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Ashley. Story
'DROP" IS THE SECOND COLLABORATION BY SOUND DESIGNER/COMPOSER DWIGHT ASHLEY AND TIM STORY, ACCLAIMED FOR HIS ELEGANT, ENIGMA RECORDINGS FOR WINDHAM HILL, HEARTS OF SPACE AND OTHERS. USING THE FULL POTENTIAL OF THE RECORDING STUDIO TO PROCESS AND ALTER THEIR ARSENAL OF ACOUSTIC AND ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTS, ASHLEY AND STORY CREATE A WORK THAT IS AT ONCE BEAUTIFUL AND DISQUIETING. REFERRED TO BY STORY AS "A TRUE EXPERIMENTALIST," DWIGHT ASHLEY JOINED HIS INVENTIVE APPROACH WITH STORY'S ARTFULLY TIMED LYRICISM TO PRODUCE "A DESPERATE SERENITY' IN 1992. WHEN SPEAKING ABOUT HIS MUSIC, AS ASHLEY IS VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD. IT MAKE THE MUSIC I MAKE BECAUSE IT'S WHAT I WANT TO HEAR. IF OTHER PEOPLE WANT TO HEAR IT THAT S GREAT. BUT IF I THOUGHT l'D BE THE ONLY ONE WHO'D EVER LISTEN TO IT, I!D DO THIS STUFF ANYWAY. " ENTHUSIASTIC CRITICAL RECEPTION TO THEIR FIRST JOINT PROJECT "SERENITY" INSPIRED THE TWO TO FURTHER EXPLORE THE EXPRESSIVE POTENTIAL OF THEIR UNIQUE BRAND OF MUSIC. "DROP" IS THE SECOND EFFORT FROM THE ASHLEY/STORY DUO; THEIR THIRD PROJECT IS SLATED FOR PRODUCTION IN 1999. THESE MUSICIANS HAVE ACHIEVED A CAREFUL BLEND OF MELODY, ATMOSPHERE AND MYSTERY (AUDION (UK) A SUPERB WORK OF INNOVATIVE ELECTRONIC MUSIC. THE 14 PIECES OSCILLATE BETWEEN FUTURISM AND BEAUTY. . . - SINTETIZANDO (SPAIN) information: Review by Ben Kettlewell |
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REDEMPTION
FROM A DESCENT INTO THE DARKENING ABYSS - "DROP", THE NEW
WORK BY DWIGHT ASHLEY AND TIM STORY, TAKES THE LISTENER ON A
JOURNEY FROM THE ABSURD TO THE FANTASTIC, EXPLORING THE DARK
BEAUTY OF HORROR, OBSESSION AND SUBLIME AMBIGUITY. FOUR
YEARS IN THE MAKING, "DROP' IS A FASCINATING MIX OF
INTRIGUING TEXTURES, DARK AMBIENCE, AND CURIOUS
MELODIES.
