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Review: Oren Ambarchi at The Luminaire

Of any day of the week, ambient minimalism perhaps works best on a Monday. The noisy whirlwind of the start of the working week brought to a halt by its simple calm. Whilst Oren Ambarchi’s Monday performance at The Luminaire began as relaxed as we …

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Preview: Oren Ambarchi at The Luminaire

Having recently appeared live with Gravetemple and still on loan to us from Australia, experimental guitarist Oren Ambarchi will play a solo set on Monday 14 July at The Luminaire. Whilst Gravetemple specialises in doom metal, Oren’s solo material explores the more subtle tones of …

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Atmospheres 2: Day Two Review

After the fantastic sound journey we took with Philip Jeck on Thursday night, we returned to the Museum of Garden History on Friday evening for the second instalment in Touch’s Atmospheres 2 festival. With a line-up ranging from processed field recordings to solo piano and …

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Atmospheres 2: Day One Review

As we walked across Lambeth Bridge towards the Museum of Garden History on Thurdsay evening, we were immediately reminded us of how much we enjoyed the first Atmospheres festival. It was on that bridge in October where we started it with a field recording workshop …

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Music Preview: Atmospheres 2

When we first learned that Touch was planning a follow-up to last autumn’s brilliant Atmospheres festival, the question wasn’t whether or not we would attend but what line-up they had in store for us this time around. Once again occupying Lambeth’s beautiful Museum of Garden …