The Sky Opens, by Steve Roach

The Sky Opens

by Steve Roach

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David Hulme One of Steve's finest albums.
The first two tracks are so relaxing and dreamy.

Backroads66 The live version of an all-time classic is phenomenal....sounds just as good as it did, all those years ago! Favorite track: Structures From Silence (Live 2019).

rikm Recorded at a live performance in 2019, "The Sky Opens" is a truly incredible release that drifts through a variety of the styles and forms that Roach works in, a shifting kaleidoscope of sounds that inspires and amazes.

What an awesome night this would have been to see!

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	1.	Structures From Silence (Live 2019) 10:11
	2.	Mercurius Presence (Live 2019) 06:32
	3.	The Mystic Within (Live 2019) 11:26
	4.	The Sky Opens (Live 2019) 11:53
	5.	Merge Infinite (Live 2019) 31:19
	6.	The Continent (Live 2019) 08:17
	7.	Songline (Live 2019) 05:31
	8.	Time of the Ancients (Live 2019) 07:21
	9.	Magnificent Gallery (Live 2019) 04:07
	10.	Circular Ceremony (Live 2019) 07:11
	11.	Looking For Safety (Live 2019) 14:17

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Magnificent, majestic and voluminous truly describes the expansive sonic experience spanning this 140-minute 2-CD set. The Sky Opens represents a sublime moment in the evolution of Steve’s 40-year history within the ambient/electronic genre. His sound manifests through an artistic process of real-time engaged interaction where his vision is channeled through a blend of technology, composition and improvisation, all captured in the moment of creation. This transpires for Steve in the studio as well as in live settings where mostly hardware instruments bring his studio environment to the stage.

This album takes a unique approach to documenting live electronic music; the listener is fully immersed in an acoustic expanse that completely embraces the music. The Sky Opens presents his 2019 Ambient Church concert in its entirety experienced within the warm, reverberant sanctuary of the 95-year-old First United Methodist Church of Pasadena, California. Microphones in multiple locations throughout the church capture the emotional, breathing dynamic of the music combined with the acoustic influence of the 1200-capacity audience. Blending this with Steve’s live console mix, the album balances the magnificent natural ambience with subtle detail fine-tuned by mastering engineer Howard Givens.

Along with a disc’s worth of of all-new material, The Sky Opens includes the first-time live expression of the seminal minimalist-ambient “Structures from Silence” performed on the classic Oberheim OB-8. As the set evolves, five tracks from Steve’s epic ethno-atmospheric landmark Dreamtime Return are elevated to a new level by the influence of the sacred sonic space and mesmerized audience.

The Sky Opens is a pinnacle moment reaching towards places beyond. Ultimately the pure emotion, passion and vision of Steve’s work is elegantly brought forth in this dynamic performance; the sky opens indeed.

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released February 21, 2020

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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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Club Congress

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discography

Integration Being

Nov 2023
Sanctuary of Desire

Oct 2023
Alive in the City of Angels 2023

Jun 2023
Second Nature

May 2023
The Weaving Way

May 2023
Rest of Life

Feb 2023
Church of the Heavenly Rest - New York City

Dec 2022
Biosonic

Nov 2022
Blood Machine

Oct 2022
The Leaving Time

Oct 2022
Journey of One

Oct 2022
Essentials 1984-2004 Space and Time

Sep 2022
What Remains

Aug 2022
Dust to Dust

Jul 2022
Nautical Twilight - Frank Beissel - Steve Roach

May 2022
Trance Spirits - 2022 Remaster

May 2022
Streams and Currents

Apr 2022
Zones, Drones & Atmospheres

Jan 2022
Dynamic Stillness

Dec 2021
Beyond Earth & Sky

Nov 2021
Live at SoundQuest Fest 2021

Nov 2021
Body Electric

Oct 2021
AS IT IS

Oct 2021
Seeing Inside

Oct 2021
INTO THE MAJESTIC

Sep 2021
Early Man

Sep 2021
The Lost Pieces

Sep 2021
Monuments of Ecstasy

Sep 2021
The Serpent’s Lair

Sep 2021
Quiet Music (35th Anniversary Remastered 3-Hour Collection - 2021)

