- Now (Steve Roach album)
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Now Studio album by Steve Roach Released 1982 Genre Ambient
Berlin SchoolLength 32:12 Label Fortuna Records Producer Steve Roach Steve Roach chronology Now
(1982)Traveler
(1983)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic 
[1]Piero Scaruffi 6/10 [2] Now (1982) is the debut album by American ambient musician Steve Roach. During the time that this album was recorded, Steve Roach performed frequent live concerts. Often immediately after these performances he would return to his home studio to record his newly inspired material. Many of the tracks on this album were created in this manner.
Most of the tracks on this album are fast paced pieces recorded with a complex array of analog sequencers, in a fashion inspired by the Berlin School of electronic music and innovative production techniques. There is one textural ambient piece titled "Cloud Motion".
In 1992 Now was rereleased with Steve Roach’s second album Traveler as Now / Traveler.
Track listing
- ”Growth Sequence” – 9:05
- ”Cloud Motion” – 5:15
- ”The Ritual Continues” – 4:47
- ”Comeback” – 6:00
- ”Inquest” – 7:00
References
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:- 1982 albums
- Steve Roach albums
- Debut albums
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