Oren Ambarchi pres. Cooked (Album Launch / Listening Session)

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Oren Ambarchis new Drag City album Cooked  is out on September 25. 

We are excited to present an exclusive listening session / album launch taking place at Betonhalle on Thursday September 24. The evening will also include a discussion on the background and creation of the album with Ambarchi and music critic Peter Margasak plus a screening of the piece Sleight Of Hand by filmmaker Maximilien Luc Proctor.

"Keen listeners who have dug below the surface of Oren Ambarchi’s triple-digit discography know that alongside hypnotic minimalism, veins of irreverent and joyously wayward exploration run deep. Cooked is something of a landmark in Oren’s work, bringing this gloriously cuckoo sensibility right into the heart of his most high-profile solo work. Carrying on the grand Ambarchi tradition of meticulously constructed all-star studio jams (which reached new heights with Shebang, his 2022 Drag City debut), Cooked brings together collaborators from Australia, Germany, Japan and Sweden for two side-long epics where the foot keeps tapping even as the mind boggles.

It’s certainly Cooked, but not overcooked. Like 10cc in their prime, it layers a dizzying number of elements through intricate studio processes, yet somehow remains open, spontaneous, and intuitive, the whole thing suffused with an omnivorous love of music where everything is up for grabs. It’s a big call, but Cooked might just be the wildest ride that Oren Ambarchi has taken us on yet."  

Thursday, September 24
Betonhalle
Doors: 7:30 pm / Start: 8 pm
Tickets at the door: 5 Euro