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- Summary: The second collaboration between Oren Ambarchi and Jim O'Rourke is a two part 42-minute music piece.
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- Record Label: Editions Mego
- Genre(s): Electronic, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Mar 12, 2015Experimental music inevitably engenders pretentious music writing, yet when it's as good as Behold it creates a listening experience that altogether dwarfs any linguistic rationalisation. This is a record of light and shade, and one that demands your fullest immersion.
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MagnetMar 12, 2015The music carries you along, building to a very gradual crescendo that feels like Popol Vuh stretching out one Phil Spector moment for three-quarters of an hour. [No. 118, p.53]
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UncutMar 12, 2015Ambarchi and O'Rourke bed their extended compositions down in richer tones, with glassing electronic hums and roiling organs moving on shifting sands. [Apr 2015, p.71]
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The WireJun 5, 2015His drumming combines an organic sense of living pulse, but preserves a precision and sparseness that pulls it back to the rock-tick of motorik. [Apr 2015, p.63]
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May 4, 2015Behold both as an artifact and as a word doesn’t invalidate utterance however; rather, it invites unbound reflection.
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Mar 12, 2015The music evolves so gradually, it's easy to find yourself wondering how you've wound up at a given point; there's a sense of traveling without moving, of zooming in and out between broad strokes and pinpoint details, toggling between distracted reverie and close attention.
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