DO

My name is Robert L. Pepper. I am a Brooklyn based artist. The whole point of being an artist can be summed up into one two-letter word, DO. It doesnt matter how successful you are, how many people know, it is based on life experience of creating in some form or another.

My artistic endeavors started with painting and drawing. After completing a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Brooklyn College I concentrated my artistic abilities into an audio form. Starting about 1995 I picked up a Tascam 4 track , a Yamaha CS-1, an Boss Dr. Sampler, and a Boss digital delay pedal and decided to make sound recordings that I can get my body and soul lost in. Laying down every track is a great stress relief, a mental soother, a chance to go out of this world and enjoy outerworldly channels. Making sound collages makes me feel content with life. I have in that time recorded about 6 full length CD's.


I have collaborated and performed live improves with ZEV, Steve Beresford, and Visitor Q. I also am part of the experimental spacerock band named Magic Zorillo.

At first, PAS was a solo project but over the years has developed into a collective. Video has also been introduced to make experimental filmwork with sound collage soundtracks which can be found on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/zorill o23) or the DVD post-abortioN-stresS..froM thE viewpoint oF thE fetus: Experimental Audio/Video Compositions Voulme 1 (Available on http://www.filmbaby.com/)


The term (posT-abortioN-stresS...froM thE viewpoinT oF thE fetuS) is a metaphor. It defines all of those people have been aborted from society from one place or another. Some people have different views of how the world works apart from mainstream cultures and more people should realize there is more than one way to accomplish anything.


Using this term personally for me means how I apply it to music. Music can be any sound that can be heard by the human ear. It doesn't have to sound like "rock" or "pop". It doesn't have to have musical instruments and if it does you do not have to play them in a traditional way.

The first time I actually heard the term was from a religious pamplet on the New York subway system. My friend Dan Porter and I joked on how that would be a great band name and so it's been with me ever since.

PROJECT GOALS

PAS is always looking for artists to collaborate with. PAS is open to live improves, group shows, and video work.

PAS are:

Robert L. Pepper , Jon Vomit Worthley , Amber Brien , Naga , Will Seesar Connor

Past Collaborators include:

Z'EV (Cold Spring, Tzadik Records)

Steve Beresford (Tzadik Records)

Visitor Q

Render Plant

Murmurists

ithyphall.brel.gory

Michael Clough

Wounded Knee

Alex Ward

Laurel Tree

The Atomic Crashdown

Thanks and please enjoy my recordings. Feedback is always great to hear and can help me in new directions. Thanks Robert