Steve Roach (born February 16, 1955) is an American composer and performer of ambient electronic music, whose recordings are also classified in the genres of space, drone, and new-age. Originally a Motocross racer, at the age of 20 Roach 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 1988 he released his acclaimed Quiet Music series, along with what has been described by critics as his masterpiece, the double-album Dreamtime Return.
As Roach's approach to ambient music matured, he has typically been beatless, although his rhythmic and trance-based groove and tribal-ambient releases are nearly as numerous as his more atmospheric releases. Some recordings are strictly synthesizer based, whereas some recordings include ambient guitar experiments, and other releases cross over with more ethnic influences.
He was an early proponent of the didgeridoo's use in ambient music and learned to play it during his extended trips to Australia during the 1980s. He later worked with Mexican musician Jorge Reyes who would introduce a Prehispanic element, and these fusions would further establish Roach as one of the founders of the tribal-ambient sound.
As a pioneering cornerstone of ambient-atmospheric-electronic music, internationally-renowned artist Steve Roach has dedicated over three decades to exploring myriad soundworlds that connect with a timeless source of inspiration. From the expansive, time-suspending spaces reflecting his spiritual home in Arizona to the fire breathing, rhythmic-shamanic expressions woven from all things electric and organic, Roach has earned his position in the international pantheon of major new music artists through a long list of groundbreaking recordings, fueled by his prolific nature and uncompromising approach. The core of this innovative world of sound has been nourished by years of intense live concerts in many extraordinary worldwide settings, further enhancing the emotive, cinematic soul-stirring depth of his music.
****This is an elegant German-made black box with face-plate, containing BACK TO LIFE and GROOVE IMMERSION. Each box is signed and numbered, limited to 500 copies.
GROOVE IMMERSION: This release reveals an entrancing facet within Steve's evolving Immersion series. With the first four Immersion releases focusing on harmonic meditations and glacial forms, IMMERSION FIVE - CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS began the introduction of movement into the series. GROOVE IMMERSION massages the senses by finding the ultra sweet-spot blending of "infinite" grooves and mercurial sound-worlds, holding this space for the course of 70 minutes. A fascinating sense of the present moment constantly updates itself with micro shifts inside mandala-like rhythms. At times, an almost weightless sense of being becomes another part of this of mind-altering GROOVE IMMERSION experience.
BACK TO LIFE is a masterful expression drawing from the deep end of Steve Roach's mythic imagination; an enveloping experience of vast beauty and mystery.
Described by Steve as a new phase of his long-form symphonic ambient works, this direction has been evolving over the course of the benchmark releases THE MAGNIFICENT VOID, MYSTIC CHORDS & SACRED SPACES, DYNAMIC STILLNESS and SIGH OF AGES. The symphonic comparison comes from the presence of movements and passages along with reoccurring themes created from sounds and textures. These harmonically rich, multi-layered pieces breathe with an elemental ebb and flow, and seem to contain an energy from within that builds with each listening experience.
BACK TO LIFE speaks directly to the the multi-nuanced, non-verbal portion of our perception. The pieces draw nourishment from the essence of nature, the timeless expressions of the human experience in art and music, the sharing of life's beauty in wordless wonder-filled reflections and reveries in the amber light of the waning sunset. Back to the subtle beauty of life, indeed.
In early 2011, Steve returned to the studio to place complete focus on composing, creating new sounds, and "hitting the reset button on the foundation of my life beyond music." Through this personal reset, Roach forged deeper into his devotion to the rarified sound-current connection that runs constant through all of his work and that is recognized and appreciated by his audience worldwide.
This listing is for a very rare Boxed Set of 3-CDs - a USED / OPENED, OUT OF PRINT, CD BOX SET in Near MINT minus overall condition, PRESSED and ISSUED by PROJEKT / TIMEROOM EDITIONS / SOUNDQUEST Records of some highly collectible titles from their catalog, featuring -
Steve Roach
3-CD Boxed Set Title -
Steve Roach 2012 Box Set
Back To Life
Groove Immersion
Performers Include -
Steve Roach
Track Listing -
Groove Immersion:
1. Groove Immersion (in four parts) - 73:00
Back To Life:
Disc 1
1. Where Rasa Lives - 15:01
2. Cloud Cover - 9:58
3. Tranquility Base - 16:41
4. The Wonder of It All - 6:59
5. Touchstones - 4:07
6. Everything Inside - 9:39
7. Back to Life - 11:17
Disc 2
1. Mist of Perception - 70:00
The 3-CD Boxed Set is from the rare Projekt / Timeroom Editions / SOUNDQUEST Records series of CDs.
The CDs, OUTER BOX and INSERTS are all in Near MINT minus
overall condition! No serious marks on the reflective sides of the discs. Box, autograph, everything is in terrific shape - the set is in superb collectors grade condition!
This CD is an
audiophile quality pressing (any collector of fine MFSL, half speeds,
direct to discs, Japanese/UK pressings etc., can attest to the
difference a quality pressing can make to an audio system).
Do not let this rarity slip by!