Simian Angel? that's the one I'm currently on and it's very nice.
― calzino, Tuesday, 6 August 2019 14:03 (four years ago) link
yeah it's fantastic!
― tylerw, Tuesday, 6 August 2019 14:33 (four years ago) link
that's what the thread revive is about! that's what we're talking about on the internet! the power of message boards!
― j., Tuesday, 6 August 2019 14:53 (four years ago) link
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.
― calzino, Tuesday, 6 August 2019 15:43 (four years ago) link
“We Live in Pathetic Temporal Urgency,” that's a good title
― j., Tuesday, 6 August 2019 15:46 (four years ago) link
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
― j., Tuesday, 6 August 2019 15:51 (four years ago) link
really liked eli keszler's stadium from last year, worked away at my subconscious
― ogmor, Tuesday, 6 August 2019 15:52 (four years ago) link
yeah Stadium is well worth your time.
― calzino, Tuesday, 6 August 2019 15:54 (four years ago) link
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.
― stranded, Wednesday, 7 August 2019 08:38 (four years ago) link
https://thequietus.com/articles/26905-oren-ambarchi-interview-favourite-albums
― willem, Wednesday, 7 August 2019 11:43 (four years ago) link
Really nice list of records. This was a great chat too: http://www.5049records.com/podcast/oren-ambarchi
― EvR, Wednesday, 7 August 2019 15:13 (four years ago) link
always happy to see Dark To Themselves and Body Meta getting mentions.
― calzino, Wednesday, 7 August 2019 15:17 (four years ago) link
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
― je est un autre, l'enfer c'est les autres (alex in mainhattan), Saturday, 10 August 2019 10:50 (four years ago) link
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
― j., Monday, 3 February 2020 02:19 (four years ago) link
Yes, Black Truffle finally has its own Bandcamp page.
― EvR, Tuesday, 4 February 2020 12:15 (four years ago) link
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
― Position Position, Thursday, 23 December 2021 21:57 (two years ago) link
A couple of mates made it onto the front cover of that. Lovely record.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Thursday, 23 December 2021 22:06 (two years ago) link
nuts
― Nedlene Grendel as Basenji Holmo (map), Thursday, 23 December 2021 22:41 (two years ago) link
Beautiful stuff
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Thursday, 23 December 2021 22:49 (two years ago) link
this is excellent, thank you for the head's up
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 23 December 2021 22:54 (two years ago) link
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.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Thursday, 23 December 2021 23:08 (two years ago) link
really enjoying "ghosted" latelyhttps://f4.bcbits.com/img/a0452035601_10.jpg
― im zelenky (||||||||), Friday, 22 April 2022 10:26 (two years ago) link
yeah this one is killer, totally hypnotic.
― tylerw, Friday, 22 April 2022 19:31 (two years ago) link
This is fantastic. The outcome of this combination is what one might expect based on their prior outings, except that it's even better.
― doug watson, Saturday, 23 April 2022 00:14 (two years ago) link
throwing onto the praise for this - any recs to dive into for for Berthling/Werliin?
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Tuesday, 26 April 2022 03:11 (two years ago) link
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.
― doug watson, Tuesday, 26 April 2022 10:54 (two years ago) link
The Time is a Mountain record from 2013 is good - features both Berthling & Werliin.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Tuesday, 26 April 2022 16:59 (two years ago) link
Good call, Chinaski. This is excellent, kinda like the midpoint of US and UK post-rock.
― doug watson, Tuesday, 26 April 2022 19:20 (two 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