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ROACH, STEVE & LOREN NERELL - Terraform

Format: CD Label & Cat.Number: Soleilmoon Recordings SOL 143CD Release Year: 2006 Note: wonderful DVD-digipack & 3 postcards Price (incl. 19% VAT): €13.50 Warning: Currently we do not have this album in stock! More Info Ambient der Sonderklasse, "with the big A", dieser (erste) Zusammenarbeit der beiden US-Atmosphäriker... während ROACH für seine ethnoartig angehauchten Musiken bekannt ist, benutzt Gamelan-Fan LOREN NERELL vor allem field recordings aus Indonesien. Vier "movements" sind hier enthalten mit hochatmosphärischen, fliessenden Drones und Mikrosounds, die in der Tat sich bewegende Muster & Formen auszubilden scheinen, ein feines Wechselspiel auch von Obertönen und tieferen Drones... Sehr ruhig & meditativ aber nie langweilig, und sehr schön designed im DVD-digipack, mit Postkarten-inlays, die entsprechende Erd- und Bodenmuster zeigen ... " “Terraform” is the first full collaborative album for longtime friends Steve Roach and Loren Nerell. The two composers met in LA in 1981, back in the early days of the electronic music scene. It was a time when like-minded musicians who understood the importance of emerging technology were coming together in local clubs and performance venues to share what they knew and learn from one another. After years of friendship and occasional musical collaboration the two decided to convene in a relaxed setting to see what they could distill from a blending of their collective talents and individual styles to accomplish common aims. Terraform emerged from their mutual desire to create an organic, surreal and deeply ambient environment of langorous humid soundscape enviroments. Through a labyrinth of studio techniques, a kind of audio terraforming was developed. Heavily textured and mood altering, the long uninterrupted flow seemingly slows time down by way of the surreal dark ambient soundforms found in much of Roach's work. Nerell brings the steamy, evanescent blend of his mutated Indonesian sources, a signature sound that defines his previous releases for Amplexus, Side Effects and Soleilmoon. As a pioneering cornerstone of ambient-atmospheric-electronic-shamanic music, internationally renowned artist Steve Roach has spent the last three decades exploring myriad soundworlds that connect with a timeless source of inspiration. From the expansive, time-suspending spaces reflecting his spiritual home in Arizona to the fire breathing, rhythmic shamanic expressions woven from all things electric and organic, Roach has earned his position in the international pantheon of major new music artists through a long list of groundbreaking recordings, fueled by his prolific nature and uncompromising approach. The core of this innovative world of sound has been nourished by years of intense live concerts in many extraordinary settings worldwide, further enhancing the emotive, cinematic soul-stirring depth of his music. Loren Nerell has studied gamelan music for the last 25 years, expanding and fine-tuning his mastery of Indonesia’s unique indigenous musical traditions through performances and field work. During this time he has accumulated a large number of field recordings, many of which he uses in his compositions. This has evolved from simply using the material as-is, to an elaborate processing technique in which the material is taken to a point so far from its original source as to be unrecognizable. “Lilin Dewa” (Side Effects DFX 26) and “Taksu” (Soleilmoon SOL 125 CD) best showcase this style, while “Indonesian Soundscapes” (Soleilmoon SOL 82 CD) presents a selection his field recordings. “Terraform” is presented in a tall (DVD-style) digipak, with three postcards and cover photographs by Brian Parnham. Initial impressions from several listeners have referenced Brian Eno’s seminal “On Land” recording, a comparison with which we wholeheartedly agree." [press release] www.soleilmoon.com