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Robert Ashley

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Robert Ashley
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Robert Ashley, a distinguished figure in American contemporary music, holds an international reputation for his work in new forms of opera and multi-disciplinary projects. His recorded works are acknowledged classics of language in a musical setting. Born in Michigan, America in 1930 Robert Ashley was educated at the University of Michigan and the Manhattan School of Music. At the University of Michigan, he worked at the Speech Research Laboratories (psycho-acoustics and cultural speech patterns), and was employed as a Research Assistant in Acoustics at the Architectural Research Laboratory.
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Releases:
In Sara, Mencken, Christ And Beethoven There Were Men And Women (Album) (5 versions)   Cramps Records ... 1974
Music With Roots In The Aether (VHS)   Lovely Music, Ltd. 1976
Private Parts (Album) (2 versions)   Lovely Music ... 1978
Automatic Writing (Album) (2 versions)   Lovely Music ... 1979
Perfect Lives (Private Parts): The Bar (LP)   Lovely Music, Ltd. 1980
Perfect Lives (Private Parts): Music Word Fire And I Would Do It Again (Coo Coo) (LP, Album)   Lovely Music, Ltd. 1981
Perfect Lives - An Opera For Television (Cass, Ltd)   Lovely Music, Ltd. 1983
Perfect Lives - An Opera For Television (Cass, Ltd)   Lovely Music, Ltd. 1983
Atalanta Strategy (VHS, NTSC)   Lovely Music, Ltd. 1984
Perfect Lives (2xVHS, NTSC)   Lovely Music, Ltd. 1984
Atalanta (Acts Of God) (3xLP, Box)   Lovely Music, Ltd. 1985
4 American Composers (VHS, NTSC)   Mystic Fire Video 1989
Yellow Man With Heart With Wings (CD, Album)   Lovely Music, Ltd. 1990
Perfect Lives (3xCD, Album, RM)   Lovely Music, Ltd. 1991
Improvement (2xCD, Album)   Nonesuch 1992
eL/Aficionado (CD, Album)   Lovely Music, Ltd. 1993
String Quartet Describing The Motions Of Large Real Bodies / How Can I Tell The Difference? (Album) (2 versions)   Alga Marghen 1999
Dust (2xCD, Album, Lib)   Lovely Music, Ltd. 2000
Wolfman (12", S/Sided, Ltd)   Alga Marghen 2002
Wolfman (CD)   Alga Marghen 2003
Celestial Excursions (2xCD + Box)   Lovely Music, Ltd. 2005
Now Eleanor's Idea (2xCD, Album)   Lovely Music, Ltd. 2007
October 25, 2001 Merkin Concert Hall NYC (2xLP, Ltd)   Choose Records 2007
Tap Dancing In The Sand (CD, Album, Dig)   Unsounds 2007
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Music From The ONCE Festival 1961-1966 (5xCD, Album, Comp + Box)   New World Records 2003
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Music From The ONCE Festival (LP, mon) Cassiopeia, Time On Ti... Advance Recordings (2) 1966
Electric Sound (LP, Gat)   Mainstream Records 1972
10+2: 12 American Text Sound Pieces (Comp, Album) (2 versions) In Sara, Mencken, Chri... 1750 Arch Records ... 1975
Music With Roots In The Aether (VHS) Landscape With David B... Lovely Music, Ltd. 1976
Music With Roots In The Aether (VHS) The Fourth Grade Class... Lovely Music, Ltd. 1976
Music With Roots In The Aether (VHS) …Including The Perfo... Lovely Music, Ltd. 1976
Music With Roots In The Aether (VHS) Landscape With Gordon ... Lovely Music, Ltd. 1976
Music With Roots In The Aether (VHS) Including Unnatural Ac... Lovely Music, Ltd. 1976
Music With Roots In The Aether (VHS) Landscape With Terry R... Lovely Music, Ltd. 1976
