Pinhas, Richard / Oren Ambarchi - Tikkun CD + DVD

SKU Rune 388-389
"...it’s like the weird, beautiful music you think you only hear in dreams." – Q

“Nearly four decades into a career spent shattering boundaries, the Parisian experimentalist [offers] fractured, distortion-soaked soundtracks.” – Time Out

"On a day when your transmission drops to the asphalt and the humidity's enough to fry brains, Oren Ambarchi's resonating, disembodied guitarisms establish a soothing alternate universe."– Pitchfork Media


Richard Pinhas, the founder of 70s progressive legends Heldon, is one of the most uncompromising artists on the international rock scene, having remained constantly innovative and true to his personal artistic vision for 40 years and some 35 full length releases.

Oren Ambarchi is a guitarist, drummer and sound-artist who has performed and/or recorded with a huge array of artists, including Fennesz, John Zorn, Jim O'Rourke, Otomo Yoshihide, Evan Parker, Merzbow and others. Since 2004, he has worked with the avant-metal band Sunn O))), contributing to many of their releases and side-projects.

Pinhas and Ambarchi first recorded together when Ambarchi contributed to recordings that were eventually tied together with other contributors into Pinhas' 2013's release Desolation Row. Since that time they have been working on ideas, recordings and concert / live collaborations.

The personnel for Tikkun is:
Oren Ambarchi-guitar, loops
Richard Pinhas-guitar, synth guitar, effects
Joe Talia-drums, effects
Masami Akita (Merzbow)-loops, noise, effects
Duncan Pinhas-sequences, effects, noise
Eric Borelva-additional drums



The music on Tikkun, which consists of three very lengthy tracks, comes across as a very tasty cross between the heavy, synth-driven, sequencer beats of classic Heldon and the much more noisier aspects of Pinhas' work over the last decade.

In addition to the studio CD, this set also includes a DVD of a live performance of the duo. It was filmed at Paris' main venue for experimental music, Les Instants Chavires, October 29, 2013.


  • Format TypeNTSC
  • Region CodingAll Region
  • LabelCuneiform
  • UPC045775038827
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