OREN AMBARCHI
Eclectic Prog • Australia
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Oren Ambarchi biography
Originally from Sydney, Australia, Oren Ambarchi (b. 1969) is a globetrotting musician and composer, known for his deconstructions of rock music and the unique sonic signature of his digitally-processed electric guitar. Passionate about the acts of making and collecting records, Ambarchi was drawn to music at a young age, beginning as a drummer obsessed with classic rock before becoming entranced with jazz (both free and fusion). Ambarchi's performing career launched in 1986, playing standards by Miles Davis and John Coltrane in jazz ensembles before he moved to New York City later in the decade to study Jewish mysticism at a rabbinical college in Brooklyn. Ambarchi's interest in the guitar was piqued in 1993 after witnessing a performance by Fushitsusha's Keiji Haino at the Knitting Factory, beginning his lifelong fascination with the instrument and all the ways its tone could be electronically manipulated beyond recognition. Though rooted in the worlds of free improvisation, noise and experimental extended guitar technique, Ambarchi has greatly expanded his musical borders to become an exciting purveyor of 21st-century progressive rock.
As eclectic in his minimalist artistic approach as with his choice of collaborators, Ambarchi's discography sits at over a hundred albums, EPs or singles of electroacoustic music, drone, jazz-rock, progressive electronic, post-rock and krautrock. Ambarchi's recordings have been issued by dozens of varied esteemed labels like Touch, Tzadik, Southern Lord, Editions Mego and his very own Black Truffle (in operation since 2009). Ambarchi has performed around the world live and in studio with a wide array of the finest musicians in their fields like Fennesz, Keith Rowe, Phill Niblock, Z'EV, Charlemagne Palestine and Merzbow, with a particular number of avant-prog arists such as Otomo Yoshihide, Fred Frith, Zu's Massimo Pupillo, Fire! and John Zorn, who was one of his earliest supporters during his time in New York. As of this writing, Ambarchi has released twelve live LPs with his noisy free-psych-rock trio featuring Keiji Haino and fellow improv icon Jim O'Rourke. His love of low-end frequencies led to a stint performing in cosmic-metal band Sunn O))), along with several ongoing group projects with their members Greg Anderson and Stephen O'Malley.
With krautrock one of his many loves, Ambarchi's travels also saw him rubbing shoulders with several legends both classic and modern. Former Can vocalist Damo Suzuki m...read more
Originally from Sydney, Australia, Oren Ambarchi (b. 1969) is a globetrotting musician and composer, known for his deconstructions of rock music and the unique sonic signature of his digitally-processed electric guitar. Passionate about the acts of making and collecting records, Ambarchi was drawn to music at a young age, beginning as a drummer obsessed with classic rock before becoming entranced with jazz (both free and fusion). Ambarchi's performing career launched in 1986, playing standards by Miles Davis and John Coltrane in jazz ensembles before he moved to New York City later in the decade to study Jewish mysticism at a rabbinical college in Brooklyn. Ambarchi's interest in the guitar was piqued in 1993 after witnessing a performance by Fushitsusha's Keiji Haino at the Knitting Factory, beginning his lifelong fascination with the instrument and all the ways its tone could be electronically manipulated beyond recognition. Though rooted in the worlds of free improvisation, noise and experimental extended guitar technique, Ambarchi has greatly expanded his musical borders to become an exciting purveyor of 21st-century progressive rock.
As eclectic in his minimalist artistic approach as with his choice of collaborators, Ambarchi's discography sits at over a hundred albums, EPs or singles of electroacoustic music, drone, jazz-rock, progressive electronic, post-rock and krautrock. Ambarchi's recordings have been issued by dozens of varied esteemed labels like Touch, Tzadik, Southern Lord, Editions Mego and his very own Black Truffle (in operation since 2009). Ambarchi has performed around the world live and in studio with a wide array of the finest musicians in their fields like Fennesz, Keith Rowe, Phill Niblock, Z'EV, Charlemagne Palestine and Merzbow, with a particular number of avant-prog arists such as Otomo Yoshihide, Fred Frith, Zu's Massimo Pupillo, Fire! and John Zorn, who was one of his earliest supporters during his time in New York. As of this writing, Ambarchi has released twelve live LPs with his noisy free-psych-rock trio featuring Keiji Haino and fellow improv icon Jim O'Rourke. His love of low-end frequencies led to a stint performing in cosmic-metal band Sunn O))), along with several ongoing group projects with their members Greg Anderson and Stephen O'Malley.
With krautrock one of his many loves, Ambarchi's travels also saw him rubbing shoulders with several legends both classic and modern. Former Can vocalist Damo Suzuki m...read more
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Fateless (with Martin Ng)2006 |
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Intermission 2000-20082009 |
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Der Kleine König2002 |
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Lynx2002 |
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My Days Are Darker Than Your Nights (with Johan Berthling)2003 |
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Worried Friends / Nervous Enemies (with Lasse Marhaug)2007 |
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Destinationless Desire2008 |
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A Final Kiss on Poisoned Cheeks2008 |
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Raga Ooty / The Nilgiri Plateau2012 |
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The Seven Inch, Vol. 2 (split with Luminance Ratio)2012 |
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Stacte Karaoke2014 |
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Stacte Karaoke II2017 |
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Panama / Suez (with Konrad Sprenger & Phillip Sollman)2018 |
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Tokyo Knots2020 |
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Sbagliato2020 |
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Tummypen42 (with Robbie Avenaim)2020 |
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Viscount Gort2021 |
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