Explosions (Album) (2 versions)   ESP Disk ... 1978
Dresden / Venezia / Megaton (LP) Megaton For Wm. Burroughs Lovely Music, Ltd. 1979
Just For The Record (LP)   Lovely Music, Ltd. 1979
Chicago '82: A Dip in the Lake (Cass) Peter Gordon's Mayor J... Les Disques Du Crépuscule 1983
Songs Of Milarepa (Album) (2 versions)   Lovely Music ... 1983
Rosenfest Berlin 1984 (Fragment XXX) (3x7" + Box) Akt 2 The City Of Klei... Berliner Künstlerprogramm des DAAD 1984
Music From Mills (3xLP, Comp) Flying Saucer Dialogue Mills College 1986
Mila's Journey Inspired By A Dream (CD)   Lovely Music, Ltd. 1987
Electroacoustic Music Analog And Digital / Live Performance Music Acoustical And Cybersonic (Cass, Ltd, C60) Horn Slowscan 1988
A Chance Operation - The John Cage Tribute (2xCD)   Koch International Classics 1993
Sign Of The Times (CD, Album) The Producer Speaks Lovely Music, Ltd. 1994
Wave Train (Album) (2 versions) Runthrough Alga Marghen 1998
The Wire Tapper 3 (CD, Comp, Promo) Your Money My Life Goo... Wire Magazine 1999
Faith & Power (CD) Wolfman ESP Disk, Wire Magazine 2002
Live-Electronic Music (CD, Album)   Tzadik 2002
Music From The ONCE Festival 1961-1966 (5xCD, Album, Comp + Box) Sonata, Groups For Pia... New World Records 2003
Office Of Strategic Influence (CD, Album, Enh, Sli) Shutdown Inside Out Music, Inside Out Music America 2003
HörenSagen - Erzählende Musik (2xCD, Comp) Celestial Excursions (... Nur/Nicht/Nur 2005
Source Records 1-6, 1968-1971 (3xCD, Album, RE) The Wolfman Pogus Productions 2009
Horn / In Memoriam Edgar Varèse (Flexi, 8") Horn Roaring Fork Press  
Tracks Appear On:
Music From The ONCE Festival (LP, mon) In Memorium Crazy Hors... Advance Recordings (2) 1966
Extended Voices (2 versions) She Was A Vistor Odyssey ... 1968
Electric Sound (LP, Gat) Purposeful Lady Slow A... Mainstream Records 1972
10+2: 12 American Text Sound Pieces (Comp, Album) (2 versions) In Sara, Mencken, Chri... 1750 Arch Records ... 1975
Big Ego (2xLP) Interiors With Flash Giorno Poetry Systems 1978
Perfo 2, Including The Symphonie Perfomantique (LP) Untitled Lantaren Venster Records 1984
Rosenfest Berlin 1984 (Fragment XXX) (3x7" + Box) Akt 2 The City Of Klei... Berliner Künstlerprogramm des DAAD 1984
Music From Mills (3xLP, Comp) Flying Saucer Dialogue Mills College 1986
Berceuses (CD, Comp) Giving Love Away Albin Michel 1991
Full Spectrum Voice (CD, Album) Odalisque Lovely Music, Ltd. 1991
A Chance Operation - The John Cage Tribute (2xCD) Factory Preset, Factor... Koch International Classics 1993
Sign Of The Times (CD, Album) The Producer Speaks Lovely Music, Ltd. 1994
LMJ CD Series Volume 8: Ghosts And Monsters: Technology And Personality In Contemporary Music (CD, Comp) Excerpt From Automatic... Leonardo Music Journal, Electronic Music Foundation 1999
The Wire Tapper 3 (CD, Comp, Promo) Your Money My Life Goo... Wire Magazine 1999
OHM: The Early Gurus Of Electronic Music (Comp, Album) (2 versions) Automatic Writing (Edit) Ellipsis Arts 2000
Explosions (LP, RE) Untitled Mixes, Wolfman Get Back 2001
Music From The ONCE Festival 1961-1966 (5xCD, Album, Comp + Box) Sonata, The Fourth Of ... New World Records 2003
HörenSagen - Erzählende Musik (2xCD, Comp) Celestial Excursions (... Nur/Nicht/Nur 2005
OHM+: The Early Gurus Of Electronic Music (DVD) What She Thinks (It's ... Ellipsis Arts 2005
Source Records 1-6, 1968-1971 (3xCD, Album, RE) The Wolfman Pogus Productions 2009
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