''Strata'' (1990) is a collaborative album by the

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ambient musicians Robert Rich and Steve Roach. Robert Rich's influence on this album is strong, with complicated mixes featuring various acoustic sound sources and Rich's own brand of organic synthesis called "glurp". The two artists collaborated again (with the credits in the reverse order) on their 1992 album ''

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''. There is a strong sense of

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throughout the album. The seventh track's title refers to

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Salvador Dalí Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, Marquess of Dalí of Púbol (; ; ; 11 May 190423 January 1989) was a Spanish Surrealism, surrealist artist renowned for his technical skill, precise draftsmanship, and the striking and bizarr ...

, who died in 1989 when recording of this album began, and to whom the piece is dedicated.

Track listing

# "Fearless" – 4:32 # "Mica" – 5:00 # "Forever" – 4:50 # "The Grotto of Time Lost" – 9:03 # "Iguana" (7:23) # "Magma" (3:37) # "Persistence of Memory (for Dali)" – 5:09 # "Remembrance" – 2:22 # "Ceremony of Shadows" – 6:12 # "La Luna" – 10:39

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