{"id":12997,"date":"2020-01-02T17:11:54","date_gmt":"2020-01-02T17:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wasserbassin.com\/site\/?post_type=product&#038;p=12997"},"modified":"2020-05-08T03:02:43","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T02:02:43","slug":"robert-ashley-automatic-writing-lp","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.wasserbassin.com\/site\/product\/robert-ashley-automatic-writing-lp\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Ashley &#8211; Automatic Writing &#8211; LP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span id=\"ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDescription\"><strong>Lovely Music<\/strong> present a reissue of <b>Robert Ashley<\/b>&#8216;s &#8220;<strong>Automatic Writing<\/strong>&#8220;, originally released as an LP by <strong>Lovely Music<\/strong> in 1979. Over the course of <strong>Robert Ashley<\/strong>&#8216;s career his preoccupation with language and the voice took many forms. He became known in his librettos as a wonderful, funny, moving writer. But with\u00a0&#8220;<strong>Automatic Writing<\/strong>&#8221; he examines language at a very &#8220;primitive&#8221; level &#8212; the human impulse make sounds to express his inner state, whether it be regret, embarrassment, fear, or happiness &#8212; even though there is no one else to listen. Talking to oneself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDescription\">Personnel: Voices &#8211; <strong>Robert Ashley<\/strong> and <b>Mimi Johnson<\/b>; Electronics and Polymoog &#8211; <strong>Robert Ashley<\/strong>; Words: <strong>Robert Ashley<\/strong>; Translation: <b>Monsa Norberg<\/b>; Silhouette: <b>William Farley<\/b>. The switching circuit was designed and built by <b>Paul DeMarinis<\/b>. Recorded, produced, and mixed by <strong>Robert Ashley<\/strong> at the Center for Contemporary Music, Mills College (Oakland), the American Cultural Center (Paris), and Mastertone Recording Studios (New York). This reissue was remastered and cut, from the original reel-to-reel tape, by <b>Scott Hull<\/b>, Masterdisk (New York). Manufactured at Record Technology Inc\/RTI (California). 180 gram vinyl; Stoughton Old Style sleeve. Includes an insert with a transcription of the words, and the\u00a0&#8220;<strong>Automatic Writing<\/strong>&#8221; notes <strong>Ashley<\/strong> wrote for Lovely&#8217;s 1996 CD (that included &#8220;Purposeful Lady Slow Afternoon&#8221; and &#8220;She Was A Visitor&#8221;).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lovely Music<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Lovely Music<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span id=\"ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDescription\"><strong>Lovely Music<\/strong> present a reissue of <b>Robert Ashley<\/b>&#8216;s &#8220;<strong>Automatic Writing<\/strong>&#8220;, originally released as an LP by <strong>Lovely Music<\/strong> in 1979. 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