Oren Ambarchi
Oren Ambarchi’s works are hesitant and tense extended songforms located in the cracks between several schools: modern electronics and processing; laminal improvisation and minimalism; hushed, pensive songwriting; the deceptive simplicity and temporal suspensions of composers such as Morton Feldman and Alvin Lucier; and the physicality of rock music, slowed down and stripped back to its bare bones, abstracted and replaced with pure signal. From the late 90’s his experiments in guitar abstraction and extended technique have led to a more personal and unique sound-world incorporating a broader palette of instruments and sensibilities. On releases such as Grapes From The Estate and In The Pendulum’s Embrace, Ambarchi employed glass harmonica, strings, bells, piano, drums and percussion, creating fragile textures as light as air which tenuously coexist with the deep, wall-shaking bass tones derived from his guitar.

Ambarchi has performed and recorded with a diverse array of artists such as Fennesz, Charlemagne Palestine, Sunn 0)), Thomas Brinkmann, crys cole, Keiji Haino, Alvin Lucier, John Zorn, Annea Lockwood, Alvin Curran, Loren Connors, Manuel Gottsching/Ash Ra, Merzbow, Jim O’Rourke, Keith Rowe, David Rosenboom, Julia Reidy, Akio Suzuki, Phill Niblock, John Tilbury, Richard Pinhas, Evan Parker, Fire! and many more.

Robbie Avenaim
Robbie Avenaim - is an innovative Australian drummer and sound artist with an international reputation for bold, sonic exploration. Focussed primarily on percussion and instrument building/percussion installations, his practice spans the domains of free improvisation and avantgarde composition. Avenaim has been at the forefront of the Australian experimental music scene both as a performer and a curator.

Over the past 25 years Robbie has developed a unique and personal musical language on the drums, combining traditional and extended techniques with physical modification of the drums. Modifications have included extending use of the instrument’s, various motorised percussive mechanisms and in so doing, provide greater scope for both composing and performing. As a drummer / composer / instrument builder, Avenaim’s musical ideas are inseparable from the instruments he design’s.

The design of new instruments is an integral part of the compositional process. Avenaim was also the co-founder and organiser of the legendary WHAT IS MUSIC? Festival, Australia’s premier annual touring showcase of local and international experimental music from 1994-2012 and has since organised many significant sound-based exhibitions, performances and festivals in Australia and overseas, which have been essential for the local growth and international prestige of Australia's avant-garde musical reputation. Avenaim is currently the drummer for AAA trio featuring Oren Ambarchi, Chris Abrahams (Pianist of the NECKS).