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July 26, 2008A new 2-CD Collectors Edition of EMPETUS is now available, on sale at a special price of $13.99! Any fan of sequencer-based pieces will not want to miss out on the bonus disc ("The Early Years") with two amazing never-before-released pieces of long-form sequencer bliss recorded circa 1982: "Harmonia Mundi" was recorded live in the L.A.-based Timeroom with Swiss-born electronic musician Thomas Ronkin. At 45 minutes, this is one of the more possessed and intense analog sequencer trance pieces you're likely to hear. "Release" is a 24-minute solo statement of emotion and energy.

July 15, 2008Steve's video KAIROS will be featured at the Paradigms Film Festival in Portugal, August 11th - 18th.

June 25, 2008Our beautiful and understated "A Deeper Silence" t-shirts are now in stock.

June 25, 2008Steve's 20th Timeroom Editions release, LANDMASS, is now available!

May 26, 2008Available online this week only, "Lonely Nights" is a brilliant 30-minute journey on the night travels of Astronomer Brian Skiff, produced for the BBC Radio 4 by Diane Hope and Alan Hall. Steve's music is heard throughout.

Self-confessed nocturnal hermit Brian Skiff, discoverer of countless asteroids and a dozen comets, reflects upon the night sky and his isolated working conditions in this impressionistic sound portrait, set against the eerie backdrop of the Arizona mountains. The sounds of the night -- howling coyotes, bugling elks and chorusing frogs -- are interwoven with the heavy machinery of the telescope motors and domes in a richly layered musical mosaic.

May 6, 2008STEVE ROACH LIVE IN FLAGSTAFF! Tickets are now on sale for Steve's only 2008 performance in the US or beyond. "Deep Sky Dreaming with Steve Roach" will occur in Flagstaff, Arizona on Saturday October 25 at 6 PM. Seating is limited to 200 people at this great-sounding indoor amphitheater performance space. This show will almost certainly sell-out, so we recommend you buy your tickets now.

April 6, 2008The visionary body art, photography, painting and musician husband and wife team of Michele Wortman and Guy Aitchison have created some of Steve's most powerful CD covers, from Mystic Chords & Sacred Spaces to The Serpents Lair, Possible Planet, Core and Streams & Currents. They have recently been the focus of some exciting TV specials including the show "LA Ink" on The Learning Channel. They recently were featured on Apple's web site!

March 27, 2008THE MEMORY POOL / REVEALING THE SECRET is now sold out.

March 16, 2008THE MEMORY POOL / REVEALING THE SECRET – First released as a limited edition of 2000 in 1998, the 3-CD box set ASCENSION OF SHADOWS: MEDITATIONS FOR THE MILLENNIUM quickly sold out, and has remained a highly-desired prize for Roach and Obmana fans. The intentions for creating a place of solace for what the artists were sensing, with the approaching anticipation of the year 2000 and beyond, feels especially potent and nourishing when heard now. SOMEWHERE ELSE, the first disc in the box set was re-released in 2005. The original plan was to release the second and third discs over time, but this plan was altered because of a steady flow of new music that Steve and Projekt wanted to focus upon. Recently, Projekt discovered 80 sets of the original pressing of the second and third discs, "The Memory Pool" and "Revealing the Secret". These are now being presented in a DVD-sized case. There are no plans to bring these back into print after these are gone; this is the final stash!

March 2, 2008We are excited to present INTO THE INFINITE, the high-standard debut release by ambient-electronic composer and musician Chad Kettering. This awe-inspiring musical journey unveils its emotional depth as the shades of a long lost exotic landscape and the culture it supported are brought to life. Through a refined collection of analog and digital instruments, acoustic elements, and a warmth of sound, this intricate composition is very much alive and present, offering the listener an inspiring view into the infinite. The project was mastered at The Timeroom by Steve Roach.

February 21, 2008Two new highly-recommended releases have been added to our store, from David Parsons and Sleep Research Facility.

February 17, 2008Reservations are now being accepted for Riding Between the Worlds, a unique seven-day workshop combining experiential activities with horses, basic shamanic journeying techniques, and creativity-boosting experiences with Holotropic Breathwork.

February 10, 2008The debut release from Dream Jungle (Dwight Loop and Taressa Bell) is now available. LUCID is outstanding exotic-composite trance ambient groove music.

January 3, 2008We just unearthed 9 copies of Dreamtime Return on vinyl. This was the original 2 LP release on Fortuna with the deep blue cover. These factory-sealed copies are your last chance to own a true audio artifact! Also, just a few copies of Empetus and Structures From Silence on LP are available, while supplies last.

January 3, 2008The 2008 schedule for our Soundcurrent and Master Class Workshops has been posted.

