Menstruation Sisters
Members: Oren Ambarchi
Samantha (My Wack Panther)
Menstruation Sisters hail from Sydney, Australia. Basically a duo comprised of wildboy poet ululationist and guitar strangler Nick Kamiussis (aka Rizili aka Riz) and OZ wonderkid Oren Ambarchi (Sunn 0))), Burial Chamber, Grave Temple, John Zorn etc e…
Persona
Originally released in 2000 as a limited vinyl only album, 'Persona' is now available on CD for the first time. Persona' was recorded in February 2000, just a week after the 'Afternoon Tea' collaboration with Fennesz, Pimmon, Pita and Keith Rowe. Uti…
Stacte.3
Originally released in 2000 as a limited vinyl only album (on Plate Lunch), 'Stacte.3' is now available on CD for the first time. Described by Wire scribe Jon Dale as Alvin Lucier and Cluster collaborating for Mego, the concept of Oren Ambarchi's 'St…
In The Pendulum's Embrace
Oren Ambarchi continues his otherworldly investigations with 'In The Pendulum's Embrace', a dark twin to his landmark 2004 album 'Grapes From The Estate' [Touch # TO:61]. Returning again to the hallowed halls of BJB Studios in Sydney, Ambarchi expand…
A Final Kiss On Poisoned Cheeks
Another ridiculously limited LPs from Table of the Elements celebrating not only their 15th anniversary but also the humble guitar itself. This time we have a one sided, etched blue slab of wax from the unshakable Oren Ambarchi, a man whose name has …
Destinationless Desire
Oren Ambarchi presents Destinationless Desire: electric guitars, organ, samples, bells, percussion and motorized cymbals recorded at BJB Studios, Sydney with additional overdubs made at home in 2005-2007. Gratitude to Fairport Convention and Boris D …
Worried Friends b/w Nervous Enemies
Released autumn 2007. 300 copies (first edition), 200 copies (second edition). Piano music by Ambarchi and Marhaug. Recorded Oslo november 2006. Reviews: October 2007 release; a pair of 'piano music' pieces, acting as the debut collaborative single f…
Variable Resistance (Ten Hours Of Sound From Australia)
An exhibition companion compilation for the exhibit of the same name at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art held September 7-17, 2002. Packaged in a standard jewel case with an O-card and a 24-page booklet.
s/t
Textile is proud to announce the fourth installment in its split 12" series, oren ambarchi / hado ho. oren ambarchi is an electronic guitarist and percussionist with longstanding interests in transcending conventional instrumental approaches. Born in…
Clockwork
Its initial release - an edition of 100 3CD-Rs on Ambarchi's Jerker Productions label back in 1999 - let it slide by just enough aesthetic radars to register among cognoscenti. Coupled with Ambarchi's solo work from the era, the recording marked a sh…
Squire
Oren Ambarchi (el.guitar) & Keith Rowe (tabletop el.guitar). 'Archival recording of this duo's opening set, recorded live at The Loft in Cologne on March 3, 2002. Lovingly recorded with attention to detail, this release beautifully captures the two g…
My days are darker than your nights
“Pure drone bliss on offer here from the prolific Australian guitar experimentalist Oren Ambarchi (whom you may already know) and Swedish musician Johan Berthling (a less familiar name -- he's brother to Andreas Berthling,and with him a member of the…
Oystered
Released in DVD case size super jewel box.
Structures with monochromes on reports of the Golden Number 1,618033989.
Recorded July 23, 2002 at Big Jesus Burger, Sydney.Mixed and mastered October/November 2002.
Stacte motors
These pieces continue the Stacte series started in 1998 with ambarchi's first self-released solo recordings. Similar to the 4 previous editions of the series, which explored one idea at length, Stacte Motors is an experiment in exciting instruments w…
Grapes from the estate
Oren Ambarchi acts as a good antithesis to that other great Touch luminary - Fennesz.Both artists use the guitar as a starting point for minimalist discovery and post-abstract innovation, though where Fennesz relies heavily on distortion and catharsi…
Suspension
Oren Ambarchi acts as a good antithesis to that other great Touch luminary - Fennesz.Both artists use the guitar as a starting point for minimalist discovery and post-abstract innovation, though where Fennesz relies heavily on distortion and catharsi…
Triste
The recordings of Triste were previously available on limited edition LP (Idea label). This Southern Lord release combines the original LP recordings + some remix collaborations by Tom Recchion. It is available here for the first time in compact disc…
Mort aux vaches. Song of separation
Last copies, reduced price. Oren ambarchi's 'Song Of Separation' was recorded during his recent European tour and is the latest in the mort Aux Vaches series released by Staalplaat documenting live radio concerts commissioned and broadcast by the VPR…
Thumb
Live recording, Instants Chavirés, Montreuil, France May 29, 2001.Thanks to Instants Chavirés, Musique Action Festival, Etienne Foyer, Soizig Le Calvez and Hugh X Vorp.