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Below The Radar Special Edition: Tunnels

Track 3

"Live Knots" (excerpt)

From the forthcoming release Live Knots

Recorded at the Krakow Philharmonic Hall at Unsound Krakow 2013.
Oren Ambarchi - guitar; Eyvind Kang - viola & string conductor; Joe Talia - drums & spring; Crys Cole - spring & contact mics; strings performed by the Sinfonietta Cracovia.

Oren Ambarchi's compositions are located in the cracks of modern electronics and processing; laminal improvisation and minimalism.

From the late 90's his experiments in guitar abstraction and extended technique have led to a more personal and unique sound-world incorporating a broader palette of instruments and sensibilities. On releases such as Grapes From The Estate and In The Pendulum's Embrace Ambarchi employed glass harmonica, strings, bells, piano, drums and percussion, creating fragile textures as light as air which tenuously coexist with the deep, wall-shaking bass tones derived from his guitar.

Ambarchi has performed and recorded with artists such as Fennesz, Charlemagne Palestine, Thomas Brinkmann, Keiji Haino, Alvin Lucier, John Zorn, Merzbow, Jim O'Rourke, Keith Rowe, Phill Niblock, John Tilbury, Sunn 0))), Evan Parker, Akio Suzuki and many more.

Ambarchi has released recordings for labels such as Touch, Editions Mego, Black Truffle, Kranky, Southern Lord and Tzadik.

orenambarchi.com

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