Usually ships in 3-6 business days Quiet Music is a collection of pieces created by Steve Roach between 1983 and 1986 in respect for silence. The gentle electronics of Roach's synthesizers mix with flute, electric piano and nature sounds flow like breath, enveloping the listener in a sustained, delicate and translucent atmosphere. Quiet Music was originally released as a three tape cassette series in 1986 on Fortuna Records and is now being issued as a complete series on vinyl for the first time ever. After Structures From Silence was released, Steve was receiving invitations to create music for the emerging meditation yoga and healing arts community in Los Angeles. Quiet Music 1 was originally commissioned for a meditation video, which featured a collection of video images of lush forested areas, wild flowers and natural serenity. But by the time the piece was completed the producer passed away and the project was never completed. Quiet Music 1's direct connection to a distinct environment set the tone for the trilogy of albums. Quiet Music 2 was inspired by Steve spending a lot of time in deserts and was created as a natural progression from Structures From Silence, and the more nocturnal feeling of Quiet Music 3 were pieces designed for Steve's personal healing practices. The Quiet Music series was released in a timeline that is often seen as linear but this music was created directly along side the dynamic fully electronic albums like Now, Traveler, and Empetus. In the early 80's Steve would be shifting between the invigorating sequencer-percussive driven music and then move directly into weightless drifts and contemplative spaces. This way of creating grew naturally out of a desire to not settle into one place sonically and to nourish himself with a space that could be creative and fine tuned, creating a calm and renewing zone while living within the hectic pace of urban life in Los Angeles. See Things, Towards the Blue, Something in Tears, A Few More Moments, Air and Light
Twenty-six years after their noted collaboration Kiva (1995), American electronic music originators Steve Roach and Michael Stearns' orbits return to a point on the horizon between and beyond worlds. Their mastery of tactile sonic environments meld into boundary-defying music creating a language of transcending and transformative experiences. These seven captivating tracks are born from a devotion to the power of sound. Within realms of elemental, primordial, celestial and deep emotion, the enveloping influence found within the natural world of forests, deserts, canyons, mountains and the beyond.\r\n\r\nMeeting in Los Angeles in the late 70s, Steve and Michael lived a few blocks from each other in neighborhoods separated by Venice Blvd. They collaborated in those early days - ripe formative years of the developing American electronic music scene. As their individual lives and careers unfolded, Michael became a successful film composer, known for passionate soundtrack work on director Ron Fricke's Chronos, Baraka and Samsara, while Steve went on to create many pioneering electronic/ambient classics including Structures from Silence, Quiet Music and Dreamtime Return and now has a discography of well over 150 albums.\r\n\r\n\"Checking in deeply after decades apart,\" Steve reflects, \"Michael and I found we both chose to live in places away from cities, close to the natural world. Out my window, I look seventy-five miles to the horizon, horizon is home. We're both at home in our element, present in one's self while focused on something far in the distance, moving towards it, pulling us out there.\"\r\n\r\nFrom the moment we enter into the realm of Earth & Sky to the moment we depart it, the space beyond calls to us, guiding the unfolding of our lives. Through music we hear that call, transcending the day to day and ordinary states of awareness, Beyond Earth and Sky.\r\n\r\nCD in 6-panel digipak
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As a pioneering cornerstone of atmospheric electronic music, Steve has dedicated over three decades to exploring myriad soundworld
On what is consistently classified as one of the greatest ambient records of all time (an increasingly impressive designation; as the amount of ambient albums in the world doubles roughly each week), Steve Roach sought to fill the void left by the synthesizer’s total independence from human touch - that is, the reverberation of the breath and the body’s interaction with an acoustic instrument that a synthesizer is indifferent to. Using the seemingly limitless capabilities of the then-new Oberheim OB-8 polyphonic synthesizer, Roach freed himself from the constraints of meter and tempo and instead allowed his breathing to direct the sustain lengths of the notes. Roach explains: “My life at that time was purely focused on drawing out an inner voice that had been building over many years: a feeling born from my immersion in the quiet spaces of the desert environment. My connection to the profound atmosphere of the desert areas of Southern California - Joshua Tree, Anza-Borrego, Death Valley, The Mojave Desert - was essential. I finally had my hands on the tools with which I could channel this feeling, this expansive atmosphere and blooming inner awareness. I was uncovering and discovering a palpable sense of stillness emanating from a soundcurrent of ‘silence’.” After a slew of CD reissues in recent years, Structures From Silence is finally available on vinyl for the first time since 1984, with extensive notes from Roach on the album's creation and code for digital download. Recommended. black vinyl pressing 1st time on vinyl since 1984 includes printed foldout insert w/ photos + extensive liner notes digital download included original release year: 1984 music label: Telephone Explosion 2017 reviewed by hannibal chew 11/2017
As a pioneering cornerstone of atmospheric electronic music, Steve has dedicated over three decades to exploring myriad soundworlds that connect with a timeless source of inspiration
As a pioneering cornerstone of atmospheric electronic music, Steve has dedicated over three decades to exploring myriad soundworlds that connect with...
Some artists get to the point when their usual medium or technique starts to limit their visions. This is exactly what happened to a Polish artist Michal Karcz who found that painting and the ordinary dark room photography techniques didn't allow him to fully realize his potential. Luckily, the developing technology allowed him to combine the two with the help of some digital tools. Most of his work is "a journey to the places which don't exist". They're places from Michal's dreams, desires, imagination and fears. Are you ready to take a trip?
Dimensions (Overall): 11.05 Inches (H) x 8.41 Inches (W) x .9 Inches (D)Weight: 2.25 PoundsSuggested Age: 22 Years and UpNumber of Pages: 422Genre: MedicalSub-Genre: NeurologyPublisher: Demos Medical PublishingFormat: PaperbackAuthor: E Steve RoachLanguage: EnglishStreet Date: September 27, 2021TCIN: 85130826UPC: 9780826143983Item Number (DPCI): 247-55-8694Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
In this Q&A, author, memoir coach and online memoir instructor, Marion Roach Smith, answers questions about memoir writing
