Modulisme Session 100, by Allen Ravenstine

Modulisme Session 100

by Allen Ravenstine

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travis.daedalus Spooky atmosphere and a palette of unsettling and cosmic sounds. Great to hear from a punk pioneer on here. Excellent session. Favorite track: Wreck of the Sandoz.

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1.	Radio Report 03:16	buy track
2.	Fog 04:10	buy track
3.	Crossing The Acheron 07:03	buy track
4.	Crocodile 04:26	buy track
5.	The Remains Of Idaho 04:49	buy track
6.	Shades 04:08	buy track
7.	Williamsburg Afternoon Suite I 09:24	buy track
8.	Williamsburg Afternoon Suite II 08:38	buy track
9.	Williamsburg Afternoon Suite III 08:08	buy track
10.	Wreck of the Sandoz 04:32	buy track

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Allen Ravenstine was a key figure in the developing art and music scene in Cleveland in the early 70s. Working alone with an early analogue synthesizer, sans keyboard, and a four track tape recorder, he made a series of compositions.
In 1975, one of those compositions titled Terminal Drive got him invited to join a group that was forming called Pere Ubu. That group’s membership changed over the years and eventually included Mayo Thompson who had founded the group Red Crayola in Texas in the 1960’s. During one of Ubu’s breakups, Ravenstine worked for a time in a reformation of Red Crayola both recording and touring. In 1991 he recorded his last album with Ubu and then left music to become an airline pilot.

In 2013, an invitation to contribute to “I Dream of Wires: The Modular Synthesizer Documentary” led to the recording of an impromptu duo performance on the EML-101 and 200 synthesizers, with Robert Wheeler who had replaced him in Pere Ubu. Culled from that session were a pair of albums entitled “City Desk” and “Farm Report”, which were self-released in 2013. The producer of those records, William Blakeney, closely associated with the Electronic Music Foundation, encouraged Ravenstine to return to composing. About a year later, Blakeney produced “The Pharaoh’s Bee”: Ravenstine’s first solo project since the work he had done in the early ‘70s.
On June 29, 2018, Ravenstine released “Waiting for the Bomb” and he and Blakeney have worked together on a series of albums since that time.
The analog abstraction for which Ravenstine became known remains a significant part of his current sound palette, but recent years have seen him turn increasingly toward outlandish eclecticism as his foundation.

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released February 2, 2024

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