Robert Rich Steve Roach - Strata
Review by Integración de sistemas
Strata is a collaborative album between ambient music pioneers Robert Rich and Steve Roach. The album features six tracks that immerse listeners in a soundscape of ethereal and haunting textures.
The opening track, "Mica," sets the tone for the album with its slowly evolving drones and delicate melodies. The track gradually builds in intensity, adding layers of percussion and atmospheric textures.
"La Luna," the second track, is a standout on the album. The track features a hypnotic rhythm that draws the listener in, as well as a haunting melody that lingers long after the song has ended.
Other highlights on the album include the dreamlike "Magma," which features shimmering synths and distant echoes, and the atmospheric "Nightshade," which creates a sense of unease with its eerie soundscapes.
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Download
Filename: robert-rich-steve-roach-strata.rar- MP3 size: 48.1 mb
- FLAC size: 704.6 mb
Tracks
| Track | Duration | Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Mica | 4:59 | |
| La Luna | 10:42 | |
| The Grotto of Time Lost | 9:3 | |
| Remembrance | 2:26 | |
| Persistence Of Memory (For Dali) | 5:09 | |
| Fearless | 4:34 | |
| Magma | 3:38 | |
| Ceremony of Shadows | 6:20 | |
| The Grotto Of Time Lost | 9:03 | |
| Ceremony Of Shadows | 6:12 | |
| Iguana | 7:16 | |
| Forever | 4:51 | |
| Persistence of Memory (for Dali) | 5:11 |
Video
Robert Rich / Steve Roach ~ Strata ~ full album
Minimal ambient track IDENTIFIED: La Luna by Robert Rich and Steve Roach from the Strata CD.
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Catalog Numbers
- 8-883
- HS11019-4
- HS11019-2
- 2-HOS-11019
Labels
- ArsNova
- Hearts Of Space
Listen online
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- ouvir online
- online luisteren
- escuchar en línea
- lyssna på nätet
- online anhören
- ascolta in linea
- kuunnella verkossa
- lytte på nettet
Formats
- CD
- Album
- Limited Edition
- Unofficial Release
- Cassette
- Repress
- 10 × File
- WAV
- Reissue
Companies
| Role | Company |
|---|---|
| Manufactured By | Failsafe Media |
| Recorded At | Timeroom |
| Mixed At | Timeroom |
| Published By | Soundquest Music |
| Mastered At | Hearts Of Space Studio |
Credits
| Role | Credit |
|---|---|
| Artwork-By | Richard McMillan |
| Composed By | Robert Rich, Steve Roach |
| Performer | Robert Rich, Steve Roach |
| Recorded By | Robert Rich, Steve Roach |
| Design | Stephen Hill |
| Artwork By | Stephen Hill |
| Edited By | Bob Olhsson |
| Liner Notes | Robert Rich, Steve Roach |
| Mastered By | Robert Rich, Stephen Hill |
| Photography By | Steven Meckler |
| Producer | Robert Rich, Steve Roach |
| Synthesizer | Steve Roach |
| Sequenced By | Steve Roach |
| Sampler | Steve Roach |
| Percussion | Robert Rich |
| Steel Guitar | Robert Rich |
| Flute | Robert Rich |
| Tape | Robert Rich |
| Cover | Richard McMillan |
| Artwork | Stephen Hill |
Notes
- Catalog# taken from CD matrix.
- Packaged in a Jewel Case.
- Limited to 500 copies.
- Recorded 1989-90 at The Timeroom, Tucson, Arizona, and Soundscape Studios, Mountain View, California.
- Mixed to DAT at The Timeroom.
- © ℗ 1990, Soundquest Music/BMI & Robert Rich/BMI
- Mixed to DAT at The Timeroom. Digital mastering at Hearts Of Space Studio, San Francisco on Thiel CS 3.5 monitors. Digital editing and assembly with Sound Designer II.
