Robert Ashley Private Parts (1978) FULL ALBUM
Lovely Music, Ltd. LML 1001 (US, 1978) 00:00 A. The Park 21:43 B. The Backyard Recorded at The Recording Studio, Center for Contemporary Music, Mills College (Oakland, California), July, 1977. Voice Robert Ashley Piano, Polymoog, Clavinet Blue Gene Tyranny Tabla Krishna Bhatt Centered around the mesmerizing voice of Robert Ashley, these two pieces are the initial versions of the first and last episodes (of seven) for Ashley s first new narrative operaforTV Perfect Lives. His narrative works have brought him international renown as a composer and as a writer. He has influenced a generation of composers and artists working with new forms of music for the media. A softly pedaling mood enhancer of exotically weird proportions, this suffers quite a bit from misappreciation in today s harsh reality scenario. Ashley s words hover just above your lips like a glowing lung, and it s easy to understand why all of Kyle Gann s frien
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