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

beginning with seminal post punk gesture delivered by labels like Flying Nun – The Clean

making inventive use of electro-acoustic principles in its editing and mixing

occasionally proclaiming a well measured indignation towards the modern age

the New Zealand noise/drone/pop duo of Antony Milton and Clayton Noone on March 3rd 2014

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