{"product_id":"oren-ambarchi-simian-angel-lp","title":"Oren Ambarchi - Simian Angel LP","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter a trilogy of spectacular explorations of relentlessly driving rhythms – \u003cem\u003eSagittarian Domain\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eQuixotism\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eHubris\u003c\/em\u003e – \u003cem\u003eSimian Angel\u003c\/em\u003e finds Oren Ambarchi renewing his focus on his singular approach to the electric guitar, returning in part to the spacious canvases of classic releases like \u003cem\u003eGrapes From The Estate\u003c\/em\u003e while also following his muse down previously unexplored byways. Reflecting Ambarchi's profound love of Brazilian music, \u003cem\u003eSimian Angel\u003c\/em\u003e features the remarkable percussive talents of Cyro Baptista, a key part of the Downtown scene who has collaborated with everyone from John Zorn and Derek Bailey to Robert Palmer and Herbie Hancock. Like the music of Nana Vasconcelos and Airto Moreira, \u003cem\u003eSimian Angel\u003c\/em\u003e places Baptista's dexterous and rhythmically nuanced handling of traditional Brazilian percussion instruments into an unexpected musical context. On the first side, \"Palm Sugar Candy,\" Baptista's spare and halting rhythms wind their way through a landscape of gliding electronic tones, gently rising up and momentarily subsiding until the piece's final minutes leave Ambarchi's guitar unaccompanied. While the rich, swirling harmonics of Ambarchi's guitar performance are familiar to listeners from his previous recordings, the subtly wavering, synthetic guitar tone you hear is quite new, coming across at times like an abstracted, splayed-out take on the '80s guitar synth work of Pat Metheny or Bill Frisell. Equally new is the harmonic complexity of Ambarchi's playing, which leaves behind the minimalist simplicity of much of his previous work for a constantly-shifting play between lush consonance and uneasy dissonance. Beginning with a beautiful passage of unaccompanied percussion dominated by the berimbau, the side-long title piece carries on the first side's exploration of subtle, non-linear dynamic arcs, taking the form of a gently episodic suite, in which distinctive moments, like a lyrical passage of guitar-triggered piano, unexpectedly arise from intervals of drifting tones like dream images suddenly cohering. In the piece's second half, the piano tones become increasingly more clipped and synthetic, scattering themselves into aleatoric melodies that call to mind an imaginary collaboration between Albert Marcoeur and David Behrman, grounded all the while by the pulse of Baptista's percussion. Subtle yet complex, fleeting yet emotionally affecting, \u003cem\u003eSimian Angel\u003c\/em\u003e is an essential chapter in Ambarchi's restlessly exploratory oeuvre. Personnel: Oren Ambarchi - guitars \u0026amp; whatnot; Cyro Baptista - percussion \u0026amp; voice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Editions Mego","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67850545561875,"sku":"mbm1793064796143","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/4029\/7235\/files\/oren-ambarchi---simian-angel-lp_1.jpg?v=1793064837","url":"https:\/\/tentcamping.shop\/products\/oren-ambarchi-simian-angel-lp","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}