Haino + O'Rourke + Ambarchi

It's the avant-garde power trio to end them all. Psychedelic veteran Keiji Haino has been tussling with musical everyman Jim O'Rourke and Australian multi-instrumentalist Oren Ambarchi on an annual basis, as documented on a series of live albums released on the Black Truffle label. The trio are reuniting to mark the release of their latest LP at the same venue where they recorded it this time last year. Imikuzushi saw the usually restless Haino stick purely to electric guitar and vocals, with O'Rourke's bass and Amabarchi's drumming taking the music from garage-rock territory into the freeform stratosphere. If their latest meeting is anywhere near as incendiary, it should be one to savour.