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Hi everyone,

As some of you probably already know I have some new releases out. First up is my latest called Slow Dream out on CD from Projekt records:



You can order the CD directly from Projekt:http://www.projekt.com/projekt/product.asp?sku=PRO00271, or from Steve Roach's website as a single or in a combo pack with other CDs http://www.steveroach.com/store/store.php?item=481.

The other release is an oldie. The first  album that I ever released back in 1986 on cassette is now out on vinyl (my first ever vinyl release) called Point of Arrival.


This release is a bit different then my current output, more in line with the so called "Berlin school" of music (Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, Micheal Hoeing, etc), but from a west coast point of view. You can pick it up at the following urls:
http://boomkat.com/vinyl/543940-loren-nerell-point-of-arrival

http://www.forcedexposure.com/artists/nerell.loren.html

Also,you can listen to the entire album (not 30 sec clips but entire tracks) first at bandcamp before deciding if you want to pick this up or not:

http://forcednostalgia.bandcamp.com/album/point-of-arrival

I hope you all enjoy the music, thanks for your support. 

Just thought I would start this thread so Blackinfinity can now gloat over Steve Jobs leaving Apple today. 

I think I am in the market for a new hardware looper. I'm just starting to think about what I am going to do next October and a looping box is pretty high on the list (right next to a new mixer). Anyone have any favorites they are using right now? So far I've been looking at Digitech's Jamman loopers, mainly the Jamman Delay version, and/or the Eventide Timefactor. Last year I borrowed a friend's Boss looper, which was ok, but not perfect. Any advice is appreciated.

October 23, 2010 — Tucson, Arizona

Steve Roach (USA), Electronic-Ambient Pioneer
Erik Wøllo (Norway), Cinematic Guitar Soundscapes
Byron Metcalf (USA), Shamanic Trance Percussion
Mark Seelig (Germany), East Indian Devotional Music
Loren Nerell (USA), Indonesian Soundscapes

Special Guests:
Dashmesh Khasla & Brian Parnham, didgeridoo
Beate Maria, tambora
Lynn Augstein / Cobalt Sun, visual ambience
Roger King, sound


You can get all the details and order tickets at the following url:

http://www.steveroach.com/Live/2010/Tucson/

Sam sent this to me last week, maybe we can start a movement and make people aware the kind of damage they do to us artists when they choose to download, or at the very least make it more difficult for them to do so:

http://projekt.com/abuse.asp

To me its probably the best thing he has done. Having said that, I just heard from Barry that the copies that Hypnos and CD Baby currently have will probably be the only ones offered for sale.  So, if this artist interests you I would suggest you get your copy ASAP.

http://cdbaby.com/cd/rgarcia2

I started this thread on the old forum, and since it was lost with the last server meltdown I thought  I would bring it up again. Originally I was looking for a dedicated single CD player, not a DVD player that also plays CDs or a multi-disc player. It seems single CD players are getting hard to find. Their was some pretty good advice last time around so I thought it might be nice if we could go over this again.

Since that time I ended up buying an Onkyo DX702 deck from my local Goodwill for $14.  Hard to pass up at that price. It is used, about 16 years old but one nice feature it has that my old CD player didn't have (aside from actually playing discs without skipping) is a digital output. My receiver has digital ins so this should give me an improvement in sound quality.

In any case I would still like some advice for new players as I would like to upgrade my living room system (I bought the Onkyo for the bedroom) at some point in the future.

I just recieved this from composer Barry Schrader, most of you probably best know her for the music for the classic scifi film Forbidden Planet:

"It is with great sadness that I report the death of Bebe Barron on April 20, 2008 at the age of 82, of natural causes. Bebe was the last of the pioneering composers of classical studio electronic music. She was a close friend, an enthusiastic colleague, and a most gracious lady.

Bebe Barron was born Charlotte Wind in Minneapolis, on June 16, 1925. She received an MA in political science from the University of Minnesota, where she studied composition with Roque Cordero, and she also spent a year studying composition and ethnomusicology at the University of Mexico. In 1947 she moved to New York and, while working as a researcher for Time-Life, studied composition with Wallingford Reigger and Henry Cowell. That same year, she met and married Louis Barron (1920 - 1989). Shortly thereafter, the Barrons began their experiments with the recording and manipulation of sound material by means of a tape recorder that they received as a wedding gift. They created a private studio in New York and, in 1955, composed the first electronic music score for a commercial film, Forbidden Planet. In 1962 the Barrons moved to Los Angeles; they divorced in 1970. In 1973, Bebe married Leonard Neubauer, a screen writer. Bebe became the first Secretary of the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS) in 1985, and also served on the Board of Directors. In 1997 Bebe was presented the SEAMUS Award for the Barrons life work in the field of electro-acoustic music. She is survived by her husband, Leonard, and her son, Adam."

A new pair of woofers to enjoy.