Subject: Berlin 05.05: Oren Ambarchi, PIta, Bill Kouligas
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2015
From: Manuela Benetton
Tuesday, May 5th – Doors 20:00 Concerts 21:00
Kantine am Berghain
Am Wriezener Bahnhof
12043 Berlin
Tickets: 12€
LIVE SETS:
OREN AMBARCHI (Touch, Editions Mego, PAN)
PITA aka PETER REHBERG (Editions Mego)
BILL KOULIGAS (PAN)
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OREN AMBARCHI
Oren Ambarchi’s works are hesitant and tense extended songforms located
in the cracks between several schools: modern electronics and
processing; laminal improvisation and minimalism; hushed, pensive
songwriting; the deceptive simplicity and temporal suspensions of
composers such as Morton Feldman and Alvin Lucier; and the physicality
of rock music, slowed down and stripped back to its bare bones. From the
late 90’s his guitar abstraction and extended technique have led to a
more personal and unique sound-world incorporating a broader palette of
instruments and sensibilities. Ambarchi has performed and recorded witha
diverse array of artists such as Fennesz, Charlemagne Palestine, Sunn
0)), Thomas Brinkmann, Keiji Haino, Alvin Lucier, John Zorn, Merzbow,
Jim O’Rourke, Keith Rowe, and many more. His latest release is Quixotism
which was listed in The Wire magazine’s top 50 releases of 2014.
PITA
PITA is the pseudonym of Editions Mego founder Peter Rehberg. Perceived
as one of the pioneers of synthetic music, PITA ushers now the next
phase of his sonic exploration, returning as a solo act after almost ten
years of silence. His approach hasn’t changed much though – it’s the
ongoing search of a radical maniac driving us to the shores of
experimental electronics, maybe best to be described as visceral
synthesis, fishing in the ambient depths of techno. He is fusing
distorted electricity with abstract beat patterns and glitches to some
form of extreme computer music. As head of the influential Editions Mego
family of labels, he has released albums by internationally renowned
artists like Fennesz, Kevin Drumm, Emeralds, Florian Hecker, Bernard
Parmegiani, Russell Haswell, KTL, Akos Rozmann, Donato Dozzy, Mark Fell…
BILL KOULIGAS
Bill Kouligas is a musician, designer and dj. He is founder of the
record label PAN, which recalibrates perceptions of the avant-garde and
electronic dance music. Bill’s insistence on following his own path and
passion has won acclaim from thinkers, collectors, and dancers alike,
and puts his vision at the forefront of the electronic vanguard. After
many years of performing and producing experimental music under
different aliases this will be an all new live electronic set.