Cold Shoulder by Oren Ambarchi & Will Guthrie

Oren Ambarchi, himself – a well established experimental musician has been active for nearly thirty

years now. He has been working with numerous musicians as well as working on his own. It is not his

first album with Will Guthrie and also – which is important for both artists and the listeners as well –

it doesn’t repeat what they have done before.

A tongue-in-cheek cover design can attract attention and possibly put you in a sort of funny mood as

well as distracting you, as listener.

A nicely edited vinyl contains two separate tracks where the amblings of Oren’s electric guitar

improvisations are blending perfectly with Will’s drumming.

It is a different benchmark that both of the musicians have set themselves up for – Oren is in a

different channel of dynamics and also phrasing of his tool. Will is every so attentive and using

different drumming techniques to keep up with quite hastily driven guitar.

Ambarchi goes way different way from what he has done before – there is less quietude and

unambiguous ambience here – there is more harmonies that have this impossibly driven aspect to

them. Where should we put his work – avant jazz rock, probably close to Henry Kaiser and Fred Frith

in a way? But is it worth doing? There is so much nuance in both of Will’s and Oren’s work – let’s just

leave it a that and enjoy the swirl, the surf, the sustenance of the notes.

Oren Ambarchi – Guitar

Will Guthrie – Drums

Recorded live October 9, 2024 by Rabih Beaini and Filippo Samoré at Morphine Raum, Berlin

Mixed and mastered October 2025 by Joe Talia at Good Mixture, Melbourne

Artwork by Turner Williams Jr

Layout by Jeroen Wille

RESLP043

Futura Resistenza,

Brussels/Rotterdam, 2026

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