December 30, 2007After being out-of-print for several months, AMPLEXUS: COLLECTED WORKS is back in stock. These three pieces were commissioned by Steve, Vidna Obmana and Thom Brennan for the Italian Amplexus label.

November 30, 2007Steve's new 2-CD set ARC OF PASSION is now available.

November 22, 2007A special workshop event combining Linda's Equine work and Steve's soundcurrent encounters is open to 8 people at the Epona Center, December 26-31. This will be an amazing way to bring in the new year.

October 19, 2007The two releases on our new steveroach.com label are in-stock and now shipping. Buy both together and save!

October 19, 2007Our popular Dark Smoke Mandala Circuit Shirt is now also available in Medium and Small.

October 19, 2007A few spaces have opened-up for the upcoming Shaman's Heart HoloShamanic workshop (Nov. 9-11).

October 3, 2007A video of Steve's recent Grace Cathedral concert has been posted, courtesy of Lee Howard.

October 3, 2007New to our online store:

September 2, 2007We are excited to announce the launch of two new releases thru steveroach.com. By early October, two new deep ambient recordings that dwell in the hypnagogic realms will be available from our new steveroach.com label. These two releases were produced and mastered by Steve.

Asunder is the debut release by Nathan Youngblood. Carved from dense harmonically rich acoustic and electronic material, this set of tone zones move at glacial speed, hovering very close to the Earth's surface for the duration. Emotionally contained in a sphere of isolation, the gentle tension effectively holds your interest subliminally, and continues to permeate into your physical and mental environment.

Mantle by Brian Parnham plays like a surreal subterranean walkabout within the folds of Utah's alluring slot canyons. Steve Roach commissioned long-time friend and electronic artist Brian Parnham to drop into the deep end of his sound carving skills. The result presents an adroit sound artist coming into full form within this shadowed sonic wonderland of the Earth's inner realms.

Both of these releases are in the final stages of production. Look for an announcement here as soon as they arrive.

August 9, 2007Summer Sale! The following titles are on sale, while supplies last:

July 12, 2007Steve is back home after a succesful run of concerts, which started on May 19th in Philadelphia and culminated in California on 7/7/07. All were professionally recorded, and Steve is planning a few releases which will present these newly-created live pieces along with the magical spontaneous movements which were unique to these concerts. This is in progress now; more news on this soon.

June 23, 2007Join Steve for an intimate performance July 7th in Southern California, with an emphasis on his sequencer-driven side life and dense textual explorations.

June 19, 2007Into the Soundcurrent ShirtA third t-shirt joins the 2007 line, this one with the Mystic Chords spiral above "Into the Soundcurrent".

June 2, 2007Tune your radio into "Echoes" June 12th and June 17th for Secret Sources: Steve puts on the headphones while Echoes plugs in an iPod to play him music that might have been part of his musical journey. From minimalists to space music, pop singers to didgeridoos, Steve identifies and talks about the music of his life and some of the people he's influenced. For a list of stations, or to listen online, visit echoes.org.

May 25, 2007Mandala Circuit ShirtMandala Circuit ShirtSteve has designed two new high-quality Timeroom Editions shirts. Listen deeply in style!

April 13, 2007IMMERSION: III and FEVER DREAMS III are both in-stock, and shipping now.

March 19, 2007We're now taking pre-orders for IMMERSION: III and FEVER DREAMS III, both at special sale prices. (Remember that orders with pre-order titles are billed immediately, and held until all titles are available.)

March 11, 2007Steve Roach and Byron Metcalf present The Shaman's Heart: An Experiential Workshop Event featuring HoloShamanic Breathwork & Inner Explorations with Music & Sound – November 9-11 at the new Epona Center at Apache Springs Ranch, Sonoita Arizona.

March 6, 2007We are thrilled to announce that after several months of arrangements, Steve Roach will perform at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco on June 29th! Tickets are now on-sale. This will be a pure atmospheric-space-ambient concert with complete respect for the reverberant acoustics and sacred space of the Cathedral.

March 4, 2007Steve brings his soundworlds to The Gatherings in Philadelphia, May 19. Jeffery Koepper opens. More details coming soon...

February 1, 2007Steve now has his own page on YouTube. First up, the ALL IS NOW video montage, with more to come!

January 26, 2007Ambient and didgeridoo artist John Vorus will be playing at Solar Culture in Tucson, Saturday January 27. Steve helped produce his recent TRANSMUTING CURRENTS CD, and will join in as guest during tomorrow night's set.

December 10, 2006After a fine, intimate concert at Analogue Haven, Steve is taking the live Kairos experience out for one more run at Tucson's Solar Culture gallery and performance space on Sunday December 17th. Tickets sold only at the door.

October 19, 2006Steve is bringing the Kairos live immersion experience to the Los Angeles area, Saturday November 18th, for two shows at Pomona's "Analogue Haven" synth store.

