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	Steve Roach Biography
		Two years later he created one of the most pivotal albums of his early career, STRUCTURES FROM SILENCE (Fortuna/Projekt) which was one of the landmark ambient releases of the 80's, presenting a new sound for its time which lives on today; the fourth edition was released in 2001.
		Roach enhanced the listener's awareness and sense of their physical surroundings by capturing the influence of his experiences with deep meditations and the infusion of slow breath and silence into soundscape.
		Poet/journalist Thom Jurek characterized the album as "an entirely new path of musical exploration; it is a benchmark for an already prodigious and celebrated career...
	www.steveroach.com /Info/Info.html (1797 words)

	music recordings of Michael Stearns 1988 to 1998:
		Although many of my albums have been written and recorded in the flavor of Space, this is the first to focus on Space as a theme.
		This album weaves together the music and the ambiance of many of those places and film projects.
		The music on this album was inspired by the sights and sounds, the stories that I heard, and the experiences I had while exploring this area.
	www.michaelstearns.com /1988-1998.html (992 words)

	Avantgarde Music. Steve Roach: biography, discography, reviews, links
		Their soundscapes were alive with the heat of the desert and the darkness of the cosmos.
		We are sitting in the desert and, as we start contemplating the galaxies, we are slowly drawn away from the surroundings and led to a fantastic voyage.
		The soul of the album is the soul of the artist, that was caught at time of minimal activity, late at night or early in the morning.
	www.scaruffi.com /avant/roach.html (0 words)

	Desert Solitaire (album) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Desert Solitaire (1989) is a collaborative album by American ambient musicians Steve Roach, Kevin Braheny and Michael Stearns.
		This album was conceived as a follow up to Roach and Braheny’s 1987 collaboration Western Spaces.
		The title of the album is named after a book by American author Edward Abbey.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Desert_Solitaire_(album) (0 words)

	AmbientMusicGuide.com - Steve Roach
		Inspired by the desert wilderness of America’s south-west, these superb electro-acoustic nature paintings are as compelling and genuinely beautiful examples of environmental music as you’ll hear anywhere.
		Desert Solitaire, this time with Michael Stearns replacing Richard Burmer as co-collaborator, is less consistent though still a fine work.
		The album’s combination of tribal percussion, slightly discordant washes of synthesiser and location recordings of Aboriginal music is ambitious yet restrained, subtle yet stimulating.
	www.ambientmusicguide.com /pages/R/roachSteve.php (0 words)

	Western Spaces
		The album has become a classic in the contemporary electronic music field, and has served as a model of inspiration for numerous other musicians.
		In 1989, they released Desert Solitaire (17070) on Fortuna Records, joining forces with another respected Los Angeles synthesist, Michael Stearns.
		With more that a dozen albums and several film scores to his credit, his reputation as one of America's finest synthesists has grown throughout the United States and abroad.
	www.harmonies.com /releases/17051.htm (0 words)

	New Gibraltar Encyclopedia of Progressive Rock NO-NY
		Their two later albums are more original, but the singer is annoying and they suffer from bad production - actually I was surprised to see a bass player in the credits, they sound so tinny.
		With the second album, they moved more into the 70's direction, honing-up their instrumental prowess; there are blistering guitar attacks, and brilliant, dynamic synth interludes that will leave you wanting more.
		Granted, this album has some very good moments, but overall their style is old, the playing not complex enough and the fantasy/sci-fi image an bit tiresome.
	www.gepr.net /no.html (0 words)

	DESERT SOLITAIRE, MP3 Album Music Download at eMusic
		The second of two collaborations with Kevin Braheny inspired by the desert, this album pays homage to the Edward Abbey book of the same title.
		It inadvertently became a memorial to that Southwestern nature writer when Abbey died shortly after the music was recorded.
		Featuring some powerful work by Michael Stearns, this album taps into the psychological depths of stark Southwestern landscapes through a subtle set of soundscapes depicting the hidden dangers, unseen gifts, and intoxication that the desert promises.
	www.goodnoise.com /album/10964/10964559.html (256 words)

	Amazon.com: Desert Solitaire: Music: Steve Roach (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		If the desert were a siren, these would be her songs.
		Just as in the desert, water is scarce on this album - the only hint of moisture is a tingling that we hear while watching the "Cloud of Promise" (track 5) approach and grow from the horizon.
		If you've always been lured by the desert, here is some inspiring ambient soundscapes to listen to as you fantasize about your journey out west.
	www.amazon.com /Desert-Solitaire-Steve-Roach/dp/B0000007UV (0 words)

	Planet Mellotron Album Reviews: C5
		The album is notable for being a partial reunion of the Attractions, despite Costello's long-running feud with bassist Bruce Thomas, whose vicious lampooning of his erstwhile boss as 'the singer' in his semi-autobiographical novel 'The Big Wheel' only served to exacerbate the situation.
		The album is mostly instrumental, with just the occasional vocal part cropping up; keyboards are the usual suspects, with quite a lot of string synth, at least on Aura De Sons.
		Possibly the album's high note is their spot-on cover of I Am The Walrus, which makes you realise just how much the psychedelic-era Beatles influenced Crack the Sky, along with all the more obvious candidates.
	www.planetmellotron.com /revc5.htm (0 words)

