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Owing a healthy debt to European synthesists like Klaus Shulze and Tangerine Dream, Structures from Silence is perhaps the best of Roach's early outings. Though it lacks the organic feel of later albums like Dreamtime Return or Well of Souls, it exploits sounds and compositional techniques that Roach would continue to refine: flowing sheets of near-choral synth sound; long, slow melodies drawn out of overtones and partials; implied rhythms built from pulses of electronic tone. Made up of only three pieces, including the epic 29-minute title track, Silence found an audience among meditators and musical therapists; no wonder, since its reflective properties echo what Roach has called the music's essence: "What [you feel] when it ends, a returning to the silence." --James Rotondi
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Minimalism and ambience sometimes make compatible bedfellows. Both genres attempt to produce a lot from a little, but in the wrong hands, the mere repetition or lack of composed sounds can signal just as minimalist a palette of ideas. Steve Roach's tone poems, quite minimal by nature, take the concept of "ambience" and turn it on its proverbial head. This idyllic record draws the listeners in so deep that they mightnot wish to escape should they even be able to do so. "Reflections in Suspension" is music to soak in while sunlight dances off falling dust motes--delicate, fragile, and undeniably beautiful. STRUCTURES FROM SILENCE was Roach's initial foray into monastic sound and is just as vital as his classic QUIET MUSIC, which this album prefaces.
Owing a healthy debt to European synthesists like Klaus Shulze and Tangerine Dream, Structures from Silence is perhaps the best of Roach's early outings. Though it lacks the organic feel of later albums like Dreamtime Return or Well of Souls, it exploits sounds and compositional techniques that Roach would continue to refine: flowing sheets of near-choral synth sound; long, slow melodies drawn out of overtones and partials; implied rhythms built from pulses of electronic tone. Made up of only three pieces, including the epic 29-minute title track, Silence found an audience among meditators and musical therapists; no wonder, since its reflective properties echo what Roach has called the music's essence: "What [you feel] when it ends, a returning to the silence." --James Rotondi
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Minimalism and ambience sometimes make compatible bedfellows. Both genres attempt to produce a lot from a little, but in the wrong hands, the mere repetition or lack of composed sounds can signal just as minimalist a palette of ideas. Steve Roach's tone poems, quite minimal by nature, take the concept of "ambience" and turn it on its proverbial head. This idyllic record draws the listeners in so deep that they mightnot wish to escape should they even be able to do so. "Reflections in Suspension" is music to soak in while sunlight dances off falling dust motes--delicate, fragile, and undeniably beautiful. STRUCTURES FROM SILENCE was Roach's initial foray into monastic sound and is just as vital as his classic QUIET MUSIC, which this album prefaces.
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