Oren Ambarchi is an experimental musician whose work explores the effect of music of tremulous beauty played at brutal volume. Born in Australia, he has a long history of challenging, absorbing solo work, and collaborations with some of the most prestigious artists working in the field of contemporary music: ranging from the high art seriousness of Keith Rowe, Evan Parker, Sachimoko M, Phil Niblock and Christian Fennesz, to Dave Grohl and the satanic majesties of experimental metal, Sunn o)), with whom he has recently toured. Ambarchi also played on their recent ‘Monoliths and Dimensions’ and 2005’s bleak masterpiece, ‘Black1’, plays with Greg Anderson and Attila Csihar in Burial Chamber Trio, and released the ‘Grave Temple’ album with Stephen O’Malley. Ambarchi also co-curates the essential ‘What Is Music’, Australia’s most important festival of experimental music.

20 May 2009 – Wellington – Hole in the Wall
with: Sign of the Hag, Our Love Will Destroy The World.

START: WED 20 MAY 2009, 8:00 PM
VENUE/CITY: HOLE IN THE WALL, WELLINGTON.

21 May 2009 – Dunedin – Dunedin Public Art Gallery
with: Expansion Bay.

START: THU 21 MAY 2009, 8:30 PM
VENUE/CITY: DUNEDIN PUBLIC ART GALLERY, DUNEDIN.

22 May 2009 – Auckland – Elam Lecture Theatre (lecture)

START: FRI 22 MAY 2009, 1:00 PM
VENUE/CITY: ELAM LECTURE THEATRE (LECTURE), AUCKLAND.

23 May 2009 – Auckland – Artspace
with: Alex MacKinnon, Roy Montgomery.

START: SAT 23 MAY 2009, 8:00 PM
VENUE/CITY: ARTSPACE, AUCKLAND.