★Black Truffle
Sand/Layna
"Sand/Layna is the first full-length solo release by Canadian sound artist crys cole. While cole is known to many through her collaborative work with a host of Canadian artists and internationals such as Oren Ambarchi, Keith Rowe, and James Rushford,…
La Mutazione
**Few copies back in stock, sold out at source** A milestone originally released in 1985 on the legendary Broken Flag label, Giancarlo Toniutti's La Mutazione is renowned in certain circles as a classic and with good reason. The album comprises two …
Tea Time for Those Determined to Completely Exhaust Every Bit of
"At this point, it can justifiably be said that Keiji Haino, Jim O'Rourke and Oren Ambarchi have become one of the leading groups in experimental music. This, their sixth release, presents the entire second set of the trio's March 2013 concert at S…
Only Wanting To Melt Beautifully Away Is It A Lack Of Contentmen
LP version. "Begun as a one-off collaboration in 2009, the trio of Keiji Haino, Jim O'Rourke and Oren Ambarchi has now become a solid working group, refining its craft through a series of annual concerts at Tokyo's legendary SuperDeluxe. Much of thei…
Stacte karaoke
Two raw, ecstatic, face-melting guitar solos recorded in one take in the Ambarchi 'Stacte tradition'. This time around, Ambarchi is backed up by a badass rhythm section from Texas, and together they ride the endless riff into the goddamn sunset.
The Just Reproach
The Just Reproach documents the second concert given by John Tilbury and Oren Ambarchi as a duo. When they first performed together in Reykjavik, Iceland in March 2012, the aptness of the pairing was evident. When they reprised the duo at London's…
Now While It's Still Warm Let Us Pour in All the Mystery
CD version. "Following on from 2012's acclaimed Imikizushi (BT 007CD/LP), Now While It's Still Warm Let Us Pour in All the Mystery is the fourth release from the established power trio of Keiji Haino, Jim O'Rourke, and Oren Ambarchi, recorded in Jan…
Cat's Squirrel
"Cat's Squirrel is a live recording of Masami Akita and Oren Ambarchi's performance in Campbelltown, Australia in May 2012. Although Akita and Ambarchi have known one another since 1993 and performed together as part of larger ensembles, this was the…
Imikuzushi
The next chapter for the trio of Keiji Haino, Jim O'Rourke and Oren Ambarchi, extending the power-trio strategies of their previous LP with intense music that transcends rock and electronic music. "The yearly summit of Keiji Haino, Jim O'Rourke and O…
The Mortimer Trap
The Mortimer Trap is an epic, 77-minute "variation" of Morton Feldman's For Bunita Marcus, constructed by German experimentalist and techno icon Thomas Brinkmann and Australian sound artist Oren Ambarchi. Pulsating waves of claustrophobic ambience g…
In A Flash Everything Comes Together As One
March 2011 release: phenomenal new power trio moves from a group that easily rivals Fushitsusha or Seijaku in intensity of attack. Here Haino is mostly featured on guitar and vocals with occasional forays into lapsteel (!) and air synth while O’Ro…
Tima formosa
'Black Truffle presents a stunning document of the debut meeting of international trio Oren AMBARCHI, Jim O'Rourke and Keiji HAINO. Recorded live at the Playhouse, Kitakyushu, Japan in January 2009, Tima Formosa retains a mysteriously alien atmospher…
Afternoon Tea
It's the people involved in Afternoon Tea -- originally released
in 2000 on German label Ritornell and now reissued on Black Truffle with
a new master, bonus tracks and newly discovered live recordings after
years of being out of print -- that ens…
Persona
Originally released in 2000 as a limited vinyl only album, 'Persona' is now available on CD for the first time. Persona' was recorded in February 2000, just a week after the 'Afternoon Tea' collaboration with Fennesz, Pimmon, Pita and Keith Rowe. Uti…
Stacte.3
Originally released in 2000 as a limited vinyl only album (on Plate Lunch), 'Stacte.3' is now available on CD for the first time. Described by Wire scribe Jon Dale as Alvin Lucier and Cluster collaborating for Mego, the concept of Oren Ambarchi's 'St…