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Desert Solitaire (album)
''Desert Solitaire'' 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 the eponymous book by U.S. author Edward Abbey, who died the same year and to whom the album is dedicated. Track listing # "Flatlands" (Roach) (4:49) # "Labyrinth" (Sterns) (6:56) # "Specter" (Roach) (9:34) # "The Canyon's Embrace" (Roach, Stearns) (3:35) # "Cloud of Promise" (Roach, Stearns) (6:38) # "Knowledge & Dust" (Braheny) (3:23) # "Shiprock" (Stearns) (4:00) # "Highnoon" (Roach, Stearns) (10:30) # "Empty Time" (Braheny) (5:51) # "From the Heart of Darkness" (Stearns) (3:50) # "Desert Solitaire" (Roach, Braheny) (6:06) Personnel * Steve Roach ( Oberheim OB8, DMX, Matrix 12, Xpander, Emax, Arp 2600, Korg M-1, Kawai K-5, ocarina, Taos Drum) *Kevin Braheny (The Mighty Serge, Prophet VS, Prophet 2002, soprano sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Roach (musician)
Steve Roach (born February 16, 1955) is an American composer and performer of ambient and electronic music, whose recordings are informed by his impressions of environment, perception, flow and space. His work has been influential in the trance and new-age genres. Roach has received two Grammy Award nominations for New Age Album of the Year: His 2017 album ''Spiral Revelation'' for the 60th Annual Grammy Awards., and 2018's ''Molecules Of Motion'' for the 61st Annual Grammy Awards. Roach's work has also been listed on "1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die." Overview 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 1986 he released his acclaimed ''Quiet Music'' series. In 1988, he released what has been described by cri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ocarina
The ocarina is a wind musical instrument; it is a type of vessel flute. Variations exist, but a typical ocarina is an enclosed space with four to twelve finger holes and a mouthpiece that projects from the body. It is traditionally made from clay or ceramic, but other materials are also used, such as plastic, wood, glass, metal, or bone. History The ocarina belongs to a very old family of instruments, believed to date back over 12,000 years. Ocarina-type instruments have been of particular importance in Chinese and Mesoamerican cultures. For the Chinese, the instrument played an important role in their long history of song and dance. The ocarina has similar features to the Xun (塤), another important Chinese instrument (but is different in that the ocarina uses an internal duct, whereas the Xun is blown across the outer edge). In Japan, the traditional ocarina is known as the ''tsuchibue'' (kanji: 土笛; literally "earthen flute"). Different expeditions to Mesoamerica, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1989 Collaborative Albums
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