A forum member sent me info about an upcoming performance by ambient space music master Steve Roach, being held at at Grace Cathedral: Mystic Chords and Deep Immersions. Roach plans to present an evening of pure, expansive soundscapes. His atmospheric works should be a perfect match for the reverberant acoustics and sacred space of the… Read More Steve Roach Live In San Francisco: Mystic Chords and Deep Immersions
Secret Voices, a project of producer Tim Motzer along with Italian electronics guru Enrico Marani, has a very eclectic and original new release, No Time For Silence. When a album is truly original, it’s often hard to fit it into a set category or niche. This is certainly the case with No Time For Silence.… Read More Secret Voices – No Time For Silence
Robert Rich’s latest CD, Calling Down the Sky, captures a 2003 concert performance. The CD documents a “house concert” Rich performed in Denver, Colorado. Rich performed a show for an intimite audience of 26 while a storm brewed outside. In his liner notes, Rich comments that his music refered directly to the tangible weather, which… Read More Robert Rich – Calling Down the Sky
InTRO is the latest CD from Bruno Sanfilippo, an Argentinean composer and musician now living in Barcelona, Spain. Sanfilippo claims the like of Wendy Carlos, Vangelis and Mike Oldfield as influences. The music of Intro, though, is more reflective and ambient than these influences would suggest. Sanfilippo describes the tracks on InTRO as soundscapes. Sanfilippo… Read More Bruno Sanfilippo – Intro
Mystic Chords & Sacred Spaces is one of ambient/soundscape artist Steve Roach’s most challenging and imposing releases to date. It is also one of his deepest, and offers new rewards with each listen. This massive four-CD set is one of the most important ambient music releases in years. The set represents Roach’s music at its most… Read More Steve Roach – Mystic Chords & Sacred Spaces
Alpha Wave Movement is one of the recording guises of synthesist Gregory Kyryluk. Kyryluk invokes the synth gods on Drifted Into Deeper Lands, and has put together a great CD that is a must-have for fans of ambient, synth, and space music. Alpha Wave Movement’s CDs explore classic synth music genres, but make them sound… Read More Alpha Wave Movement – Drifted Into Deeper Lands
Steve Roach is one of the most prolific ambient/space music artists. His pace exceeds the traditional music industry release rate, so he releases his work on several labels, including his own Timeroom Editions. Working at this rapid pace results in some music that doesn’t fit neatly into a preconceived album concept. To get this music… Read More Steve Roach – Places Beyond
Dust to Dust blazes a new trail for Steve Roach. On many of his albums, he has explored integrating electronically generated sounds with acoustic percussion and didgerido to create tribal electronica. On Dust to Dust, he collaborates with guitarist Roger King to create music inspired by the dreams and memories of the people that have… Read More Steve Roach & Roger King – Dust to Dust
Martin Ayres‘ Cellosphere is unlike any other cello music we’ve heard. Ayres creates electro-acoustic music, using ‘distortion, feedback, surges and mixes’ to create sonic environments from his cello and violin playing. Ayres music is modern electro-acoustic music that explores ambient soundscapes. The tracks on Cellosphere are serene dronescapes, falling somewhere between the tape-loop canons of… Read More Martin Ayres – Celloshere
Alpha Wave Movement’s latest CD, A Distant Signal, is a great collection of tracks in the tradition of classic space music. Alpha Wave Movement is one of the recording guises of Gregory Kyryluk, who also records as ambient/world music as Open Canvas, and as part of the synth group Thought Guild. Alpha Wave Movement represents… Read More Alpha Wave Movement – A Distant Signal
