A Desperate Serenity, by Dwight Ashley/Tim Story

A Desperate Serenity

by Dwight Ashley/Tim Story

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1.	Proud Exile 03:08	buy track
2.	Nothing Had Changed 03:28	buy track
3.	Banshee 02:36	buy track
4.	Harold, the Monkeys and Paula 03:39	buy track
5.	Marble 02:50	buy track
6.	Mutiny Is the Bounty 03:36	buy track
7.	A Desperate Serenity 02:39	buy track
8.	In Another Oasis 04:17	buy track
9.	Rain Without Reason 04:05	buy track
10.	Theft 05:33	buy track
11.	Waters Over Tyre 03:51	buy track
12.	A Poem for the Fire 05:22	buy track
13.	Motion Carried 03:47	buy track
14.	Climbers 00:56	buy track

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Originally released in 1991 on the Swedish Multimood Records label, "A Desperate Serenity" was Story's first of 4 collaborations with composer/sound artist Dwight Ashley. A darker, denser counterpoint to Story's solo work of that period, "Serenity" thrives on deep spaces that appear static, but are made up of many layers of shifting phrases and textures. Embracing found sounds (like the funny yet eerie reading of the role call of a city council meeting in "Motion Carried") and odd structures, Story's idiosyncratic keyboard patterns often bubble to the surface, in interesting counterpoint to the album's epic, rich drones.

"...Story and Ashley collectively showcase fourteen tone poems that alternate between exercises in dramatic tension and ruminative, haunting shards of picaresque beauty. The manipulation of sounds varies greatly, from echoed acoustic pianos, to shimmering tape loops and discreet electronics often subtly altered, processed or enhanced as they evoke their conflicting, shifting moods... the two instrumentalists make stunning music of a perfect pair." -- i/e, USA

"...a soundscape work that is among the best we've heard in a while. Ashley/Story are able to swing from the sincerely beautiful to the haunting and discordant without the cliches that most others use." -- Marginal, Canada

"A Desperate Serenity is a superb work of innovative electronic music. The fourteen pieces oscillate between futurism and beauty..." -- Sintetizando, Spain

Five Stars (out of 5)... -- Blitz, Portugal

credits

released January 1, 1991

Composed and produced by Tim Story and Dwight Ashley

Recorded at Seventh Chance Recording,, Flat Camel Recording, Scharren Recording Studios and Zeta Recording, Ohio

Engineered by Tim Story

All sounds performed by Tim Story & Dwight Ashley except:
"Harold, the Monkeys and Paula" - Paula Ashley/Voice
"Theft" - Matt Cousino/Violin

Special Thanks to Reger's Religious Goods for holy backdrop, Matt for violin, and Toledo City Council for bureaucratic redundancy

All Compositions copyright 1991 Dwight Ashley and Tim Story

Cover Illustration: Paul Wilkinson
Design: Paula Ashley

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