Andi Chorley19h ago

Explosions is the second album by the Bob James Trio. It was recorded at Bell Sound Studios in New York City during May 1965, and was released later that year by ESP-Disk. On the album, James is featured on piano, and is joined by bassist Barre Phillips and drummer Robert Pozar. The album also features tape collages by composers Gordon Mumma and Robert Ashley. It is an early example of electro-acoustic jazz.

In a review for AllMusic, "Blue" Gene Tyranny called the album "probably the first recording of improvised jazz combined with electronic music, as well as playing inside the piano and other new music techniques," and noted that it "contains lively and often humorous compositions." - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG0bwZ5qoiA&list=RDFG0bwZ5qoiA&start_radio=1

#BobJames #ESPDisk #Jazz #FreeJazz #JazzPianoTrio #BarrePhillips #GordonMumma #RobertAshley #MUsic #ElectroAcousticJazz

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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #20thCenturyRadicals Robert Ashley, Robert Ashley, Jill Kroesen & David Van Tieghem: 🎵 Perfect Lives: The Church (After the Fact) #BBCRadio3 #RobertAshley #JillKroesen #DavidVanTieghem
Thomas DreherJul 18, 2023
Ashley, Robert: Perfect Lives, 1983. Video opera, visualised by John Sanborn and Dean Winkler, music by "Blue" Gene Tyranny. More informations: Dreher, Thomas: History of Computer Art, chapter IV.2.1.4.2 Music Videos. Internet: http://iasl.uni-muenchen.de/links/GCA-IV.2e.html #robertashley #johnsanborn #deanwinkler #thomasdreher #genetyranny #videoopera #musicclip #musicclips #computeranimation #digitalanimation #musicvideo #musicvideos #computerart #computerartists #digitalart #digitalartist #computerartist
IASLonline NetArt: History of Computer Art IV.2 Computer Animation

*_jߍyropeJun 18, 2023
I had played Robert Ashleys "Purposeful Lady Slow Afternoon" (1968) for @Biesentales radio before, episode 61 - now here's the complete recording. As pointed out below: A compose-by-recording masterpiece, great to see this re-released!

hint you can find all of this Bandcamp release on archive.org.

Warmth Highest wrote the following post Sun, 18 Jun 2023 17:49:21 +0200 #experimentalmusic

this is a masterpiece

Automatic Writing
by Robert Ashley

https://robert-ashley.bandcamp.com/album/automatic-writing

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Tom MooreMar 30, 2023

On June 9 at Roulette, a special screening of Perfect Lives!

https://roulette.org/event/perfect-lives-screening/

#robertashley #perfectlives #roulette

PERFECT LIVES screening

Special screening of Robert Ashley’s opera for television PERFECT LIVES; a co-production of Roulette Intermedium and Performing Artservices

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Show threadJoseph ZittDec 31, 2022
@jay Ooh, a good reminder that I'm also due for a #PerfectLives rewatch. It might have been decades, though I have listened to, studied, and been inspired by a lot of #RobertAshley since then.
Ongoing BoxNov 20, 2022

If interested, my film about composer "Blue" Gene Tyranny is available to watch. We're are a little beyond the two year anniversary of its premiere at Tusk Festival. It's on Vimeo On Demand here ($180 until I break even): https://vimeo.com/ondemand/bgt

or for free on Ubu! #bluegenetyranny #newmusic #contemporaryclassical #documentary #bayarea #music #robertashley

Just For the Record: Conversations with and about “Blue” Gene Tyranny

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