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Dynamic Stillness 
Studio album by Steve Roach Released May 5, 2009 Recorded at The Timeroom in Tucson, Arizona Genre Ambient Length 145:49 Label Projekt Records Producer Steve Roach Steve Roach chronology Spirit Dome – Live Archive
(2009)Dynamic Stillness
(2009)Destination Beyond
(2009)Music sample "Slowly Revealed"Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic 
[1]Darkroom Magazine (6.5/10)[2] (in Italian) Echoes (positive)[3] Guts of Darkness [4] (in French)MusicTap [5]Dynamic Stillness is a 2-disc album by the American ambient musician Steve Roach, released in 2009.
Contents
Production
Dynamic Stillness is composed of pieces created in solitude over a period of three years.[6] The resulting pieces emote the slow, powerful energies of expanding cloud formations and the silence of the sprawling land beneath.
Immediately after the release of Dynamic Stillness, Steve Roach commenced with a continuation of the atmospheric theme, creating the long-form piece, Afterlight.[7]
Album artwork
The photographs used in the artwork were created by Michal Karcz, whose imagery is nearly achromatic in nature. The six-panel digipack album opens to reveal stark imagery of perfect desolation beneath foreboding clouds.[8] This magnificent contrast is, of course, observed in the album's title.
The artwork played an integral part in the creation of the music. Steve Roach and Michal Karcz traded music and artwork for nearly two years.[9] Roach's pieces evolved with the imagery, as Karcz's graphic work evolved with the music, resulting in one of the most integrated releases of Roach's career.
Track listing
All music composed by Steve Roach.
Disc One No. Title Length 1. "Birth of Still Places" 40:28 2. "Long Tide" 19:41 3. "A Darker Light" 7:34 4. "Opening Sky" 5:06 Disc Two No. Title Length 1. "Nature of Things" 8:50 2. "Further Inside" 16:58 3. "Slowly Revealed" 23:55 4. "Canyon Stillness" 23:17 Personnel
- Steve Roach – synthesizers
- Michal Karcz – cover images
- Sam Rosenthal – mastering
References
- ^ Raggett, Ned. "Dynamic Stillness Review". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1539689/review. Retrieved 2010-01-06.
- ^ Viali, Michele (October 13, 2009). "Dynamic Stillness Review". Darkroom Magazine. http://www.darkroom-magazine.it/ita/107/Recensione.php?r=1322. Retrieved 2010-01-06.
- ^ Diliberto, John (May 30, 2009). "Architects of Stillness: Steve Roach, John Luther Adams & Rhian Sheehan". The Echoes Blog. Echoes. http://echoesblog.wordpress.com/2009/05/30/architects-of-stillness-steve-roach-john-luther-adams-rhian-sheehan/. Retrieved 2010-01-06.
- ^ Lupari, Sylvain (as Phaedream) (July 23, 2009). "Dynamic Stillness Review". Guts of Darkness. http://www.gutsofdarkness.com/god/objet.php?objet=12290. Retrieved 2010-01-06.
- ^ Rowe, Matt (May 4, 2009). "Dynamic Stillness Review". MusicTap. http://www.musictap.net/Reviews/2009/May/SteveRoachDynamicStillness.html. Retrieved 2010-01-06.
- ^ "Roach, Steve: Dynamic Stillness". Projekt. http://projekt.com/projekt/product.asp?sku=PRO00228. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
- ^ "Roach, Steve: Afterlight". Projekt. http://www.projekt.com/projekt/product.asp?sku=TIM00021. Retrieved 3 February 2010.]
- ^ Karcz, Michal. "Dynamic Stillness Artwork". MichalKarcz.com. http://www.michalkarcz.com/galeria/foto/dynamicstillnes.jpg. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
- ^ "Steve Roach Update: Stillness is Near". SteveRoach.com. April 7, 2009. http://www.steveroach.com/news/newsletter/newsletter.php?id=20090407000000. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
See also
Steve Roach Studio albums Now (1982) · Traveler (1983) · Structures from Silence (1984) · Quiet Music 1 (1986) · Empetus (1986) · Quiet Music 2 (1986) · Quiet Music 3 (1986) · Quiet Music (1988) · Dreamtime Return (1988) · World's Edge (1992) · Now / Traveler (1992) · Origins (1993) · Artifacts (1994) · The Magnificent Void (1996) · On This Planet (1997) · Slow Heat (1998) · Quiet Music: Complete Edition (1999) · Early Man (2000) · Mystic Chords & Sacred Spaces (2003) · Life Sequence (2003) · Fever Dreams (2004) · Immersion : Three (2007) · A Deeper Silence (2008) · Dynamic Stillness (2009) · Destination Beyond (2009) · Afterlight (2009) · Immersion : Four (2009)Live albums Spirit Dome (2004) · Landmass (2008)Compilations The Lost Pieces (1993) · Truth & Beauty: The Lost Pieces Volume Two (1999) · Texture Maps: The Lost Pieces Vol. 3 (2003)Collaboration albums Western Spaces (1987) with Kevin Braheny · Desert Solitaire (1989) with Kevin Braheny and Michael Stearns · Strata (1990) with Robert Rich · Australia: Sound of the Earth (1990) with David Hudson and Sarah Hopkins · Soma (1992) with Robert Rich · Kiva (1995) with Michael Stearns and Ron Sunsinger · Halcyon Days (1996) with Stephen Kent and Kenneth Newby · Body Electric (1999) with Vir Unis · Vine ~ Bark & Spore (2000) with Jorge Reyes · The Serpent's Lair (2000) with Byron MetcalfCategories:- 2009 albums
- Steve Roach albums
- Projekt Records albums
- Ambient music
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