Kiva (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Kiva
Type = studio
Longtype =
Artist = Steve Roach, Michael Stearns and Ron Sunsinger


Released = 1995
Recorded = 1995 at Earth Turtle Studio in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Sunsinger Studio in Albuquerque, New Mexico and The Timeroom in Tucson, Arizona
Genre = Ambient
Length = 67:15
Label = Fathom
Producer = Steve Roach, Michael Stearns and Ron Sunsinger
Chronology = Steve Roach
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:9q5g8qmnbtc4 link]
*Piero Scaruffi 6.5/10 [http://www.scaruffi.com/avant/roach.html link]
Last album = "The Dreamer Descends" (1995)
This album = "Kiva" (1995)
Next album = "Well of Souls" (1995)
Misc = Extra chronology 2
Artist = Michael Stearns
Type = studio
Last album = "The Lost World" (1995)
This album = "Kiva" (1995)
Next album = "The Light in the Trees" (1996) Extra chronology 2
Artist = Ron Sunsinger
Type = studio
Last album = "Singing Stones" (1994)
This album = "Kiva" (1995)
Next album = "Sorcerer" (2000)

"Kiva" (1995) is a collaborative album by the American ambient musicians Steve Roach, Michael Stearns and Ron Sunsinger. A kiva is an underground ceremonial chamber used by Native American cultures of the Southwest.

The album is a mixture of traditional Native American ceremonies and highly experimental ambient music.

“East Kiva, ‘Calling in the Midnight Water” is a Peyote ceremony. “South Kiva, ‘Mother Ayahuasca” is an Ayahuasca ceremony from the South American rainforest. “West Kiva, ‘Sacrifice, Prayer and Visions” is a Sundance. The Sundance is an elaborate ceremony used by the tribes of the central plains to seek visions and initiate holy men. “North Kiva, ‘Trust and Remember” is a non-traditional improvisation created by the three artists in a cave in Northern New Mexico.

Track listing

#”Passage One” (2:27)
#”East Kiva, ‘Calling in the Midnight Water” (13:42)
#”Passage Two” (1:59)
#”South Kiva, ‘Mother Ayahuasca” (15:13)
#”Passage Three” (2:12)
#”West Kiva, ‘Sacrifice, Prayer and Visions” (17:27)
#”Passage Four” (2:00)
#”North Kiva, ‘Trust and Remember” (9:42)
#”The Center” (2:33)

ee also

*Steve Roach
*Michael Stearns
*Ron Sunsinger
*Ambient music
*Electronic music