Name: Quiet Music (35th Anniversary Remastered 3-Hour Collection)
Brand: Steve Roach

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

PJK382.2

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2021-04-16

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Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

617026038223

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3 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Steve Roach

Genre US

Ambient

Label US

Projekt Records

A longstanding leader in contemporary electronic music, composer and multi-instrumentalist Steve Roach drew on the beauty and power of the earth's landscapes to create lush, meditative soundscapes influential on the emergence of ambient and trance.

A onetime professional motorbike racer, Roach taught himself to play synthesizer at the age of 20; debuting in 1982 with the album "Now" (r=19822), his early work was quite reminiscent of his inspirations, but with 1984's "Structures from Silence" (r=19891) his music began taking enormous strides. The album's expansive and mysterious atmosphere was inspired directly by the natural beauty of the southwestern U.S.

Inspired by the Peter Weir film The Last Wave, Roach journeyed to the Australian outback in 1988. Field recordings of aboriginal life inspired his acknowledged masterpiece, "Dreamtime Return" (r=15064). A year later, he teamed with percussionist Michael Shrieve and guitarist David Torn for "The Leaving Time" (m=29736), an experiment in ambient jazz.

The meditative, ambient minimalism of Steve Roach's classic 1983-86 Quiet Music series is re-released in it's entirety with a meticulously remastered 35th anniversary 3CD edition. The luscious quality and subtle tonal beauty reveal the essence-of-tone of the multi-track master. Originally published on cassette and later in a truncated 2CD edition, Projekt now presents this landmark album as Roach envisioned it. 

Created in respect for silence, Quiet Music originates from the same era as Roach's classic 1984 release Structures From Silence. This series finds the gentle electronics of synthesizers mixing with flute, electric piano and natural sounds flowing like breath, enveloping the listener in a sustained, delicate, translucent atmosphere. Harold Budd, Los Angeles, 1986: "I think Steve Roach's Quiet Music is his best album. It's not that it's simply pretty (which it is), but there's an odd edge lurking in the background that moves it miles away from 'New Age' torpor. This is a lovely album from a composer working at the top of his skills." Today, these pieces stand as a cornerstone in body-work, yoga, and healing therapies. The soothing, introspective nature of Quiet Music flows at a time-suspending pace, gently evolving and using space to expand and explore the essence of silence. The space between the notes and the breathing quality brings the listener to a deeper awareness of the present moment. A timeless masterpiece.

Quiet Music (35th Anniversary Remastered 3-Hour Collection)

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