“AS IT IS is a revelatory experience of mystical, captivating electronic music. It travels the soul’s pathway of renewal following the dramatic year we’ve just emerged from. Filled with texture and subtle nuance, this is a spacious album of organic analog electronic music with a breath and heartbeat — a simmering, churning, moving appointment with reality. The album maps a hero’s journey, taking the immersed, active listener out of consensus reality through secluded deeply personal spaces, suspended soundworlds, through tears to eventually emerge revitalized. AS IT IS places the listener in the center of life’s mystery, awe, excitement, pathos, sadness, longing, and power. It delves into joy, ecstasy, solace, peace, and triumph. True art offers honest transformational emotional engagement. AS IT IS takes a bold step deeper into the time — and space — altering realms Steve has pioneered over all these many decades.” (Bandcamp)
Het originele album is in 2014 in geremasterde vorm opnieuw uitgebracht, vergezeld van twee CD's met niet eerder uitgebracht werk, dat werd opgenomen in 2013 en 2014.
Samenwerkingsverband tussen Steve Roach en de Belg Vidana Obmana (echte naam: Dirk Serries). "When the habits of logic evaporate in the trances of an unbridled sun, you begin to recognize the things your eyes prefer to hide. From American composer Roach and Belgian prodigy Obmana comes this new collaboration, articulating its own secret world, a dimension beyond the limits of classification such as atmospheric and tribal-ambien often employed to describe these artists. Well of Souls is a double CD set with each disc exploring the nuances of two very different yet interconnected perspectives a world that simmers with meaning during the day and whispers a whole set of other insights at night. Taken together, these pieces bring to life a multi-faceted, continuously evolving portrait of those things which the eyes like to hide but the heart longs to embrace." (bandcamp.com)
Geremasterde heruitgave uit 2005 van het meesterwerk van Roach. "Dreamtime Return is a double album that explores a wide range of territory. Unlike some of Roachs albums that focus on exploring a specific sonic space, the album incorporates a variety of styles and textures including found sound, environmental recordings, analog and digital synthesis, and indigenous instruments. The album also features solo pieces, collaborations and both studio and live recordings. Its a sprawling album, recalling Roachs earlier work and hinting at styles he would later explore. Nevertheless, Dreamtime Return feels very coherent as an album, because of the way its glued together by Roachs ear and perspective." (synthopia.com)
"The subtitle of the recording says it all in essence, capturing a live performance moment in his lengthy career when Steve Roach was using elements familiar from such recordings as "Early Man" that could well be called "tribal ambient". In that there was a strange parallel to those musical explorations in techno with similar names if not always intent, arguably Roach had stumbled across a particular synchronicity, but "Journey Of One" follows no other logic but his own, as icy tones arc in slow rhythm followed by bubbling, dark percussion shot through with heavy echoes and unexpected additional noises and cascades of unintelligible voices help shape much of the recording. Sometimes a solitary distorted wail swoops through. Roach's didgeridoo performances perhaps by default capture the unsettled yet captivating mood, a recontextualization where his rhythmic bursts on the instrument accentuate the slow, steady flow as much as contribute to it." (Ned Raggett, Allmusic)
"On Arc of Passion, Steve Roach re-imagines two earlier CDs, Stormwarning and The Magnificent Void, for the 21st century. This 2CD set contains four indexed tracks, but three musical movements. Embracing the immenseness of the cosmos, Roach begins with "Moment of Grace". An ethereal slow dance of tones, this piece simply and eloquently rises and recedes in long lines of diverging synthesizer pads. Pauses are intuitively gauged to amplify the drama of this section, and as tension builds the work moves into the title track. Layers of synchronized tone patterns emerge out of the dense atmosphere. Cycling in lock step against a trail of echoes, machine-like sequencer runs gain momentum. Concluding with "Views Beyond", Roach draws down the level of heat. We are left in a cool dark zone to ponder the mysteries of space within and without. In a career-long exploration of pulse and breath, Roach grows more engaging and mesmerizing with each new realization." (Starsend)
