link
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 (sixteen years ago) link
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 (sixteen years ago) link
New one is good
― (Uptown Baby) (admrl), Friday, 24 February 2012 18:01 (twelve years ago) link
agree
― Prince Rebus (donna rouge), Friday, 24 February 2012 18:04 (twelve years ago) link
yeah its excellent
― Lamp, Friday, 16 March 2012 19:49 (twelve years ago) link
is this the one with Thomas Brinkmann?
― mmmm, Friday, 16 March 2012 19:53 (twelve years ago) link
no 'audience of one' on touch
― Lamp, Friday, 16 March 2012 19:55 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
i wouldnt say so, no. large parts of it are on youtube if youre curious
― Lamp, Friday, 16 March 2012 20:03 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
'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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
audience of one is a mix of sounds/styles. this is one of the more beautiful things i've heard in a while:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUa-lVFJlR0
― scott seward, Sunday, 7 October 2012 04:09 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
Audience of One may be the best thing he's done!
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Thursday, 8 November 2012 18:51 (eleven years ago) link
I just listened to this today: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/17974-oren-ambarchi-keiji-haino-jim-orourke-now-while-its-still-warm-let-us-pour-in-all-the-mystery/
I think it's mostly great, much better imo than Imikuzushi, although maybe I'm something of a conservative/traditionalist for thinking so. I finally feel like their collaboration lives up to their combined talents. Their ideas are cohering into more clearly structured pieces, sometimes even songs with (really good) hooks and bass riffs and grooves. I love Haino's voice.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Sunday, 23 June 2013 04:02 (eleven years ago) link
Btw, what's up with Pitchfork's numerical ratings. I don't think there's a critical word in that review, yet the album only gets a 7.7.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Sunday, 23 June 2013 04:23 (eleven years ago) link
keep perspective, mane; one of the foremost experimental rock combos doesn't merit BNM, what would that do for the brand? :P
― Drugs A. Money, Sunday, 23 June 2013 06:03 (eleven years ago) link
they kinda have a hierarchy / capping system in effect for genre work i think, sund4r
― j., Sunday, 23 June 2013 06:10 (eleven years ago) link
album sounds amazing though
― Drugs A. Money, Sunday, 23 June 2013 06:14 (eleven years ago) link
(as in it sounds like it would be amazing, not that I've actually heard it)
The 30 minute track on Audience of One reminds me a lot of Supersilent. I'm having trouble finding more messy jazz like this. Are there any other bands I can try?
― crowhurst, Wednesday, 19 February 2014 16:25 (ten years ago) link
might suggest burning star core, graveyards, close erase, humcrush, the "object" series records on locust records, selected circle records (infektio, arkades, tower), various rune grammofon releases, both the giovanni domenico/arve henriksen/tatsuhisa yamamoto releases, organum & eddie prevost "flayed", ashtray navigations, alice coltrane's "universal consciousness", the dead c. depends on whether you're after excoriant bedsit 4-track variants or the po-faced scandi fusion type, or the OG impulse records / miles "black beauty live @ fillmore west" / weather report "live in tokyo" varieties.
― massaman gai, Thursday, 20 February 2014 08:38 (ten years ago) link
Not sure what "excoriant bedsit" means, but i think it's more the scandi fusion type I am after.
Thanks for the recommendations. I will check these out.
― crowhurst, Thursday, 20 February 2014 09:40 (ten years ago) link
seemingly i've lost my disc of "suspension". just have an empty cover here. could somebody please tell me what the picture is on the backface of the disc so i know what i'm looking for? (brain says red /orange apples, like the cover, but that seems too easy an answer somehow)
― massaman gai, Monday, 25 August 2014 13:44 (ten years ago) link
New album Quixotism is very good. Strings, tablas, drummachine, small rhythmic differences. I like it.
― Frederik B, Thursday, 30 October 2014 16:39 (nine years ago) link
i still haven't found my disc of "suspension".i think i gone done put it in the wrong box. i'd be obliged if one of y'all generous folks could pop it out & be so kind as to tell me what the picture on the disc is.it'd be mighty helpful to an old duffer !
― massaman gai, Thursday, 30 October 2014 17:12 (nine years ago) link
Listening to Quixoticism for the first time. Gets off to a slow start (or maybe I was just feeling impatient) but really settles into something nice.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Sunday, 16 November 2014 23:24 (nine years ago) link
Er, Quixotism.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Sunday, 16 November 2014 23:26 (nine years ago) link
The new Nazoranai lp is another brilliant release, they have been on fire this year.
― xelab, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 15:09 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, that Nazorani is wonderful. I finally heard the Haino/O'Rourke/Ambarchi from earlier this year, Only Wanting to Melt Beautifully... and thought it was a little bit of a letdown by comparison (and compared to some of other recent ones from that trio).
