ORIGINS, by Steve Roach

ORIGINS

by Steve Roach

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Mark Kostora Origins added to my collection, that includes Structures From Silence, The Magnificent Void, Prayers to the Protector. I enjoy imagining the inspiration, presence, and atmosphere of the "Timeroom" in the making of these works! Favorite track: Dreaming Now, Then.

patient_ot Probably among the most "organic" of Steve's tribal albums I've heard. Some heavy percussion here, not to be missed.

k4bruno First Steve Roach CD I ever bought, and at the time the first music of its kind I’d ever heard. Or should I say, felt. A world I wanted to know was there. Thank you Steve.

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	1.	Artifacts 12:21
	2.	Connected Underground 11:19
	3.	Clay, Wood, Bone, Dirt 06:22
	4.	In The Eyes Of The Spirit 07:59
	5.	The Face In The Fire 11:48
	6.	Dreaming Now, Then 18:57

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ORIGINS may be the pinnacle of an ascent into the mystic and primordial places Roach began to visit on DREAMTIME RETURN,the Suspended Memories project and WORLD'S EDGE. The circulating didjeridu patterns that fully imbibe this record are not only its' tonal centre, but the electro-acoustic nature that is the heart of its sound, and Roach meticulously, passionately utilizes its earthy ferocity and multi-timbral frequencies to its fullest. "Clay, Wood, Bone, Dirt" uses the didj's hoary sonic pyrotechnics and a tumbling avalanche of hand-struck percussion to illustrate its tribalistic canvas. This is a recording that immerses the participant in daunting,
expansive landscapes and deeply entrenched cultures permeated throughout by a darker, ominous resonance, as mortified by the unsettling melodrama and formidable rhythms of "The Face in the Fire." Never before has Roach's electronic surface felt so earthen and weathered; all of the assertive ambience and environmental dissonance he's pressurized up to now reaches
critical mass in ORIGINS molten core.
Darren Bergstein

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released June 1, 1993

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Steve Roach Tucson, Arizona

As a pioneering cornerstone of ambient-atmospheric-electronic music, internationally-renowned artist Steve Roach has dedicated four decades to exploring myriad soundworlds that connect with a timeless source of inspiration.

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