"Steve Roach's Mercurius consists of four sparse, slowly drifting ambient pieces, two of which are nearly half-an-hour each. The tone is reserved and slightly melancholy, but it doesn't quite approach the threshold of dark ambient -- perhaps "gray ambient" would be more accurate. Roach's synth melodies are cloaked in gaseous echo, and they continuously ebb and flow like waves. There's a deeply spiritual motive behind this work, and it's equally fitting as a soundtrack for intense soul-searching as relaxation or slumber. While all of it is awe-inspiring, perhaps the highlight is the mind-altering "Aeon," a three-dimensional sound-sphere which becomes brighter and more mesmerizing toward its finale. Reflecting on a lifetime's worth of experience while considering what's yet to come, Mercurius is a powerful, enriching experience. Not to mention, it's downright astonishing how Roach manages to release several albums per year, four decades into his career, and keep up such a high level of quality." (allmusic.com)
"Moving into the majestic realm of pure, non-rhythmic electro-acoustic soundworlds, Mystic Chords & Sacred Spaces is a stunning 2-CD release marking a new milestone in Roachs history as a true artist of sound. His landmark statements including Dreamtime Return, Magnificent Void and Structures from Silence are all parts of the uninterrupted flow building to this release. After a recent run of rhythmically fused CDs, Roach moves into awe-inspiring sonic immersion, delving into a spiritual dimension of sound. Nearly 5 years in the making, this release offers a listening experience beyond entertainment and pop culture appeals, creating a new sense of ambient orchestration through a constantly shifting flow of sounds and textures that enters a sacred realm of music." (bandcamp.com)
"Steve Roach's World's Edge is a wonderfully executed blending of all those things that worked so well in his earlier work. Disc one incorporates a healthy dose of the Aboriginal percussives into Roach's trademark swelling drone-breathing synths. A perfect balance of tension-release, anticiptation-relaxation, and trancezone/world-stopping is woven into a fine tapestry of ethereal soundworlds. Ten tracks ranging from 3 to 10½ minutes offer some of Roach's best works for the blank-stare, alpha-waved, drool-inducing moments. Disc two offers essentially another hour of one nonstop Roach-scape, transporting you even further through massive gong calls, synth-voiced wordless chants, Tibetan ruins among Cydonian foothills, crumbling on the dust storm-eroded face of Mars, now welcome your naked soul. This is Roach at his best. Highly recommend for ambient-heads and electronic tune devotees; make sure this is in your collection." (John Patterson, Allmusic; 4,5 ut 5 sterren)
Steve Roach (born February 16, 1955) is an American composer and performer of ambient and electronic music, whose recordings are informed by his impressions of environment, perception, flow and space. His work has been influential in the trance and new-age genres. Roach has received two Grammy Award nominations for New Age Album of the Year: his 2017 album Spiral Revelation for the 60th Annual Grammy Awards, and 2018's Molecules Of Motion for the 61st Annual Grammy Awards. Roach's work has also been listed on "1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die." Originally a motocross racer, at the age of 20 he taught himself to play the synthesizer after being inspired by such influential synthesizer artists and groups as Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, and Vangelis. His debut album Now appeared in 1982, followed by Structures from Silence in 1984. In 1986 he released his acclaimed Quiet Music series. In 1988.... (meer info via de link hiernaast)|
In 1986 werd deze set uitgebracht als drie cassette. Een selectie hiervan verscheen in 1988 als enkele CD. Op deze 3CD is de volledige versie voor het eerst in digitale vorm te horen. De muziek van Roach is bijzonder rustig, getuige deze uitspraak op de achterkant: "QUIET MUSIC is a collection of pieces in respect for silence."
""Day Out Of Time" is an excellent introduction and starting point for new fans of Steve Roach. The soundtrack to "Time Of The Earth", "an audiovisual odyssey" of the Southwest, this disc has 11 chapters from previously released CDs. Some are from Roach's solo discography and others are from various-artist compilations. Roach uses electro-tribal, sombient, minimalist, and pure space music pieces to convey the emotions of the landscapes. Even for e-music aficionados and established Steve Roach fans, this is an essential listening experience." (Jim Brenholts, Allmusic) "Time Of The Earth" offers a unique DVD immersion experience. Either as an engaging audio-visual odyssey or for the environmental enhancement of one's living space, this captivating film experience invites repeat viewings. (bron: Steve Roach)
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