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Now Playing / Re: Currently listening, part 1
« on: September 12, 2016, 01:05:16 PM »
Telomere - Lux Primordia
Wonderful. I especially like the first two tracks.
Wonderful. I especially like the first two tracks.
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Now Playing / Re: Currently listening, part 1
« on: August 28, 2016, 09:21:08 AM »
Steve Roach & Vir Unis - Blood Machine
A favorite. Still fresh enough. "Sense" is amazing.
I think there were plans to do a re-release on Atmoworks.com. I'm pretty sure I've read about it years ago. Too bad it never happened.
A favorite. Still fresh enough. "Sense" is amazing.
I think there were plans to do a re-release on Atmoworks.com. I'm pretty sure I've read about it years ago. Too bad it never happened.
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Now Playing / Re: Currently listening, part 1
« on: July 30, 2016, 07:45:00 AM »
FM-84 - Atlas
80s 80s 80s !!!
80s 80s 80s !!!
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Other Ambient (and related) Music / Re: Robert Rich - Filaments
« on: June 24, 2016, 01:40:35 PM »
Bump.
Not a big fan of this album either. It's nice but just not very convincing and I don't like the wailing guitar. Some of the sequences are nice though and I do love the last track!
I agree Yearning is one of his best, along with Trances/Drones, Numena, Soma, Stalker, Fissures.
Not a big fan of this album either. It's nice but just not very convincing and I don't like the wailing guitar. Some of the sequences are nice though and I do love the last track!
I agree Yearning is one of his best, along with Trances/Drones, Numena, Soma, Stalker, Fissures.
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Now Playing / Re: Downpipe
« on: June 12, 2016, 02:23:52 PM »
Hallucinogen - Angelic Particles
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Now Playing / Re: Currently listening, part 1
« on: June 10, 2016, 08:07:52 AM »
Anton Bruckner - Symphony No. 8 - Adagio
Music doesn't get any better than this, period. It just takes time to hear it.
Music doesn't get any better than this, period. It just takes time to hear it.
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Other Ambient (and related) Music / Re: 3 new steve roach albums This Place To Be|Shadow of Time| Long Thoughts
« on: June 08, 2016, 01:40:41 PM »
Oh yes, in bed is the place to be to listen to (ambient) music. Too bad bedtime-listening doesn't really work for me in my current life.
Sometimes I wish I was a student again: single and with oceans of time to waste, often not tired at the end of the day, so I could listen to music in bed, while staying awake and without distraction!
Sometimes I wish I was a student again: single and with oceans of time to waste, often not tired at the end of the day, so I could listen to music in bed, while staying awake and without distraction!
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Other Ambient (and related) Music / Re: 3 new steve roach albums This Place To Be|Shadow of Time| Long Thoughts
« on: June 07, 2016, 03:26:10 AM »
Interested, as always, I just hope it isn't too much of the same...
"Too much of the same" is what some people said when Mystic Chords & Sacred Spaces came out, while that one actually has plenty of variation between tracks. He was in absolutely brilliant form back then. I think MC&SS set a new standard that neither Steve nor anyone else has been able to match since. But it's nice that he is going back to "purely-atmospheric" music.
"Too much of the same" is what some people said when Mystic Chords & Sacred Spaces came out, while that one actually has plenty of variation between tracks. He was in absolutely brilliant form back then. I think MC&SS set a new standard that neither Steve nor anyone else has been able to match since. But it's nice that he is going back to "purely-atmospheric" music.
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Now Playing / Re: Currently listening, part 1
« on: June 05, 2016, 11:14:24 AM »
Max Corbacho - The Talisman
Good stuff!
Good stuff!
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Now Playing / Re: Currently listening, part 1
« on: May 28, 2016, 04:05:40 PM »
Telomere - Lux Primordia
Ohhh, nice! I think better than his previous albums.
Ohhh, nice! I think better than his previous albums.
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Now Playing / Re: Currently listening, part 1
« on: May 27, 2016, 02:26:36 PM »Ashra - New Age of the Earth CD
Great album, my favorites are Deep Distance and Nightdust. The last one is a stunning piece.
Inventions for Electric Guitar and E2-E4 are also fantastic.
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Other Ambient (and related) Music / Re: Steve Roach with Robert Logan - Biosonic and Second Nature 2 New albums
« on: April 27, 2016, 04:46:23 AM »
I'm going to be honest and say I'm a little disappointed with Biosonic. I really enjoy some of Robert Logan's individual pieces that I listened to, but I did wonder how his style and sound would combine with that of Steve Roach.
To me the music on Biosonic kind of lingers on the surface, it doesn't pull me in. There are some fine moments, like the beautiful atmospheric ending of the first track. I wish there were more of those moments.
I think there is a lot of focus on detail, but I'm missing the overall picture. For example, I feel Body Electric and especially Blood Machine have a much stronger sense of cohesion; the concept of those albums really comes to life in the music.
Still, it's a worthy effort and it's good for Steve Roach to keep venturing into new directions, but maybe these two artists aren't fully compatible. Or I simply had the wrong expectations.
