Omniversal Hum pres. Oren Ambarchi (solo) | 2 SESSIONS

Omniversal Hum presents the prolific artist Oren Ambarchi in an incredibly intimate concert within the High Note Space 2 listening room. Two sessions 6:30pm and 8:30pm - make sure to buy the ticket for the session you wish to attend. Oren Ambarchi’s works are hesitant and tense extended songforms located in the cracks between several schools: modern electronics and processing; laminal improvisation and minimalism; hushed, pensive songwriting; the deceptive simplicity and temporal suspensions of composers such as Morton Feldman and Alvin Lucier; and the physicality of rock music, slowed down and stripped back to its bare bones, abstracted and replaced with pure signal. 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. As a curator and label boss of Black Truffle Records, Oren Ambarchi has had a remarkable echo through the DNA of the Omniversal Hum program. For 10 years together with Robbie Avenaim, Ambarchi was the co-organiser of the What Is Music? festival, Australia’s premier annual showcase of local and international experimental music. The festival hosted over 200 local and international performers. Ambarchi also curated the Maximum Arousal series at The Toff In Town in Melbourne.

220 High St, Northcote