Barcodes
- Matrix / Runout: 8-883
- Barcode: 0 25041 10194 3
- Barcode (Text): 0 25041 10192 9
- Barcode (String): 025041101929
- Matrix / Runout: L388 9611 HS110192 D20319-08 A
- Mould SID Code: IFPI 6100
- Mastering SID Code: L388
- Barcode (Reader): 025041101929
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): HS110192 01! I
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): HS110192 01! E
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 3): HS110192 01! C
- Matrix / Runout (Inner Ring Stamped - Variant 1): MADE IN USA
- Matrix / Runout (Inner Ring Stamped - Variant 2-3): MADE IN USA BY PDO
- Rights Society: BMI
About Robert Rich Steve Roach
Although his music is often consigned to the new age bins of record stores and the bulk of his work has been released on labels more closely associated with that classification, Robert Rich's solo and collaborative recordings have proven extremely influential on a range of new school ambient and experimental artists. Rich's association with earlier space-music pioneers such as , , and also makes him one of the few of that generation to have interfaced creatively with the new wave of experimental electronic composers. A California native, Rich began experimenting with electronics in the late '70s before attending Stanford University, where he completed a degree in psychology. While at Stanford, Rich's involvement in the university's prestigious Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics expanded his interest in electronic composition, as well as bringing him in contact with a wide range of non-traditional, non-Western musical ideas. Rich's performance of several all-night "sleep concerts" during this period also helped solidify an aesthetic focus on psychoacoustics, perceptible in early recordings such as and . Rich's more mature works such as Rainforest and Propagation have sought to combine that interest with more recognizable electro-acoustical elements (Rich plays a wide range of instruments, from synths and effects racks to hand drums and flute), but the influence of digital sound manipulation has also moved increasingly to the fore. Inspired by the more textural works of artists like and , Rich's interest in the edgier side of electronic composition has also earned him a reputation among fans of gothic, industrial, and dark ambient, made most obvious by his collaboration in 1995 with Brian Williams of . In addition to his more ambient-leaning works, Rich also plays in the experimental pop band . He is also a scholar of Just Intonation, writing regularly on the topic and co-authoring the software program JICalc.
Name Vars
- R. Rich
- Rich
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Comments
I’ve been blind since birth but if moonlight looks the way this music makes me feel then it will be worth the wait to see it in the Summerlin
quite possibly the best ambient piece I have ever heard.
This track is really nice, and I like many of the images. Very well done! It makes me want to visit more of The United States. Many thanks!
talking is NOT allowed not even to give your number
LA LUNA
One of my favorite ambient albums of all time. Tracks 7-10 are amazing.
AH!!!! I finally figured out what this song was!!! THANK you THANK YOU!!!! Been searching for nearly 20 years!!!
I've nicknamed this the Duracell Battery song because of the triad of notes that is peppered throughout this beautiful piece! A long-time favorite!
-They recorded a follow up album which is equally good...Soma.
Simon Wilkinson's "Antarctica" is similar but not the same track. "Antarctica" is shorter and much more recent.
This is one of my favourite ambient tracks of all time, thanks steve and robert, and thanks rmp for the post, I have some ambient tracks from brian eno on my channel, click my name to check them out.
@Hexogenik Thanks! That is definitely it. I will be purchasing the "Strata" album soon.
strana musica
Beautiful, thanks for the upload
"Strata
I was 17 when I first heard this in the early 90's, then forgot all about it for many years. Now I'm 45 years old. Re-discovering this album is like meeting an old friend from the past again
Still one of my favorite albums since back to its release in the 1996-1998 period...
I would play this driving across the Mojave desert...Steve always takes us to surreal places...we just fill in the landscape.
Sounds a lot like the Fallout 1 and 2 OST honestly I wonder if this was an inspiration.
00:01 "Fearless"; 04:32 "Mica"; 9:36 "Forever"; 14:20 "The Grotto of Lost Time"; 23:22 "Iguana"; 30:34 "Magma"; 34:24 "The Persistence of Memory" [* For Dali]; 39:41 "Remembrance" . . . 42:01 "Ceremony of Shadows"; 48:39 "La Luna" . . . Track Listing under construction. Much of this sounds like two albums Roach cut in 1992-93, both of which i have on CD, and since one is titled "The Lost Pieces," they may have been composed in the late 1980's.
Timeless MASTERPIECE....SUBLIME!!!
Sounds warm, conceptual (literally every track conveys new ideas) and absolutely relevant. This can be played repeatedly from time to time, you'll not get bored. + When I become rich, I'll buy all albums by RR (before ~2010).
