Robert Turman

 

Robert Turman

Robert Turman is an experimental, noise, and industrial musician originally from San Diego, California, who over the decades has been releasing tapes, LPs and collaborative works.

Turman first came onto the underground experimental scene in the late 70s. Shortly after, Turman pursued his own unique vision as a solo artist, fusing together every possible influence at his disposal and laying those ideas down on numerous self-released cassettes like Flux (1981) and the prolific Chapter Eleven (1988) cassette box set. One of Turman’s most noted works, Way Down, came in 1987. It was a creation that utilized synthesizer arrangements and drum machines alongside guitar solos, piano chords, tape loops, and early sampling to create a whole new brand of danceable minimal synth blended perfectly together with the experimental soundscapes he was mostly known for.

In 2021, Chapter Eleven was given proper reissue treatment via his collaborative associates, Aaron Dilloway and John Wiese ( Hanson Records / Helicopter ). Way Down, another recent noted reissue, was originally released as a small run cassette in 1987, only to fall into tape label obscurity. Now Robert Turman’s industrial genre-bending masterpiece album Way Down has finally been excavated for a proper vinyl reissue after twenty-three years in the shadows. These works solidify Turman as a cut above the rest with respect to his talent and his natural ear for experimental composition.

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Lowlands

STL’s own Lowlands (solo electronic project of Hannah Mihulka), Kevin Harris (analog video synthesis), and guest DJ, Bex Bissler (fka Trust Image), will fill out the bill.