Strata (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Strata
Type = Album
Longtype =
Artist = Robert Rich and Steve Roach


Released = August 20, 1990
Recorded = 1989-90 at The Timeroom in Tucson, Arizona and Soundscape Studio in Mountain View, California
Genre = Ambient
Length = 58:47
Label = Hearts of Space Records
Producer = Robert Rich and Steve Roach
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://wm10.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fnfexqw5ldae link]
*Piero Scaruffi 7.5/10 [http://www.scaruffi.com/avant/roach.html link]
Chronology = Robert Rich
Last album = "Rainforest" (1989)
This album = "Strata" (1990)
Next album = "Gaudí" (1991)
Misc = Extra chronology 2
Artist = Steve Roach
Type = album
Last album = "Desert Solitaire" (1989)
This album = "Strata" (1990)
Next album = "" (1990)

"Strata" (1990) is a collaborative album by the American ambient musicians Steve Roach and Robert Rich. Robert Rich's influence on this album is strong, with complicated mixes featuring various acoustic sound sources and Rich's own brand of organic synthesis called "glurp".

There is a strong sense of surrealism throughout the album. The track titled "Persistence of Memory" is dedicated to Salvador Dalí, who died in 1989, the year recording of this album began.

Track listing

#”Fearless” - 4:32
#”Mica” - 5:00
#”Forever” - 4:50
#”The Grotto of Time Lost” - 9:03
#”Iguana” (7:23)
#”Magma” (3:37)
#”Persistence of Memory (for Dali)” - 5:09
#”Remembrance” - 2:22
#”Ceremony of Shadows” - 6:12
#”La Luna” - 10:39

ee also

*Steve Roach
*Robert Rich
*Ambient music
*Electronic music