Oren Ambarchi, Tropical Geometry & Savvas Metaxas Live at PLYFA Athens

Oren Ambarchi's music exists at the intersection of various schools and influences: contemporary electronic music, improvisation, experimental minimalism, deceptive simplicity, latent rock physicality. Since the late 1990s, his experiments in guitar abstraction and extended technique have led to a more personal and unique sound world that incorporates a broader palette of instruments and sensibilities, with the spirits of Morton Feldman and Alvin Lucier periodically making their presence felt. On releases such as Grapes From The Estate and In The Pendulum's Embrace, Ambarchi used, among other things, glass harmonica, strings, bells, piano, drums, and percussion, creating fragile textures, light and sometimes ethereal, which coexist marginally with the massive bass sounds coming from his guitar. Ambarchi has performed, collaborated, and recorded with a wide range of artists such as Fennesz, Sunn 0))), Alvin Lucier, John Zorn, Merzbow, Jim O'Rourke, Fire! and many others. The event also features opening acts Tropical Geometry and Savvas Metaxas.