Painting In The Dark, by Steve Roach

Painting In The Dark

by Steve Roach

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Madec What an amazing album and one of my personal favourites. It's complex, deep, emotionally moving and thought provoking. Listening with a decent pair of headphones is recommended. Favorite track: Painting At The Edge.

Televiper Resonant beyond what I’m used to experiencing: more ethereal than ambient, almost painterly in composition (as befits the title). An experience to deeply immerse in. Favorite track: Painting At The Edge.

Asterios (Astro) Awesome-atmospheric, deep-vast, ambient-drone music album!
Amazing sound painting!!

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	1.	Threshold 17:40
	2.	I See Now 10:33
	3.	Painting At The Edge 19:28
	4.	Orbit Of Memory 06:51
	5.	Rapt In Moonlight 06:25
	6.	Phosphene View 12:54

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In this new atmospheric opus, pioneering composer and artist of the transcendent - Steve Roach explores the confluence of texture, tonality, sonic abstraction, continuity and space with a set of 6 interconnected paintings in motion. The spirituality of sound is central within these emotional landscapes with infinite horizons. In the way a visual artist mixes their colors and utilize the natural light-infused ambience of the studio to support the piece as it evolves, Roach initiated these mystical sonic states under the influence of the late hours at night. Within the shroud of natural darkness and a few low level lights in the studio supporting the creative flow, these paintings in the dark were born. Steve often finds parallels in his creative process to that of a painter or sculptor and aspired in this direction before discovering electronic music as his main form of artist expression. Painting in the Dark presents an aesthetic that is unique to Roach’s work – embracing the mystery and wonder of sound as a constant evolving companion to the ongoing bloom of consciousness.

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released December 31, 2016

Cover art by Steve Matson
Graphic design by Sam Rosenthal
Mastered by Howard Givens

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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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