― ƋППṍӮɨ∏ğڵșěᶉᶇдM℮ (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 15:31 (nine years ago) link
Nice. Didn't know about this one.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 03:38 (nine years ago) link
http://images.junostatic.com/full/CS558467-01A-BIG.jpg
this new one with Haino and O'Rourke is good
― Dinsdale, Saturday, 28 February 2015 21:27 (nine years ago) link
well the first track on Hubris has some lovely Future Days qualities to it.
― calzino, Tuesday, 15 November 2016 15:44 (seven years ago) link
The whole album is good, really.
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 15 November 2016 15:51 (seven years ago) link
absolutely, only just got to the awesome 3rd track.
― calzino, Tuesday, 15 November 2016 15:58 (seven years ago) link
album rules
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 15 November 2016 15:59 (seven years ago) link
I love how it in album cover, name and song titles seem like a followup to Quixotism. For a musician that does a shitload of projects, he is really good at making them seem as if they make sense.
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 15 November 2016 16:07 (seven years ago) link
thanks for the heads up, this new one sounds awesome.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 15 November 2016 16:08 (seven years ago) link
wow, hubris pt. 3 totally just blew me away. can anyone recommend something similar, by ambarchi or others?
― sonderpop, Wednesday, 14 March 2018 17:37 (six years ago) link
i wish i could - it's really, really good
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 9 September 2018 05:08 (six years ago) link
i am not very familiar with his work, but i've been giving myself a crash course because i'm going to see him play next weekend (https://lampo.org/archive/oren-ambarchi-2018/)
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 9 September 2018 05:09 (six years ago) link
new, in a not dissimilar vein
https://a-ton.bandcamp.com/album/panama-suez
― j., Sunday, 9 September 2018 06:19 (six years ago) link
ooh, thanks for that.i'm excited to explore his discography because he seems to be a hub that connects to so many different kinds of musicians and kinds of music, not unlike brian eno.
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 9 September 2018 06:23 (six years ago) link
not involving oren ambarchi but a beautiful release on black truffle
https://blacktruffle.bandcamp.com/album/mumbai-04021996
― ꙮ (map), Saturday, 1 October 2022 00:45 (one year ago) link
He also released a beautiful new album himself yesterday.
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Saturday, 1 October 2022 00:49 (one year ago) link
Yeah, Shebang is really great, one of the best in the krautrock stuff he's been doing the last 10 years or so.
― raven, Monday, 3 October 2022 13:01 (one year ago) link
his new album is great
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Monday, 3 October 2022 14:38 (one year ago) link
This AOTY contender for me, totally beautiful and up there with The Necks' best material.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 5 October 2022 01:35 (one year ago) link
Yeah, I might like this one even more than Ghosted, which is saying a lot
― doug watson, Wednesday, 5 October 2022 02:23 (one year ago) link
Was just listening to Ghosted yesterday - such a good record, total speculation but feels like it is at least partly a reflection on the Necks of the mid-to-late 1990s - when they were a little more moored to four square rhythms - guessing Oren would’ve seen em a bunch around that time - Harbourside Brasserie Necks vibe, if anyone happens to be a Sydney local!
― meat and two vdgg (emsworth), Wednesday, 5 October 2022 02:30 (one year ago) link
I had never heard of this guy, Ghosted and Shebang are both very engaging. Lots going on despite apparent simplicity/minimalism.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 5 October 2022 02:41 (one year ago) link
Yes both albums and especially Shebang are reminiscent of Hanging Gardens or Drive-By era.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 5 October 2022 02:58 (one year ago) link
I think I prefer Ghosted by a smidgen, but only because I've spent more time with it than Shebang. Both are rhythmically lovely in a way I wasn't expecting, mostly because I'm more familiar with Oren's more abstract/ambient works. My expectations are likely coloured by the fact that Jim O'Rourke was my initial gateway into Oren's work.
― The Ghost Club, Wednesday, 5 October 2022 04:15 (one year ago) link
Looking forward to checking out Time Is a Mountain thanks to the suggestion upthread.
― The Ghost Club, Wednesday, 5 October 2022 04:16 (one year ago) link
Somehow, Shebang wasn't doing it for me when they were dripping out the tracks one at a time, but as a whole piece, I love it.
― Doctor Madame Frances Experimento, LLC", Wednesday, 5 October 2022 15:26 (one year ago) link
Well, Ghosted is rad partly just because Berthling & Werliin are such an incredible rhythm section. It's Fire! without Gustafsson which is fine!And Berthling plays some lovely bass on Shebang too, among the other guests.
