ROBERT LAX - Living in the present LP Folk Rock Ruin were of a Philly

Ruin were of a Philly generation that had to create its own culture to push back against the despair and dead ends that they were confronted with

a polyinstrumental composer duo originally from East Berlin

The first one is this excellent 1979 album of Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Dieter Moebius

to the precise bass lines of Paul Isherwood and the limber

ROBERT LAX - Living in the present LP Folk Rock Ruin were of a PhillyEdition of 300 copies, incl. printed inner sleeve & insert, 45rpm Living 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