Jim O'Rourke

Jim O'Rourke Readies New Album 'Sleep Like It's Winter'

PUBLISHED Apr 19, 2018

After collaborating with Kassel Jaeger on last year's excellent Wakes On Cerulean, Jim O'Rourke is set to go solo once more for a new full-...

Nuno Canavarro's Lost Avant-Electronic Classic 'Mr. Wollogallu' Treated to Reissue

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2017

Portuguese composer Nuno Canavarro stands as one of the most underrated yet brilliant figures in the world avant-garde electronic music. As...

Jim O'Rourke and Kassel Jaeger Join Forces for New Album

PUBLISHED Feb 9, 2017

Following an album with Christian Fennesz last year, avant-garde music hero Jim O'Rourke is once again getting into the collaborative spiri...

Jim O'Rourke and Fennesz Team Up for New Editions Mego Album

PUBLISHED Mar 30, 2016

No strangers to working with one another, Jim O'Rourke and Christian Fennesz last collaborated together on 2012's In Hell as a trio with Pe...

Jim O'Rourke Announces Avant-Jazz LP with Akira Sakata, Chikamorachi, Merzbow

PUBLISHED Aug 21, 2015

It has been a year of plenty for U.S.-born/Japan-based musical adventurer Jim O'Rourke, who has already released the solo LP Simple Songs,...

Jim O'Rourke on Genesis, Prog Rock and 'Simple Songs'

PUBLISHED Jun 2, 2015

Jim O'Rourke could talk about Genesis all day long. "My favourite prog rock band was Genesis, and their foundation is the songs," he tells...

An Essential Guide to Jim O'Rourke

PUBLISHED May 20, 2015

If you're looking for a truly punishing musical challenge, try becoming a Jim O'Rourke completist. Since the late '80s, the Chicago-raised,...

Jim O'Rourke

Simple Songs

PUBLISHED May 15, 2015

Long and mostly associated with avant-garde musical experimentation, Jim O'Rourke hasn't released a rock-songs-with-lyrics-and-singing-base...