	December 2001
		If the youthful exuberance of the band is anything to go by, the six-piece band behind him (two guitars, keyboards, bass, drums and percussion) probably consists of his students, to whom the album is dedicated.
		As the voice intones at the end of the album: "There was a story that began once upon a time.." - for all its flounce and laddish Cool Britannia attitude, Icebreaker's music belongs back in the late 1920s.
		UPIC is a computer system, devised by the late Iannis Xenakis and his researchers at the CEMAMu in the late 1970s, which allows the composer literally to draw the elements of the score using an electromagnetic pen.
	www.paristransatlantic.com /magazine/monthly2001/12dec_text.html (0 words)

	Low Carb Desert - Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
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	www.freewebs.com /information24/low-carb-desert.html (0 words)

	NEW AGE MUSIC - Find More Of What You Like
		Albums consisting of one very long single piece of continuous music.
		Albums consisting of several Medium length AMBIENT pieces.
		A different sort of AMBIENT album as this one contains no music, yet it is "Wallpaper Music", and any part of the CD is representative of the whole.
	home1.gte.net /deleyd/newage/newageambient.html (0 words)

	The Lost Pieces - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The album begins with a dark atmospheric piece reminiscent of Roach’s later album The Magnificent Void titled “Eclipse”.
		Next is a piece called “Mojave: At the Tree”, which was recorded at some time between Western Spaces and Desert Solitaire after a visit to The Joshua Tree National Monument.
		The album ends with an expansive chord progression titled “Closer” which was recorded at midnight December 31, 1990 - January 1, 1991.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Lost_Pieces (0 words)

	Echoes On-Line: Steve Roach
		Esconced in his synthesizer studio at the desert's edge of Tucson, he revels in the austere, mysteriously beautiful, natural countryside that he's depicted in the collaborations DESERT SOLITAIRE (Fortuna) and WESTERN SPACES (Fortuna).
		The first is from 1989 and the second from 1999.
		Steve Roach is known for his expansive spacescapes and techno-tribal atmospheres, but on his album, DUST TO DUST (Projekt) he explored the landscapes and textures of the mythic American west.
	www.echoes.org /onlineroach.html (0 words)

	Steve Roach Biography
		Roach has earned his position in the international pantheon of major new music artists over the last decade through his ceaseless productivity, constant innovation,and open–minded collaborations with numerous artists and the psychological depth of his music.
		While living in Los Angeles, the San Diego native released two groundbreaking albums inspired by the desert regions.
		magazine, Desert Solitaire successfully tapped "into the melancholic, psychological depths of the desert, ‘the grandeur of the terrible,’ as Abbey put it, with music that swirls and whispers." In 1990, Roach moved to the Sonoran desert just outside of Tucson, Arizona, to be closer to this powerful source of inspiration.
	www.harmonies.com /biographies/roach.htm (0 words)

	Amazon.com: Medusa: Music: Clan of Xymox (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		As a result, the album has not dated at all, the songs are beautifully produced, with dark and forbidding crescendos in the fast numbers, and elegaic melancholy in the slow tracks.
		The opening phrases of this album are a mind blowing mix of Greek flute melodies intertwined with ambient phrases.
		I bought this album on vinyl the day it came out in the fall of 1986 (along with PURITY by THE ESSENCE!) and from the moment I put it on, I was enchanted.
	www.amazon.com /Medusa-Clan-Xymox/dp/B00000I8S6 (0 words)

	Warren Zevon
		It's a crowning irony in a life devoted to satire and fl humor: Warren Zevon's last, not-quite-posthumous album is likely to be his biggest-selling and most popular.
		But Zevon, who died at age 56 on Sept. 7, 2003, was a highly respected musician, singer and songwriter with more than a dozen albums in his discography and more than 35 years in show business.
		His self-titled 1976 album was actually his sophomore solo release.
	www.greenmanreview.com /cd/cd_zevon_rip_2003.html (0 words)

	Artists: Kevin BrahenyNew Age Music
		KEVIN BRAHENY's first two solo albums, Lullaby For The Hearts Of Space (1980) and The Way Home (originally entitled Perelandra [1984]), established his mastery of the serene, extended meditation.
		On the other hand, reviewers praised his 1988 planetarium soundtrack album Galaxies for the exquisite beauty of its very concise pieces.
		While working on Galaxies and Secret Rooms, Braheny also participated in two successful collaborations: Western Spaces (1987), with Steve Roach and RICHARD BURMER, and Desert Solitaire (1989) with Roach and MICHAEL STEARNS.
	www.valley-entertainment.com /Artists/Kevin_Braheny (840 words)

	Movie Music UK - Composer Gallery G-H
		Began writing for film in the early 1990s (in collaboration with her husband, composer Greg Malcangi), and currently enjoys a long-standing association with the producers of the popular drama series "Trial and Retribution", which is now in its seventh season.
		Bean” (1989) and “The Vicar of Dibley” (1994).
		The group's second, self-titled album, was released in 1969 and won Album of the Year at the Grammy Awards, but their follow-up was a critical disaster, and Halligan left shortly threafter.
	www.moviemusicuk.us /gallery-gh.htm (0 words)

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