Oren Ambarchi

Stacte Motors

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Side A: Cymbal Motors

Side B: Guitar Motors

Oren Ambarchi's Stacte Motors, is the most recent addition to the Western Vinyl

portrait series. 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 with a spinning motor with strings attached. The resulting recordings are

metallic walls of minimalist drones, both fearless and dreamy.

Produced and recorded at BJB studios in Australia, these one-take acoustic recordings

have a very tactile and physical presence. You hear the collision of the motor-driven

strings and the instruments as they produce overtone-drenched vibrations that define

an aural space, simultaniously peaceful and aggressive.

Side A "Cymbal Motor" resounds with deeper than deep sub bass frequencies pelted

by metallic shimmers. The piece is reminiscent of

Harry Bertoia's dark, drifting

Sonambient sound sculptures, but more menacing and with more depth. Like a more

rockin' and unrelenting

Terry Riley piece, "Guitar Motor" is a raw but dreamy

soundscape. With its dense vibrating strings, it also calls to mind the beautiful drones

Ellen Fullman creates with her long string instrument.

Both pieces swell with lush overtones and the flickering impact of motor-driven strings

and instrument, creating a slowly shifting and disorienting acoustic world. Like the

earlier Stacte releases, each piece on Stacte Motor is meaty enough let you sink your

teeth in and enjoy.

SELLING POINTS

- Oren Ambarchi's portrait of a motor is part

of an ongoing series of Western Vinyl releases,

which have included

Bonnie Prince Billy,

Robert Lippok, Papa M, Tren

Brothers, and more.

- Oren has released several successful solo

records in addition to recording and touring

with

SUNO))).

- A press and radio campaign will be handled

by Western Vinyl.

- Oren will tour throughout 2006/2007 in

support of this and other releases.

PRESS QUOTES

-"One of the most beautiful sounds of 2004."

-

Dusted Magazine

"it's like the weird, beautiful music you think

you only hear in dreams." -

Q (UK)

"An intimate and personal document of one

the more singularly focused voices in the

contemporary experimental scene. Highly

recommended." –

Other Music (NY)

"Ambarchi's ribbons of static and hum, his

tones that resemble tolling bell and electric

pianos, and his distant crackles and clicks all

sound as though they are positioned in a

three-dimensional space that imposes its

own transformations on the sound waves

that emanate from each piece."

–

Signal to Noise

"Ambarchi has successful tapped in to the

spirit of the late period work of Morton

Feldman, as well as La Monte Young, creating

a record that sounds simultaneously familiar

and like nothing you have heard before."

–

Fake Jazz

"Ambarchi has developed a highly original

guitar technique which preserves the

instrument's six string warmth even as it

owes much to contemporary electronica."

–

Wire

"This is intelligent, thoughtful, proactive,

ambience." –

Wire

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Format: 12" vinyl

UPC: 656605454313
Release Date: 1/23/2007