Apr 2021
Phoenix Rising

Apr 2021
The Ancestor Circle

Apr 2021
Temple of the Melting Dawn

Apr 2021
The Gong Prophet

Feb 2021
LiveStream 09 26 2020 The Desert Eternal

Nov 2020
A Soul Ascends

Oct 2020
TOMORROW

Oct 2020
Timeroom Livestream 8 - 22 - 2020

Sep 2020
Back To Life

Sep 2020
Inanna's Dream

Aug 2020
The Dream Circle 2020 Remastered Edition

Aug 2020
To The Threshold of Silence - Remastered 2020

Apr 2020
Santa Fe Live - Steve Roach / Rob Thomas

Apr 2020
Journeys to the Infinite

Mar 2020
The Sky Opens

Feb 2020
Remembrance In Waves

Feb 2020
The Long Night

Jan 2020
Quiet Music

Jan 2020
STILLPOINT

Dec 2019
Midnight Moon

Dec 2019
Trance Archeology

Nov 2019
Empetus - Expanded Digital Edition

Sep 2019
Bloom Ascension

Aug 2019
Asunder

Aug 2019
Tales From The Ultra Tribe

Jun 2019
HelioSphere

Feb 2019
Atmosphere for Dreaming

Dec 2018
Mercurius

Nov 2018
Electron Birth

Aug 2018
Return To The Dreamtime

Aug 2018
Nectar Meditation

May 2018
Molecules of Motion

May 2018
Slow Heat - 20th Anniversary Remastered Edition

May 2018
Future Flows

Apr 2018
DREAMTIME RETURN (30th Anniversary Remastered Edition)

Mar 2018
Eclipse Mix

Aug 2017
Long Thoughts

Aug 2017
Nostalgia for the Future

Aug 2017
POV

Jul 2017
CORE - Legacy Edition

Jun 2017
Traveler

Jun 2017
THE PASSING

Feb 2017
The Early Years (rarities from the Empetus era)

Jan 2017
Fade To Gray

Dec 2016
Painting In The Dark

Dec 2016
Spiral Revelation

Dec 2016
Shadow Of Time

Aug 2016
This Place To Be

May 2016
immersion : two

Mar 2016
Live in Tucson - 79 min version

Jan 2016
Skeleton - Spiral Passage - Extended Version - Live In Tucson 02-14-15

Jan 2016
Alive In the Vortex

Dec 2015
VORTEX IMMERSION ZONE

Dec 2015
BLOODMOON RISING - NIGHT 1

Sep 2015
BLOODMOON RISING - NIGHT 4

Sep 2015
Bloodmoon Rising Complete 5 hour set

Sep 2015
Etheric Imprints

Jul 2015
KAIROS - The Meeting of Time and Destiny

May 2015
Skeleton Keys

May 2015
The Skeleton Collection - 2005 - 2015 Companion Disc

May 2015
BLOODMOON RISING - NIGHT 3

Apr 2015
Invisible - 70 Min version

Feb 2015
Emotions Revealed

Jan 2015
Invisible - Final Edition

Jan 2015
STRANDS

Oct 2014
BLOODMOON RISING - NIGHT 2

Oct 2014
The Delicate Beyond

Sep 2014
THE DESERT COLLECTION Volume One 2014

Jul 2014
The Delicate Forever

Jul 2014
Light Of Sundays

Dec 2013
At The Edge Of Everything

Dec 2013
Spiral Meditations

Dec 2013
Steve Roach & Jorge Reyes Live in Tucson - Year 2000 - EP release

Sep 2013
LIVE TRANSMISSION - 2 CD Release

Aug 2013
Day Out of TIme

Aug 2013
Possible Planet

Jun 2013
ULTRA IMMERSION CONCERT

Mar 2013
Rasa Dance - The Music Of Connection

Mar 2013
Today

Feb 2013
Soul Tones

Dec 2012
Sense

Dec 2012
Groove Immersion

Nov 2012
Circadian Rhythms - Immersion Five

Apr 2011
Steve Roach Live at SoundQuest Fest 2010

Feb 2011
Sigh Of Ages

Jul 2010
Dream Tracker

Jun 2010
Live at Grace Cathedral

Apr 2010
Destination Beyond

Sep 2009
Afterlight

Jul 2009
Immersion Four

Jun 2009
Nada Terma

Nov 2008
Arc of Passion

Jul 2008
Landmass

Jun 2008
A Deeper Silence

Feb 2008
immersion : three

Feb 2007
Fever Dreams III

Jan 2007
Storm Surge

Apr 2006
Immersion : One

Feb 2006
Proof Positive

Jan 2006
New Life Dreaming

May 2005
Mantram

Nov 2004
Fever Dreams

Jun 2004
Fever Dreams II

May 2004
Places Beyond - The Lost Pieces Four

Jan 2004
Life Sequence

Jun 2003
Mystic Chords and Sacred Spaces - Complete Edition

Mar 2003
Darkest Before Dawn

Dec 2002
All is Now : Steve Roach Live 2002 - Sedona - Portland - Oakland - San Francisco - SFMOMA

Nov 2002
Texture Maps

Feb 2002
Core

Dec 2001
Pure Flow

Feb 2001
Vine, Bark & Spore - Roach - Reyes

Jun 2000
Ascension of Shadows Complete

Dec 1999
Atmospheric Conditions

Dec 1999
Truth & Beauty

Feb 1999
Stormwarning

Jan 1998
Slow Heat

Jan 1998
ARTIFACTS

Jun 1994
ORIGINS

Jun 1993
Worlds Edge

Mar 1992
Structures From Silence (30th Anniversary 3CD Remastered Edition)

Jul 1984
NOW

Feb 1982
Live In Tucson - Pinnacle Moments 02-14-2015

Jan 1981
POV2 : The Case For Square Waves While Searching For Happy Accidents

Jan 1980

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