Possessed, by Robert Black

Possessed

by Robert Black

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Murphy Adams Complex and meditative at the same time. Love it.

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The two-disc, 6-panel gatefold package by Elliott Fredouelle, contains CD and DVD, with 18-minute film and “making of” slideshow documenting Robert Black’s on-location recording in Moab, Utah.

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	1.	Dawn in Hunter Canyon I 07:44
	2.	Dawn in Hunter Canyon II 04:32
	3.	Dawn in Hunter Canyon III 04:53
	4.	Morning in Pritchard Culvert I 08:00
	5.	Morning in Pritchard Culvert II 03:31
	6.	Morning in Pritchard Culvert III 02:45
	7.	Morning in Pritchard Culvert IV 03:08
	8.	Noon in Day Canyon I 01:50
	9.	Noon in Day Canyon II 01:58
	10.	Noon in Day Canyon III 02:52
	11.	Noon in Day Canyon IV 02:45
	12.	Evening in Dragonfly Culvert I 03:10
	13.	Evening in Dragonfly Culvert II 02:43
	14.	Evening in Dragonfly Culvert III 03:21
	15.	Night in Hunter Canyon I 02:15
	16.	Night in Hunter Canyon II 01:49
	17.	Night in Hunter Canyon III 02:01
	18.	Night in Hunter Canyon IV 05:13

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Recorded and filmed among the arches, cliffs and otherworldly rock formations of the Moab Desert in Utah, Possessed documents one musician’s self-actualized journey toward musical discovery and enlightenment. Equipped with only his upright bass and an intrepid production crew, Robert Black ventured into Moab in the summer of 2013 with the specific goal of engaging the environment itself in a duet, improvising his way toward a finished recording that perfectly captures the haunting majesty, mood and power of the American desert.

As the longtime bassist for New York’s genre-busting Bang on a Can All-Stars, Black is thoroughly tapped into the creative current of today’s new music. He’s also uniquely attuned to the areas where acoustic music and the sounds of nature can intersect, creating a third and totally unexpected entity that surges with unusually ecstatic energy. “Listen closely and feel the music,” he encourages in the album’s liner notes. “The sound, the look, the feel -- it affects me. It gets inside my head, inside my body. My hands move, the bass sings, the landscape responds and directs the movements, controls the sound. The music comes...from I don’t know where. I close my eyes. I lose myself. I give in. I surrender. I am transported. I am...possessed.”

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released September 22, 2017

Recorded in the landscape around Moab, Utah
August 28-30, 2013

Robert Black, double bass
Joel Gordon, audio engineer
Crooked Letter Film (Gabriel Gomez & Julien Melendez), filming, editing
Elliott Fredouelle, art direction and graphic design
Jessica Schmitz, project coordinator

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Robert Black Hartford, Connecticut

Robert Black tours the world creating unheard of music for the solo double bass. He collaborates with the most adventurous composers, musicians, dancers, artists, actors, and technophiles from all walks of life. He is a founding and current member of the Bang on a Can All Stars. ... more

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