S/D: Oren Ambarchi (and projects)

Gee, I was completely oblivious to Set. Wonder if many other episodes are online... (XP)

https://editionsmego.bandcamp.com/album/hence

+ jim o'rourke, from november

http://editionsmego.com/release/EMEGO-264

Oren Ambarchi - guitars & whatnot
Cyro Baptista - percussion & voice

Recorded by Randall Dunn, Joerg Hiller, Iuri Oriente and Oren Ambarchi.
Edited by Joerg Hiller and Oren Ambarchi at Choose Studios, Berlin.
Mixed by Joe Talia and Oren Ambarchi at Good Mixture, Tokyo.
Cut by Rashad Becker at D&M, Berlin.
Executive Producers: Konrad Sprenger & Dick Wolf.
Photography by Traianos Pakioufakis.
Design by Lasse Marhaug.

After a trilogy of spectacular explorations of relentlessly driving rhythms – Sagittarian Domain (2012), Quixotism (2014) and Hubris (2016) – Simian Angel finds Oren Ambarchi renewing his focus on his singular approach to the electric guitar, returning in part to the spacious canvases of classic releases like Grapes from the Estate while also following his muse down previously unexplored byways.

His new album is very good (as usual).

Simian Angel? that's the one I'm currently on and it's very nice.

yeah it's fantastic!

that's what the thread revive is about! that's what we're talking about on the internet! the power of message boards!

hah! what do you ppl think of Eli Keszler? his latest ep Empire sort of reminds of this a little bit and he's someone who I've got into a few of his albums now and his shtick is growing on me.

“We Live in Pathetic Temporal Urgency,” that's a good title

huh evidently he was one of ambarchi's four million collaborators, i had missed that one on my last trawl for new releases

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ywh7Ru6rhlE

really liked eli keszler's stadium from last year, worked away at my subconscious

yeah Stadium is well worth your time.

I saw Eli Keszler live at this year's Rewire Festival (The Hague) and it was and amazing experience. His last EP, Empire, is also worth hearing.

https://thequietus.com/articles/26905-oren-ambarchi-interview-favourite-albums

Really nice list of records. This was a great chat too: http://www.5049records.com/podcast/oren-ambarchi

always happy to see Dark To Themselves and Body Meta getting mentions.

16 minute video to palm sugar candy from the new album. there is something quite meditative and timeless about the music. somehow more than ambient not only because of the beats. a kind of soundtrack.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPIbw1BLzC0

there are some (!) jim o'rourke records i've never listened to so i'm listening to them and, no big surprise i guess, oren ambarchi's 'rock' records sound like jim o'rourke's 'rock' records

Yes, Black Truffle finally has its own Bandcamp page.

Found out about Live Hubris through the boomkat year end list. How good is this? Can't imagine there was much of a roof left on Oto after part 3. Fucking amazing.

https://orenambarchi.bandcamp.com/album/live-hubris

A couple of mates made it onto the front cover of that. Lovely record.

nuts

Beautiful stuff

this is excellent, thank you for the head's up

Just noticed Big Jim's name on the credits and shit myself thinking he must have been in London. He's 'there' in an early loop apparently. Eiko Ishibashi was there though and Mats Gustafsson. Damn.

really enjoying "ghosted" lately
https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a0452035601_10.jpg

yeah this one is killer, totally hypnotic.

This is fantastic. The outcome of this combination is what one might expect based on their prior outings, except that it's even better.

throwing onto the praise for this - any recs to dive into for for Berthling/Werliin?

Rideau is my pick for (Berthling's) Tape.

Tonbruket's Nubian Swimtrip would be my suggestion for a Werliin record.

For more minimal improv grooves, Nik Bartsch's Ronin Rhythm Records has a lot of titles worth investigating.

The Time is a Mountain record from 2013 is good - features both Berthling & Werliin.

Good call, Chinaski. This is excellent, kinda like the midpoint of US and UK post-rock.

not involving oren ambarchi but a beautiful release on black truffle

https://blacktruffle.bandcamp.com/album/mumbai-04021996

He also released a beautiful new album himself yesterday.

Yeah, Shebang is really great, one of the best in the krautrock stuff he's been doing the last 10 years or so.

his new album is great

This AOTY contender for me, totally beautiful and up there with The Necks' best material.

Yeah, I might like this one even more than Ghosted, which is saying a lot

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!

I had never heard of this guy, Ghosted and Shebang are both very engaging. Lots going on despite apparent simplicity/minimalism.

Yes both albums and especially Shebang are reminiscent of Hanging Gardens or Drive-By era.

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.

Looking forward to checking out Time Is a Mountain thanks to the suggestion upthread.

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.

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.

I like the acoustic bass on Ghosted.

jeez this is too good

supergroup does partly cloudy skies

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.

Shebang is ridiculously good — wow!