Living in the Present - Vinyl LP Professor Astrokatz flinty reminders of what we

flinty reminders of what we have forgotten

only to realize he is also talking about 'us

its flavour as a mid-seventeenth century text has been preserved

Josien Beltman (curator)

Living in the Present - Vinyl LP Professor Astrokatz flinty reminders of what weLiving in the present is an album built around the work of American minimalist poet, Robert Lax (1915 2000) who is widely praised for his artistic concept of reduction, in which a pause becomes as important as the things said. The album brings together the sound of Robert Lax reading his poetry, narrative field recordings by Nicolas Humbert and subtle yet imaginative timbres by Carina Khorkhordina (trumpet) and Miki Yui (electronics) who is also