DREAMTIME RETURN, Steve Roach/ 2 discs [mp3]

DREAMTIME RETURN

STEVE ROACH

MP3

This album is Steve Roach�s first true tribal album, as well as being the first of his many double album projects. The music consists of slow haunting electronic textures, sometimes featuring various ethnic percussion instruments and traditional Aboriginal chants and voices. The track �Truth in Passing� features atmospheric piano work rare in Steve Roach�s music.
The music travels less expected pathways, with slow-moving textures luring listeners into evocations of tribal ritual. In Aboriginal mythology, "dreamtime" refers to a state of being in which the past, present, and future are experienced simultaneously. Dreamtime’s tales address the earth’s origin, and the role of humans in it (the Aboriginal people believe every human event leaves a "record" in the land).
Inspired by these stories, Roach used a combination of synthesizers and ancient instruments, most notably the dumbek drum and the didgeridoo (that two-toned wind instrument native to Australia, played here by David Hudson), to create shape-shifting, constantly evolving atmospheres. Dreamtime Return is among a handful of pioneering works of what’s sometimes called "Ethno-Ambient," though its rhythms are more aggressive than most music carrying that label. Moving from solemn, ceremonial beats to unmoored, tempoless explorations; Roach scatters tones and colors into brilliant arrays, and evolves them, ever so slowly, into a majestic long-distance journey. It may only be a simulation of dreamtime, but it’s dazzlingly hypnotic all the same.
Since its release in 1988, Dreamtime Return has earned its reputation as a genuine classic. The two-CD Magnum Opus is perhaps the most important, widely known and highly respected release in Steve Roach s vast body of work. it serves as an essential benchmark within the Ambient-Ethno-Atmospheric genre.

Steve Roach demonstrates that electronic music s greatest potential may lie in bringing our most elusive dreams and ancient memories into focus through potent, highly imaginative soundscapes. This is without question Steve Roach�s masterpiece.

Disc one
1. �Towards the Dream� � 7:08
2. �The Continent� � 4:49
3. �Songline� (Robert Rich, Roach) � 3:10
4. �Airtribe Meets the Dream Ghost� (Rich, Roach) � 7:00
5. �A Circular Ceremony� � 11:18
6. �The Other Side� (Kevin Braheny, Roach) � 13:14
7. �Magnificent Gallery� � 6:07
8. �Truth in Passing� � 8:41
9. �Australian Dawn-The Quiet Earth Cries Inside� � 6:18
Disc two
1. �Looking for Safety� � 31:21
2. �Through a Strong Eye� � 6:50
3. �The Ancient Day� � 6:06
4. �Red Twilight with the Old Ones� � 9:48
5. �The Return� � 8:33

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"Dreamtime Return" is, in my opinion, one of the best works of ambient music.
I still don’t understand the kind of instruments Steve Roach has used,
beyond synthesizers, to create this marvelous, hypnotic music.
Thank you so much, my friend!

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He uses a lot of ethnic tribal instruments from native american to aboriginal. Along with vintage analog synthesizers, tape loopers, old mixers, samplers. He likes to bend those warm analog settings to create an almost orchestral extension of sound immersion. Buy his music, it is worth it and just immerse yourself into a state of peace and creativity.