Oren Ambarchi‘s Shebang is without a doubt the best party you’ll get invited to this year!

Shebang‘s not simply a good time, not just a beautifully crafted album, but a masterwork in composition and collaboration. Oren drew together an international all-star cast of musical luminaries whose contributions were recorded individually in locations from Sweden to Japan. They’re threaded together so convincingly (by Ambarchi in collaboration with Konrad Sprenger) that it’s hard to believe the musicians weren’t all breathing the same studio air. Shebang follows multiple paths through space, time, and ultimately sound to achieve a riot of total cohesion across four tracks.