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Ep. #919: Oren Ambarchi

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Oren Ambarchi discusses his trio with Johan Berthling and Andreas Werliin and their latest album, Ghosted II, living in Berlin and Winnipeg, Drag City Chicago pizza advice, when he lived in New York for stints as a young man until he was broke from buying records and seeing shows by Cecil Taylor and Miles Davis, why Stephanie Stone woke John Zorn up to meet Oren and be friends with him ever since, his work with Jim O’Rourke and Alvin Lucier, forthcoming projects and shows, other future plans, and much more.  

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Ep. #877: Gastr del Sol

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David Grubbs and Jim O’Rourke discuss the history of their band Gastr del Sol and their beautiful new box set, We Have Dozens of Titles, comedy, Albert Brooks, and Robert Smigel, locating live recordings from a Canadian Gastr del Sol concert that was their final show, memories of living and working in Chicago, how Gastr del Sol inspired other musicians including Jim Guthrie, why the band ended, how David and Jim began communicating again, what’s next for Gastr del Sol, other future plans, and much more.  

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