Nepenthe Music - Rubato

Greetings! Since this is the first post at Nepenthe Music’s Rubato, a little introduction is in order. My name is Dwight Ashley and I am the publisher of the micro label Nepenthe Music & Publishing, Nepenthe Music for short. I started this label first to release my own solo work and second to release the collaboration of Ashley/Story (Dwight Ashley & Tim Story) in 2003.

As time went on, Tim Story approached me about releasing a few of his off the path projects like Buzzle and his film score to the Spanish film Caravana. In 1996 I began developing a friendship with Hans Joachim Roedelius and Dieter Moebius during which time the discussion arose about reissuing a few items from their respective catalogs; thus keeping them in print—Offene Türen and Blotch for example. And on the way to those releases came a few collaborations, one of which was Errata by Ashley Roedelius Story a.k.a ARS(e), (yes the name was meant as a joke).

In 2009, I was very pleased to have released Human Being: Live at the Zodiak – Berlin 1968. This recording was a very interesting view into a new threshold in the development of modern music. I also had the honor of releasing the first Cluster studio project in many years. What was of interest to me here and missed by the press is that it had been an even longer time since Cluster had a real producer. To that point I will add, I think producer Tim Story did a fantastic job bringing out the elements of what is Cluster in their current new release, Qua.

2010 is all about getting caught up on release commitments I have made. So we will see La Nordica (Roedelius), Nurton (Moebius), a Moebius/Ashley project, a new Tim Story compilation and the last of Dwight Ashley’s archive releases, Batch (1979-’86).

Thanks for reading. Next time!
D. Ashley