CASIOTONE FOR THE PAINFULLY ALONE

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Advance Base is the new music by Owen Ashworth, formerly of Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, and the Advance Base Family Band features Nick Ammerman, Edward Crouse, Jody Weinmann and Owen.  Also, Owen Ashworth has co-produded Chicago rapper Serengeti‘s upcoming new full-length “Family And Friends” (out July 19th via Anticon) with Yoni Wolf (of Why?).


Whirlaway The Horse by Advance Base

Spanish Flangdang by Advance Base

Serengeti – Ha-Ha

Casiotone Compilation 2
(カシオトーン・コンピレーション・ツー)


‘ casiotone compilation 2 ‘ featuring; casiotone for the painfully alone, love of everything, greg davis, eddie marcon, kawashima circulation bus line, dydsu, hiroki misawa, takashi hishigaki, tetsuro yasunaga, aze, kyosuke fujita (3000ndl), helll, tonio, ueno takashi (tenniscoats), rima kato, yuki kaneko, thomas, sanchan, suzueri, will long (celer), shibata & asuna, cover drawings by casiotone for the painfully alone (aka Owen Ashworth).

3″ CD compilation called CASIOTONE COMPILATION 2, available soon from Aotoao, further information HERE.























Now chicago resident, Owen Ashworth (aka Casiotone for the Painfully Alone)







In April & May, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone will be touring the east coast & south with his friends Magical Beautiful, full band presentation of CFTPA’s songs, featuring the fellas from Magical Beautiful as well as drummer Nick Tamburro of The Dead Science.


Optimist Vs. The Silent Alarm (When The Saints Go Marching In
taken from the latest album “Vs. Children” (Tomlab/2009)
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone – Hotel Huntington Sign
taken from now out of print CFTPA’s debut 7″single on Train Bridge Recordings (1997), listen more songs from the A/V page of cftpa.org


Here ::  Listen and download CFTPA‘s recent in-studio performance at the WIDR FM.


























“Casiotone Compilation” is an adorable little single CD from aotomo,
featuring the pitchshifters, aki tsuyuko, OPQ, borzoi, kenichi fumoto, daily life (kites), my pal foot foot, electric ear, test pattern, saya (tenniscoats), pagtas, popo, hanauo, ippei matsui (teasi), tanaka, askococo, inoyamaland, torch, jugz, gonzo murakami, shibata & asuna
cover drawings by CFTPA (casiotone for the painfully alone)

Extract from The Decemberists: Here Comes the Waves

Extract from her 16 minute visuals for the animated performance of The Hazards of Love, created in conjunction with Flux, Hornet, Capitol Records and The Decemberists.



Casiotone for the Painfully Alone – White Corolla

Official Video for White Corolla by Casiotone for the Painfully Alone (Tomlab Records). Directed by: Julia Pott. Animated by: Julia Pott and Robin Bushell.

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