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it can truly be said that Steve Roach is a pioneer in the field of ambient music, a frontiersperson who has helped to shape and form the genre as we know it today. over the years his contributions have been numerous, from long form atmospheric spaces recreating environment and space to studies of tribal rhythms and textures and everywhere in between. over the course of his career, Roach's work has captured our imaginations and inspired both our dreams and our waking moments.

with the release of "Life Sequence", one of a pair of releases from his Timeroom Editions series, Roach shows a skill and mastery of sound sure to affect his listeners in powerful ways.

as "Life Sequence" opens with the shorter piece "Lightness of Being", Roach sets the stage for an excursion into a more driven, sequenced style drawing from analog technology. from it's opening notes one can't help but be drawn into it's charms, beguiled by it's beauty.

this shortly gives way to the longer "Living the Dream", a study in percolating synths and patterned sounds laid over a percussive bed building to an intense climax and then slowly releasing it's grip on the listener with a slow chill out. "Sundial" continues along the same chilled vein, tones floating and sweeping through the track in a calm and drifting form, ebbing and flowing like the shifting of tides. beautiful music for a Sunday morning...

"Sands of Time" follows, it's opening slowly sweeping through consciousness giving way to a more clearly defined pattern of tones. movement is so subtle, so delicate in this piece as tones shift, appear and disappear. a masterful work.

"Destination Horizon" closes the disc, an epic longform piece slowly building on patterns and shapes introduced early on in the course of it's 27 minutes. transparent, shimmering, beautiful.

rik - ping things