ROBERT BLACK

The scorching heat, blinding sun, blowing wind, rustling

leaves, buzzing insects, chirping birds, reverberant
canyons, dead-dry caves, running streams, rumbling
thunder, gentle breezes, massive rock formations,
brilliant night skies, warm sand, bone-dry air, damp
glades, scurrying crittersthese were my musical
partners. They were my inspiration, my collaborators.
The landscape in Moab is undeniably beautifulgorgeous
colors and light, stunning vistas, endless varieties of
shapes and textures. The late August climate is
imposing, with super-hot days, cool nights, dry winds
and violent thunderstorms. The sound of the environment
is compelling.
Listen listen closely and hear the music, see the
music, feel the music. Thats it: the sound, the look,
the feel. It affects me. It gets inside my head, inside
my body. It makes things change; it makes me change,
makes the bass change. Bass, environment and Iwe merge.
My hands move, the bass sings, the landscape responds
and directs the movements, controls the sound.
The music comes from I dont know where.
I close my eyes. I lose myself. I give in.
I surrender. I am transported.
I am possessed.
Robert Black, 2015
HUNTER CANYON: DAWN
PART 1 (8:29)
PART 2 (4:44)
PART 3 (5:02)

PRITCHARD CULVERT: MORNING

PART 1 (8:03)
PART 2 (3:29)
PART 3 (2:47)
PART 4 (3:07)

DAY CANYON: AFTERNOON

PART 1 (1:47)
PART 2 (1:58)
PART 3 (2:53)
PART 4 (2:48)

DRAGONFLY CULVERT: EVENING

PART 1 (2:58)
PART 2 (2:49)
PART 3 (3:20)

HUNTER CANYON: NIGHT

PART 1 (2:28)
PART 2 (1:55)
PART 3 (2:06)
PART 4 (5:16)
POSSESSED THE MOVIE
Morning Moon
Pritchard Culvert
Day Canyon 1
Day Canyon 2
Hunter Canyon
Dragonfly Culvert

THE MAKING OF POSSESSED

 RECORDED IN THE LANDSCAPE
AROUND MOAB, UTAH
ON AUGUST 28-30, 2013

ROBERT BLACK
DOUBLE BASS

JOEL GORDON
AUDIO ENGINEER

CROOKED LETTER FILM

(GABRIEL GOMEZ AND JULIEN MELENDEZ)
FILMING, EDITING

ELLIOTT FREDOUELLE
ART DIRECTION AND GRAPHIC DESIGN

JESSICA SCHMITZ
PROJECT COORDINATOR

Executive producers: Michael Gordon, David Lang, Kenny Savelson and Julia Wolfe
Label manager: Bill Murphy
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SPECIAL THANKS TO
CONRAD SORENSON, A DEAR FRIEND, AND GREAT GUIDE WHO HELPED US FIND THESE AMAZING PLACES.
MICHAEL BARRETT, LESLIE TOMPKINS, THE MOAB MUSIC FESTIVAL, AND ALL THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE IVE MET THERE
SINCE 1992 FOR MAKING THIS PLACE SO SPECIAL

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 ROBERT BLACK

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