Orp is an experimental drone ambience ensemble founded in 2017 by Mig O'Rourke (electric cello, muurni khuur) and Horst Prillinger (electric guitar, electric bass, synthesizer, electric piano). The band plays in a distinct style located between drone, ambient, dark ambient and experimental jazz, making extensive use of improvisation.

Thanks to our audience for joining us for our concert at the Strenge Kammer at Porgy & Bess. We almost filled the venue, making this our largest crowd so far. We're really chuffed to have been able to share our music with so many people.

Special thanks to Peter Herbert for inviting us and to Marion for the exquisite, highly immersive sound. It was a pleasure to play there.

Everybody who wanted to buy CDs but didn't get any because Horst forgot to bring them, check out our Bandcamp merch page.

Wir freuen uns extrem, dass wir am Montag, dem 04.03.2024 im Rahmen der Reihe "Lost & Found" in der "Strengen Kammer" des renommierten Jazzclubs Porgy & Bess spielen können, in einem Raum, der speziell für "kleine, feine, avancierte, sperrige, avantgardistische, leise, intime, ungewöhnliche, jedenfalls strenge Konzerte" eingerichtet wurde.

Wir beginnen pünktlich um 19 Uhr und werden eine knappe Stunde lang spielen.  Der Eintritt ist "pay as you wish"; Vorverkaufskarten können über die Website des Porgy & Bess zu einem frei wählbaren Preis gekauft werden.

Bitte kommt und nutzt die seltene Gelegenheit, uns an diesem tollen Ort hören zu können.

• Weitere Informationen zum Konzert (Porgy & Bess)

We are delighted to announce that we will play in the "Strict Chamber" of the renowned jazz club Porgy & Bess, a room created specifically for "small, subtle, advanced, not easily accessible, avantgardish, quiet, intimate, unusual, and certainly strict concerts".

We will start at 7pm sharp and will play for slightly less than an hour. The entry fee is "pay as you wish", and advance tickets can be ordered through the Porgy & Bess website for a price of your choosing.

Please come and use the rare opportunity to hear us at this unique venue.

• More information about the concert (Porgy & Bess)

Hi everybody. There are new opportunities to see us live as we're currently planning a bunch of concerts.

So far, the following dates have been confirmed:

• 18 Nov 2023, 20:00, Kulturcafé Henriette, 1200 Wien (with special guest Sara Kowal)
• 19 Jan 2024, 20:00, Kulturcafé Henriette, 1200 Wien
• 10 Feb 2024, private function (by invitation only)
• 04 Mar 2024, 19:00, Porgy & Bess, 1010 Wien
• 15 Mar 2024, 19:00, Café Frame, 1200 Wien cancelled

More to come soon!

If you're sad because you missed our concert at Café Frame on June 3rd, 2023, don't despair, for we've decided to make it available as a digital download through our Bandcamp page. That evening, we played some tracks from our most recent album "OOO" as well as early previews of our next project. The concert is presented pretty much as it was performed, with no overdubs; only a few sections with technical issues had to be edited out.

We regard this as an "official bootleg". Due to the lack of a PA and sound board, we recorded this with a portable recorder that was placed about 6ft away from our amps. It picked up our music in decent stereo, but also contains the occasional audience noise. Please do not expect pristine sound quality.

The recording will be available from June 9th, 2023 until January 8th, 2024 exclusively on Bandcamp.

Track titles:

1. "Takeoff, Layers of Dust > Chimes Immersed in Lava"
2. "Late Evening She Drinks Cocoa and Reads Short Stories by Raymond Carver"
3. "Bird-o-tron"
4. "Frog-a-thon"
5. "Goodnight"
6. "Confluence"

The total running time of this album is approx. 74 minutes.

Orp is an experimental ambient drone ensemble featuring Mig O'Rourke (electric cello, muurni khuur, electric bass) and Horst Prillinger (electric guitar, electric piano, synthesizer, bass guitar). The band plays in a distinct style located between drone, ambient, dark ambient and experimental music, making extensive use of improvisation.

We will play our first post-pandemc concert on Saturday, June 3rd, 2023 at Café Frame in Vienna's 20th district. We will start at around 7pm, play two sets, and be finished by 10pm. Tracks and improvisations will likely be based on our recent album "OOO". There is no ticket pre-sale — simply show up, listen, and donate what you deem adequate, or buy one (or two) of our CDs.

See also the event listings at events.at and falter.at.

Thanks to the friendly crew at Rhiz - Peter for booking us, Milena for helping with the setup, and Nik at the bar for quenching our thirst.

Thanks to Deedee and Elly for manning/womanning the ticket and merch desk at short notice.

Thanks to everyone who came to listen. We hope you had a good time. We sure did.

Less than two weeks to go until our concert at Rhiz Vienna! We're pretty chuffed to see that we made it into Falter's "recommended" listings. One reason more for you to join us that night.

We will be playing at Rhiz Vienna as part of their "Kosmophon Ambient" series. We are using this opportunity to present our latest album "Orp 4" and even newer material. It will be an evening of long, immersive soundscapes and textures that move in between the spaces referred to as "ambient", "minimal", "drone" or "experimental".

"Orp 4", our fourth album, was released in February and is a 72 minute tour de force through a range of musical genres that move in slow motion and foreground textures rather than melodies. Recorded only with electric guitars, electric cello and electric muurni khuur, the soundscapes have a very unique character, even though there are some musical reference points such as Fripp & Eno, Earth, Pink Floyd Philip Glass' early minimalist works.

Concert Line-Up:
Mig O'Rourke - electric cello, muurni khuur
Horst Prillinger - electric guitar, percussion

Venue:
Rhiz, U-Bahnbogen 37-38. Lerchenfelder Gürtel, 1080 Wien
rhiz.wien

Schedule:
Wednesday, 24 April 2019
- 20:00 - doors open
- 21:00 - concert

Watch our performance of "Akbé" at the Donaukanaltreiben Festival. Our very first live concert!