Oren Ambarchi

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Oren Ambarchi is an electronic guitarist and drummer with longstanding interests in transcending conventional instrumental approaches. Born in Sydney, Australia in 1969 to a Sephardi Jewish family originally from Iraq [1], he has been performing live since 1986. He was a member of noise band Phlegm with Robbie Avenaim, with whom he now co-organises the What Is Music Festival. His work focuses mainly on the exploration of the guitar, though he also plays percussion in some of his live performances. Recently, he has toured with drone doom band Sunn O))) as well as releasing an EP with Attila Csihar and Sunn O)))'s Greg Anderson under the name Burial Chamber Trio. Ambarchi also works in popular music contexts and is a drummer for the group Sun with vocalist Chris Townend formerly of Kiss My Poodles Donkey.

[edit] Discography

(1999) Clockwork, with Robbie Avenaim (Jerker Productions; ::room40:: reissue 2005)
(2000) Insulation (Touch)
(2002) Suspension (Touch)
(2003) Sun (Preservation Records)
(2003) Triste (Idea Records (US))
(2004) Grapes from the Estate (Touch)
(2005) Cloud with Keith Rowe, Toshimaru Nakamura and Christian Fennesz (Erstwhile)
(2005) Black One with SunnO))) (Southern Lord)
(2007) In the Pendulum's Embrace (Touch)
(2007) Grave Temple with Stephen O'Malley and Attila Csihar (Southern Lord Records)
(2007) Burial Chamber Trio with Greg Anderson and Attila Csihar (Southern Lord Records)
(2008) Spirit Transform Me with Z'ev (Tzadik)