{"product_id":"oren-ambarchi-prophetic-perfect-tense","title":"Oren Ambarchi - Prophetic Perfect Tense","description":"\u003ctable height=\"103\" style=\"width: 329px; height: 97.9689px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 150.641px; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 162.359px; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e23\/10\/2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 150.641px; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003eFormat\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 162.359px; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003eLP Black\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 39.1875px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 150.641px; height: 39.1875px;\"\u003eLabel\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 162.359px; height: 39.1875px;\"\u003eKOU RECORDS (IDEOLOGIC ORGAN)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 150.641px; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003eCatalogue Number\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 162.359px; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003eKOU012LP\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProphetic Perfect Tense is the new album on Kou Records by Oren Ambarchi — Australian guitarist, composer, and one of the most restlessly inventive figures in experimental music over the last three decades. Founder of Black Truffle Records and a consummate collaborator whose credits span Keiji Haino, Jim O'Rourke, Johan Berthling, and Andreas Werliin, Ambarchi arrives here in his most stripped-back configuration: solo guitar, two sides, two takes, minimal effects.\u003cbr\u003eWhile his studio records have typically been conceptual, layered affairs featuring guest collaborators, Prophetic Perfect Tense breaks that pattern entirely — by his own account, the most conventionally guitar-sounding solo record he has ever made, and the closest he has come in a studio context to the live, intheroom energy of his Ghosted trio.\u003cbr\u003eRecorded at Studio Dede in Tokyo in January 2026 and produced by Randall Dunn, the album began as an act of stubborn restraint — somewhere between João Gilberto's hushed 1973 self-titled and Alemu Aga's Bägänna sessions. But once the tape was rolling through a Leslie cab, Fender Twin, and Ampeg B-15 into a Telefunken 24-track, something else emerged: a loose, abstracted shuffle, warm and three-dimensional, with amp hum, fret squeaks, and room noise left intact. Both sides in single takes. One guitar overdub added at Randall's insistence.\u003cbr\u003eA record that sounds like a room, not a studio.\u003cbr\u003eRecorded, mixed, and produced by Randall Dunn. Mastered by Ben Greenberg. Dolby Atmos mixes by Ben Greenberg. Lacquer cut by Paul Gold at Salt Mastering. Front cover artwork Untitled, 1977 by Kazuko Miyamoto, photo courtesy the Estate of Kazuko Miyamoto \/ Zürcher Gallery, NY. Back cover portrait by Ken Langraf.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eSide A\u003cbr\u003e1. Aspect-Prominent\u003cbr\u003eSide B\u003cbr\u003e1. Tense-Prominent\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Cargo","offers":[{"title":"LP Black - KOU012LP","offer_id":56419236118907,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0271\/3020\/0134\/files\/OrenAmbarchi-PropheticPerfectTense_ce9d319c-831f-4338-b30c-dc7a168f7dd3.jpg?v=1789486329","url":"https:\/\/www.mixeduprecords.com\/products\/oren-ambarchi-prophetic-perfect-tense","provider":"Mixed Up Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}