Astasie-abasie – Elliptical Gamelan [LP] Extreme / Noise / Free Sound Over the course of Robert

Over the course of Robert Ashley's career his preoccupation with language and the voice took many forms

Extended techniques are pushed and pulled via pieces of chain and a storage container of found metallic objects - at points even using the floor of the concrete cavern as instrumentation in its own right

Ramesh Singh and Phil Escott these songs were the first approaches of Martin Franklin and Richard Clare before embarking on the TUU project

RTF gave the trio access to one of the earliest purpose-build electroacoustic studios

the astrolabe

Astasie-abasie – Elliptical Gamelan [LP] Extreme / Noise / Free Sound Over the course of Robert"This album is the second in a series of experiments exploring the magnification of the insignificant sounds of small metal objects such as washers. The chaotic but inherently repetitive patterns created by the interaction between the objects has been realised through a minimum of gestural action by way of a number of distancing strategies, such as the use of hand drills, film winders and motorised drills screwdrivers. Astasie abasie is a project of