Unlock the door to your mind with Skeleton Keys. That’s the latest album from legendary electronic musician Steve Roach. He returns to his analog roots for an album of furious sequencer syncopations. Steve Roach’s Skeleton Keys is the May CD of the Month. Read a review, listen to trax and hear it tonight on Echoes. http://wp.me/p4ZE0X-4SX
Already preordered with great excitement.
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I've heard of Steve Roach but never actually listened to any of his music.Methinks i'll dip my toe in the water with this. I dig the sample clips.
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Steve Roach is Doyen of Drone, the Architect of Techno-Tribal and the Sultan of Sequencers. It’s that later sound that brings him to Echoes to talk about his album, Skeleton Keys, a new exploration of sequencer sounds using modular analog synthesizers. John Diliberto swaps patch cords with Steve Roach tonight on Echoes http://wp.me/p4ZE0X-52B #electronic Projekt Records
I only have Dust To Dust, which he did with Roger King. I believe this is quite a different animal in his discography. This Projekt-release mentions on its cover:
"The soundtrack to lingering ghosts, to the lost and not-so-forgotten dreams of restless souls who were dirven to "Go West" by God!"
Dust to Dust is a great album too.
Skeleton Keys is an excellent album of analog sequencer music. I like some of his more hybrid works, where the sequencers are also intermingled with his other ambient textures.
If you can still find it (not sure of its availability), "Storm Surge: Live at NEARfest" is a great starting point.
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Just couldn't get into Skeleton Keys. I did try.It now has a good home with my friend RB, who likes it.See, things sometime do work out.For someone, if not for me.
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Sounds like something I'd like I think his Empetus & Arc Of Passion albums are the favorites of what I own (which is admittedly not much)
Ian
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This is the only Steve Roach album I have (so far). I bought the 2CD version recently and while I think the original album is very good, I find the bonus disc absolutely brilliant. Probably the best bonus material ever! So, which one should I get next? (Structures From Silence and Quiet Music are on my wishlist, but they're a different kettle of fish.)Originally Posted by NogbadTheBad
I have Structures Of Silence and like it a lot but it's a lot more ambient. Steve's work can pretty much be split between Ambient & Electronic.
Ian
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Gordon Haskell - "You've got to keep the groove in your head and play a load of bollocks instead"
I blame Wynton, what was the question?
There are only 10 types of people in the World, those who understand binary and those that don't.
Steve Roach is what Philip Glass would be if Phillip Glass wasn't so fuc*ing terrible.
It is available on Steve's web site, as just about All his releases, if not ALL are available. I am a Huge Steve Roach fan and own ALL his releases on CD.
See this for Storm Surge : http://steveroach.com/Music/discography.php?albumID=360
And this for his full discography ( it's quite large ) : http://steveroach.com/discography/
Scott
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If Empetus rocks your world, don't miss Stormwarning. http://steveroach.com/Music/discography.php?albumID=101
I like Proof Positive a lot. http://steveroach.com/Music/discography.php?albumID=355
Plus, you could do worse than to pick up the two-fer reissue of Steve's early albums Now and Traveler.
I've got a bunch of his albums. I just bought a few last January, including Immersion V, Sigh Of Ages, The Delicate Forever, and Life Sequence. All of them, of course great.
My favorite, though, is still Possible Planet, which was an album he did about 10 years ago, done entirely on a modular synthesizer. He said in the liner notes that he used "no soft synths, no MIDI, and no keyboards". It took me awhile to figure out how he did it without any keyboards.Anyway, that's kind of the album that got me really interested in going modular (which I'm hoping to finally do in a few short months) and in particular got me interested in getting a Eurorack setup, after hearing the great sounds Roach got on that album. I read an interview at the time where he said he likes to setup a patch on the modular and let it go for several days, recording the whole thing on his computer, then he goes back and finds the interesting bits and compiles those into a finished recording.
For his sequencer based stuff, there's some nice stuff on Proof Positive, Life Sequence and Truth & Beauty: The Lost Pieces II. I suppose Structures From Silence could be considered sequencer based as well, though it's more ambient sounding.
Oh, and let me tell you, Quiet Music is quite excellent. I have the old two CD version (billed as "the complete edition, which it isn't), but I know he's recently in the last couple years issued a three CD version (which really is the complete edition, apparently). It's one of the more ambient oriented records, but it's quite nice. Probably the only record ever made where the DX-7 electric piano patch is actually palatable.
Thank you PE. I was shamefully unaware of this man's music until about 10 minutes ago, and now I want to hear all of it.
We aim to please
Ian
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Gordon Haskell - "You've got to keep the groove in your head and play a load of bollocks instead"
I blame Wynton, what was the question?
There are only 10 types of people in the World, those who understand binary and those that don't.
Hope you have allot of money.
http://steveroach.com/discography/
You can hear allot of Steve Roach music on StillStream Internet Radio. His music is in current rotation every day, as we have a huge amount of his music in our library.
Scott
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Sweet! Thanks Scott
If you like Possible Planet you might look for Core as well. I have found those to be fairly similar.I've got a bunch of his albums. I just bought a few last January, including Immersion V, Sigh Of Ages, The Delicate Forever, and Life Sequence. All of them, of course great.
My favorite, though, is still Possible Planet, which was an album he did about 10 years ago, done entirely on a modular synthesizer. He said in the liner notes that he used "no soft synths, no MIDI, and no keyboards". It took me awhile to figure out how he did it without any keyboards.
And yes...Roach's modular work certainly helped inspire my dive into Eurorack.
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If you're actually reading this then chances are you already have my last album but if NOT and you're curious:
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my favorite Steve Roach cd's Origins....Artifacts....Dreamtime Return.... his ambient/ tribal period.
I need to check out his ambient tribal stuff
Ian
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Gordon Haskell - "You've got to keep the groove in your head and play a load of bollocks instead"
I blame Wynton, what was the question?
There are only 10 types of people in the World, those who understand binary and those that don't.
Among his best works. There's material from those sessions on The Lost Pieces, too.
As much as I love his ambient and drone stuff I would have to go with The Leaving Time as my favourite.
It's a collaboration he did with Michael Shrieve and David Torn. It's a stellar line up that does not disappoint.
^I bought that sucker on cassette when it first came out. Damn, the time is-a-flyin'!
Wow, completelly forgot about that one. Jonas Hellborg is on it too in two tracks.
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