The Lost Pieces

Infobox Album
Name = The Lost Pieces
Type = compilation
Longtype =
Artist = Steve Roach


Released = 1993
Recorded = 1988-92
Genre = Ambient
Length = 69:39
Label = Rubicon
Producer = Steve Roach
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gs420r1ay48b link]
*Piero Scaruffi 5/10 [http://www.scaruffi.com/avant/roach.html link]
Last album = "Soma" (1992)
This album = "The Lost Pieces" (1993)
Next album = "Ritual Ground" (1993)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = compilation


Lower caption = Projekt Records release, 1995.

"The Lost Pieces" (1993) is an album by the American ambient musician Steve Roach. It is a collection of pieces composed between 1988 and 1992 that have either been lost and temporally forgotten in Steve Roach’s personal archive of tapes or released on limited edition, multi artist compilations.

The album begins with a dark atmospheric piece reminiscent of Roach’s later album The Magnificent Void titled “Eclipse”. This track was recorded on the night of a full lunar eclipse for the "ECHOES Living Room Concerts" radio series and was one of the last pieces recorded by Steve Roach in California.

After that there are three more active and structured pieces. The first of these is “After the Dream”, which was recorded shortly after the completion of "Dreamtime Return" and is a follow up to that albums track “Towards the Dream”. Next is a piece called “Mojave: At the Tree”, which was recorded at some time between "Western Spaces" and "Desert Solitaire" after a visit to Joshua Tree National Park. Next is a melancholy piece titled “Since We Are Away”, which was recorded at a time when the artist was separated by great distance from his wife Linda Kohanov.

After that the compositions become slow and atmospheric again. “Three Reptiles Wait at the Opening to the Underworld” was recorded live in concert in Tucson, Arizona in May, 1992. It features chorused tribal percussion similar to Roach’s later albums "Origins" and "Artifacts". The album ends with an expansive chord progression titled “Closer” which was recorded at midnight December 31, 1990 - January 1, 1991.

Track listing

#”Eclipse” (3:38)
#:(Recorded live for the "ECHOES Living Room Concerts" series and broadcast nationwide.)
#”After the Dream” (6:31)
#”Mojave: At the Tree” (6:06)
#”Since We Are Away” (7:43)
#”Full Moon Prophesy” (9:59)
#:(Originally released on "Selected New Music, Volume 3: Inner Landscapes", 1991)
#”Red Shore” (4:55)
#:(Same as track 5.)
#”Repose” (4:49)
#”Three Reptiles Wait at the Opening to the Underworld” (11:05)
#:(Originally released on "From Across This Gray Land No.3", 1992.)
#”Expanding Again...” (4:37)
#”Closer” (9:51)

ee also

*Steve Roach
*Ambient music
*Electronic music