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Steve Roach: World's Edge
by John W. Patterson
I first came across Steve Roach when joyously discovering his Structures From Silence release. I went on from there to buying Dreamtime Return and now own many Roach releases and collaborations. This is my first chance officially to review a work of his. First off, I can quickly summarize World's Edge in saying this a wonderfully executed blending of all those things that worked so well in Structures from Silence and Dreamtime Return. Disc One incorporates a healthy ...
Continue ReadingSteve Roach: Dreaming . . . Now, Then, A Retrospective 1982-1997
by John W. Patterson
If you have always been curious as to why Steve Roach is a legend in the electronic music world or the prince of ambience, this 2-CD collection will provide ample evidence. Roach has assembled this journey into two parts. Disc 1: The Ritual Continues, provides a near chronologically linear flow of rhythmic, tribal yet pulsatingly electronic pieces. Twelve pieces sample Roach, circa 1982- 1994, with one previously unreleased track from 1997. Landmark releases like Empetus, Desert Solitaire, Dreamtime Return, and ...
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