Ambarchi / Berthling / Werliin: Ghosted II LP

Oren Ambarchi has been collaborating with the Fire! trio (Mats Gustafsson, Johan Berthling, and Andreas Werliin) for over a decade- and both Johan and Andreas played on Oren's "Live Hubris" as well. Oren and Johan began music-making together back in the early aughts, but it wasn't until 2021 that the three of them got together to record music. That became the first "Ghosted" album. When they were done, it was clear they had founded a new group. The trio's new album looks and sounds as engrossing as their debut, if not more so. "Ghosted II" has a definitively fresh quality radiating throughout it. The mutual feeling among the three players goes deep, allowing for lots more to say every time they get together - a further recombination of elements, a new expedition through alternative angles...there's always more, and incredibly, it's all improvised, with next-to-nothing prepared going in and minimal overdubs after they've laid things down.