Artist : Oren Ambarchi
Title : Persona
Genre : Electronic
Year : 2009
Date : 02/18/2009
Bitrate : VBR kbps
Tracks : 03
Label : Black Truffle
Source : CDDA
Encoder : Lame 3.97
Length : 36:59 min
Size : 49,7 MB
Tracklist:
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01.Alma 05:37
02.Vogler 12:36
03.Persona 18:46
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36:59 min
Originally released in 2000 as a limited vinyl only album, 'Persona' is now available on CD for the first time.
'Persona' was recorded in February 2000, just a week after the 'Afternoon Tea' collaboration with Fennesz,
Pimmon, Pita and Keith Rowe. Utilizing a raw and spontaneous approach like the 'Stacte' series of solo
releases, Ambarchi recorded the pieces on 'Persona' at home in a day, only using his guitar, a handful of
effect pedals and a boombox as a monitor(!). Considered to be a 'sister' release to Ambarchi's acclaimed
'Suspension' album on Touch, the material on 'Persona' (originally released on E.R.S. in a tiny edition of
300) was only heard by a handful of listeners. From the late 90's his experiments in guitar abstraction and
extended technique led to a more personal and unique soundworld and 'Persona' was an early document
of this direction. Here, the pieces are hesitant and tense extended songforms, located in the cracks
between several schools: modern electronics and processing; laminal improvisation and minimalism; and
hushed, pensive songwriting. It recalls the deceptive simplicity and temporal suspensions of composers
such as Morton Feldman and Alvin Lucier, and the physicality of rock music, stripped back to its bare
bones, abstracted and replaced with pure signal.
Remastered in December 2008 and with artwork designed by Stephen O'Malley
www.blacktrufflerecords.com