Casiotone for the Painfully Alone

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone (CFTPA) was the musical solo-project of musician Owen Ashworth (born April 22, 1977) of Redwood City, California.

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
Owen Ashworth
Background information
OriginSan Francisco, California, USA
Genres
Years active1997–2010
LabelsTomlab
Associated actsAdvance Base, Sun Kil Moon
WebsiteOfficial website
Past membersOwen Ashworth

CFTPA was active from 1997 to 2010, and released five studio albums, alongside numerous other releases. CFTPA toured with other indie artists such as The Donkeys, Papercuts, P:ano, The Dead Science, David Bazan, The Rapture, and Xiu Xiu. Following the end of CFTPA, Ashworth began a new project, Advance Base.

History

Owen Ashworth started CFTPA after dropping out of film school in 1997. The project was initially established under a set of Dogme 95-like rules: short songs, played in C, on the white notes of Casio keyboards.[2] The band's musical style was characterized by the use of electronically-produced beats, cheap keyboards, and slow, frank lyrics. From Etiquette onwards, CFTPA widened in musical scope, adding more analog instruments and crafting an overall more organic sound.

In 2010, Ashworth announced that he was retiring Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, as well as the songs he wrote under that name, although he planned to continue making music. The project's final show was on December 5, 2010, the thirteen-year anniversary of its first show.[3][4] Ashworth's new project is called Advance Base.[5]

Owen Ashworth's brother is Gordon Ashworth, who makes experimental harsh noise as Oscillating Innards and ambient works as Concern; Gordon also plays in grindcore/black metal project Knelt Rote.

Discography

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone albums

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone compilation albums
  • The First Two Albums by Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - CD (Tomlab, 2005)
  • Town Topic EP - CD EP (Tomlab, 2008)
  • Advance Base Battery Life - CD/LP (Tomlab, 2009)

Advance Base albums

Advance Base compilation albums
  • Instrumentals #1 - CS (Orindal, 2012)
  • Plastic Owen Band - CS (Orindal, 2015)

References
  1. "Perfume Genius Put Your Back N 2 It". Pitchfork. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  2. McNamee, David (13 July 2010). "Hey, what's that sound: Casiotone". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  3. Hudson, Alex (2010-07-28). "Owen Ashworth Opens Up about the End of Casiotone for the Painfully Alone". Exclaim.ca. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
  4. "casiotone for the painfully alone". Cftpa.org. Retrieved 2015-09-05.
  5. "Advance Base of Chicago, Ill". Advancebasemusic.com. 2014-11-04. Retrieved 2015-09-05.
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