Behold by Oren Ambarchi & Jim O'Rourke
Behold is the second collaborative release from Oren Ambarchi and Jim O'Rourke following on from the 2011 release 'Indeed'. Seamlessly blending field recordings, electronics, guitar, drums and other acoustic instruments into a subtle combination of Krautrock, minimalism and classic free flowing electronics. Side A takes the listener into the Fourth World adventures pioneered by Jon Hassell whilst the flip seems like an unlikely pairing of Krautrock aesthetics and the slow building repetitive structures of The Necks. This is sharp, focussed contemporary music, one where minimalist motifs meet maximalist tendencies. Behold is another landmark recording made by two of the most enthusiastic experimental explorers active today..
Credits
Oren Ambarchi - Guitar, Drums etc
Jim O'Rourke - Synth, Piano etc
Recorded & Mixed at Steamroom, Tokyo 2012-2013
Additional recording at SuperDeluxe, Tokyo, Jan 26, 2012 by Masahide Ando & at Chinatown, Melbourne by Joe Talia
Cut by CGB at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin, August 2013
Photography by Shunichiro Okada
Design by Stephen O'Malley
License
All rights reserved.
Oren Ambarchi is a composer and multi-instrumentalist with longstanding interests in transcending conventional instrumental approaches. His work focuses mainly on the exploration of the guitar, "re-routing the instrument into a zone of alien abstraction where it’s no longer easily identifiable as itself. Instead, it’s a laboratory for extended sonic investigation". (The Wire, UK).