To me the music on Biosonic kind of lingers on the surface, it doesn't pull me in. There are some fine moments, like the beautiful atmospheric ending of the first track. I wish there were more of those moments.
I think there is a lot of focus on detail, but I'm missing the overall picture. For example, I feel Body Electric and especially Blood Machine have a much stronger sense of cohesion; the concept of those albums really comes to life in the music.
Still, it's a worthy effort and it's good for Steve Roach to keep venturing into new directions, but maybe these two artists aren't fully compatible. Or I simply had the wrong expectations.
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Now Playing / Re: Currently listening, part 1
« on: April 19, 2016, 02:46:42 PM »
Ravel - Le Tombeau de Couperin orchestrated
My favorites are Prelude and Toccata
My favorites are Prelude and Toccata
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Other Ambient (and related) Music / Re: Steve Roach with Robert Logan - Biosonic and Second Nature 2 New albums
« on: April 07, 2016, 12:00:20 PM »
Samples are up, listening right now.
Interesting for sure, very detailed. So far, I barely hear Steve Roach in there.
https://projektrecords.bandcamp.com/album/biosonic
https://projektrecords.bandcamp.com/album/second-nature
Interesting for sure, very detailed. So far, I barely hear Steve Roach in there.
https://projektrecords.bandcamp.com/album/biosonic
https://projektrecords.bandcamp.com/album/second-nature
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Other Ambient (and related) Music / Re: pieces like: Steve Roach - The Eternal Expanse
« on: February 27, 2016, 08:41:10 AM »
Thanks all, some lovely music. I need to listen more to Max Corbacho! Some suggestions are a bit gentle compared to Roach' more dramatic sound in The Eternal Expanse.
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Other Ambient (and related) Music / Re: Steve Roach Pinnacle Moments
« on: February 26, 2016, 07:07:31 AM »
I really like track 1 and 3. Only Roach creates those kind of vibes.
I don't care much for the the raw sounding, basic sequences on Skeleton Passage. I'll listen to Redshift for phat, in your face sequences. Steve Roach is better at weaving more gentle and intricate patterns, such as Arc of Passion and Spiral Meditations.
I don't care much for the the raw sounding, basic sequences on Skeleton Passage. I'll listen to Redshift for phat, in your face sequences. Steve Roach is better at weaving more gentle and intricate patterns, such as Arc of Passion and Spiral Meditations.
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Now Playing / Re: Currently listening, part 1
« on: February 07, 2016, 01:44:18 PM »
Tetsu Inoue - Organic Cloud
Chill In, Chill Out & Ring of Power -> A glorious pinnacle moment in ambient music.
Chill In, Chill Out & Ring of Power -> A glorious pinnacle moment in ambient music.
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Other Ambient (and related) Music / Re: Yen Pox - 2015 - Between The Horizon And The Abyss
« on: January 31, 2016, 03:13:05 PM »
This album is fantastic indeed.
I was expecting as much, since Yen Pox involves Michael J.V. Hensley who has my utmost respect for his phenomenal albums as Blood Box.
I was expecting as much, since Yen Pox involves Michael J.V. Hensley who has my utmost respect for his phenomenal albums as Blood Box.
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Other Ambient (and related) Music / pieces like: Steve Roach - The Eternal Expanse
« on: January 31, 2016, 06:15:47 AM »
A golden oldie.
With respect to the other artists featured on the terrific 1998 compilation "The Ambient Expanse", the finale from Steve Roach is quite something else. https://steveroach.bandcamp.com/track/the-eternal-expanse-2
I've been listening to this piece many times during the last year. Also while commuting, working etc. A few reviewers found it a little bland and uninspired. They are not hearing it. It takes time to get into.
It's one of the most dynamic and richly layered pieces Steve has composed. I'd call it a "tone painting". While it lingers in the same harmonic zone, the key is in its subtleties. There's a feeling of ebb and flow, of space and expansion that I've rarely heard elsewhere. Near the end, sound becomes pure emotion. Truly majestic.
Play it LOUD!
Any suggestions for pieces with a similar feel (that are not by Steve Roach)?
With respect to the other artists featured on the terrific 1998 compilation "The Ambient Expanse", the finale from Steve Roach is quite something else. https://steveroach.bandcamp.com/track/the-eternal-expanse-2
I've been listening to this piece many times during the last year. Also while commuting, working etc. A few reviewers found it a little bland and uninspired. They are not hearing it. It takes time to get into.
It's one of the most dynamic and richly layered pieces Steve has composed. I'd call it a "tone painting". While it lingers in the same harmonic zone, the key is in its subtleties. There's a feeling of ebb and flow, of space and expansion that I've rarely heard elsewhere. Near the end, sound becomes pure emotion. Truly majestic.
Play it LOUD!
Any suggestions for pieces with a similar feel (that are not by Steve Roach)?
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Other Ambient (and related) Music / Re: New Steve Roach discs on Timeroom Editions
« on: January 18, 2016, 03:46:15 PM »
"In the next newsletter we have big news to announce on BioSonic, an amazing collaboration with UK-based electronic artist Robert Logan, four years in the making. Stay tuned!"
Seems very interesting!
Seems very interesting!