― raven, Thursday, 6 October 2022 12:22 (one year ago) link
I like the acoustic bass on Ghosted.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 6 October 2022 15:54 (one year ago) link
jeez this is too good
― ꙮ (map), Friday, 7 October 2022 23:46 (one year ago) link
supergroup does partly cloudy skies
― ꙮ (map), Saturday, 8 October 2022 00:13 (one year ago) link
the last track burrows into this blue mood where all the twelve strings and abraham's piano feel like they should be framing something, but nothing "central" is there .. just this endlessly shifting, ghostly presence of sound in the middle. i'm always listening for jim o'rourke's contributions in these kinds of situations and that sort of harsh is it ring modulated synth that appears toward the end there is brutal in a way. there's real heart to this, a lot of human presence, but it's also at a remove, its power feels directed toward emphasizing ephemerality.
― ꙮ (map), Monday, 10 October 2022 00:07 (one year ago) link
Shebang is ridiculously good — wow!
― tylerw, Tuesday, 11 October 2022 18:39 (one year ago) link
really enjoying this
― nxd, Tuesday, 11 October 2022 18:44 (one year ago) link
i'm listening to this a lot, it's kind of addicting.
had the stoned thought today that the whole piece feels like it's the soundtrack to a single human life. the brightness at first and then the kinetic deepening, the appearance of the drum strokes which seem to mark days, the longer blend of elements on top that are like strokes of personality, the reoccurence of those strokes, the little eddies throughout, the downshift into the vigor and seriousness of the 3rd and 4th parts, how there isn't really a climax but just this beautiful deepening/opening and then the brief release at the end.
― ꙮ (map), Wednesday, 26 October 2022 21:20 (one year ago) link
when abraham's piano appears at the beginning of iii, it sounds so urgent - i don't know if i've ever felt such a sense of urgency at the sound of piano before haha.
― ꙮ (map), Wednesday, 26 October 2022 21:22 (one year ago) link
and one minor quibble with the reynolds review, the last piece is in the same key as the first one, just minor not major afaict
― ꙮ (map), Wednesday, 26 October 2022 22:01 (one year ago) link
overall a very nice and otm review as usual
― ꙮ (map), Wednesday, 26 October 2022 22:03 (one year ago) link
which review?
― Tim F, Thursday, 27 October 2022 01:05 (one year ago) link
sorry, sherburne, duh, *farts*
― ꙮ (map), Thursday, 27 October 2022 01:08 (one year ago) link
this one: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/oren-ambarchi-shebang/
― ꙮ (map), Thursday, 27 October 2022 01:15 (one year ago) link
i love how this is both calm and very intricate, with lots of moods represented but at a distance.
is a lot of ecm stuff really like this? divine quiet epic music?
i should go back to those early necks records.
i think oren ambarchi's guitar work is definitely the glue that holds everything together, it's really central to how iv evolves especially.
― ꙮ (map), Friday, 28 October 2022 23:27 (one year ago) link
The last Necks record, ‘Three’, was somewhat in this vein. Otherwise the closest fits are ‘Hanging Gardens’, ‘Drive-By’ and ‘Chemist’ I think.
In terms of ECM, I’d try Nik Bartsch’s Ronin and Mobile projects.
― Tim F, Friday, 28 October 2022 23:38 (one year ago) link
thanks
― ꙮ (map), Friday, 28 October 2022 23:39 (one year ago) link
One of the Mobile albums is even called “Ritual Groove Music” which is a great description of this general style.
― Tim F, Saturday, 29 October 2022 00:01 (one year ago) link
oh wow 'ritual groove music' is sounding fantastic
― ꙮ (map), Saturday, 29 October 2022 00:04 (one year ago) link
Check the rym list for zen-funk, map. Enjoy the rabbit hole!
― doug watson, Saturday, 29 October 2022 03:44 (one year ago) link
I wish "Hubris" was a genre so I could listen to stuff like it all day (now I just listen to "Hubris" all day)
― Doctor Madame Frances Experimento, LLC", Tuesday, 28 March 2023 18:19 (one year ago) link
i would like him to come to USA soon
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 28 March 2023 18:48 (one year ago) link
Ghosted II out today. I thought the first one was good but not great; very into this one though.
― Doctor Madame Frances Experimento, LLC", Friday, 26 April 2024 17:42 (four months ago) link
I loved the first one, this is sounding great too.
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Friday, 26 April 2024 20:16 (four months ago) link
OMG i love this so much already
― Tim F, Friday, 26 April 2024 22:06 (four months ago) link
Yeah I love this too. It's basically a Necks album with guitar instead of piano, like fr.
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Monday, 29 April 2024 19:02 (four months ago) link
Just getting around to this, and yeah, it's picking up right where Ghosted left off and sounding great
― Indexed, Tuesday, 25 June 2024 15:15 (two months ago) link