September 28, 2006A captivating new DVD from light painter Lynn Augstein is now available. BOREALIS features music from Steve and others.

September 21, 2006Steve's upcoming concert is Tucson Weekly's Pick of the Week.

August 24, 2006An MP3 clip from IMMERSION: TWO has been posted.

August 16, 2006A page with info on the upcoming Tucson concert has been posted. Keep checking back for updates.

August 14, 2006IMMERSION: TWO is in stock and shipping now.

August 12, 2006Steve's music is showcased in this week's episode of Music From the Hearts of Space, titled "Airtribe". The producers write: "Back in 1988, STEVE ROACH followed his intuition into a breakthrough that launched a whole new sub-genre of electronic music. Searching for something less technical and more profound, he took a trip to the Australian outback, where he encountered the primordial artifacts of a 40,000 year old Aboriginal culture. The result was the classic album DREAMTIME RETURN, a fusion of tribal sounds and instruments like the didgeridoo — with electronics, trance percussion, and ambient atmospherics."

August 12, 2006We have a new "all-star" various artists CD: CHASING THE DAWN: ULTIMA THULE AMBIENT features tracks from Steve Roach, Robert Rich, Thom Brennan, Tim Story, Jeff Greinke, Jim Cole, Kelly David, and more...

August 12, 2006Projekt is re-issuing two Vidna Obmana titles: ECHO PASSAGE and THE RIVER OF APPEARANCE. The latter includes a "re-creation" bonus disc by Dreams in Exile. The first is available now; "River" is coming soon.

August 5, 2006Immersion: TwoThe second in an ongoing series of atmospheric zones by master sound painter Steve Roach, IMMERSION: TWO presents a subtle shift from the luminous steady state harmonic current of IMMERSION: ONE. On this 73 minute, longform soundscape, a sinuous weblike mist seems to emanate from the speakers. Mysterious yet calm, this is the perfect sound environment for the deeper hours after midnight, or anytime a quiet, engulfing audio landscape is desired. If Nag Champa or Sandalwood incense has a sound, this might be it.

July 11, 2006PROOF POSITIVE, KAIROS, and STORM SURGE are in-stock, and shipping now. Order all three as a Combo Pack for special savings!

July 11, 2006KAIROS video clips have been posted.

July 7, 2006Steve will perform live in Tucson, Arizona on September 23rd, 2006. Tickets are now on-sale!

July 7, 2006STORM SURGE captures Steve's live performance at NEARfest 2005. CD coming this Summer!

May 17, 2006TERRAFORM is now in stock, and shipping immediately.

April 21, 2006Several upcoming projects were announced in Steve's latest newsletter:
February 26, 2006Check out these photos from Steve's 2005 NEARfest set.

February 26, 2006Steve's new long-form IMMERSION: ONE is now available from us, and in stores mid-February.

February 16, 2006We've added a low-cost shipping option for small orders to US addresses, starting at just $2.00. Larger orders are automatically upgraded to Priority Mail.

December 6, 2005Electronic Musician talks with Steve about his analog rebirth and recording techniques.

October 23, 2005Electroambient Space has an in-depth interview with Steve. Click the "Interviews" link once you get there.

October 11, 2005Check out the exclusive, extended Podcast interview with Steve Roach, now at the Spotted Peccary site. Listen with iTunes or your iPod and watch images in sync with the audio!

October 7, 2005Wallpapers (desktop pictures) are now available for POSSIBLE PLANET and NEW LIFE DREAMING.

September 18, 2005Paul Ellis shares his SILENT CONVERSATIONS, new at our online store. Steve guests on four tracks.

August 24, 2005Photos from the Sausalito, California concerts have been posted.

August 17, 2005THE DREAMTIME BOX is now shipping. The official "street date" for DREAMTIME RETURN is Tuesday, August 23rd.

June 17, 2005Apple's iTunes Music Store continues to add to its Steve Roach collection. New additions include DUST TO DUST and FEVER DREAMS. Use the buttons in our online store to link directly into the iTunes Music Store. If you haven't already installed iTunes, it's a free download from Apple.

May 7, 2005BETWEEN HERE & THERE. From the expansive atmospherics and rich textures to drones, didgeridoos and ethno-ambient inspired grooves, Brian Parnham creates a deep listening space to immerse the self and remove the awareness from the chaotic lifestyle that has become America. Utilizing a variety of synthesizers, didgeridoos, percussion, programming and processing, Brian Parnham is an emerging contributor from the next generation of electronic composers, following in the footsteps of the pioneers of ambient electronic soundscapes.

March 24, 2005David Parsons' outstanding new CD — the drifting mysterious beauty of INNER PLACES — is now available from us.

March 9, 2005Photos from the Tucson concert have been posted, and grab a limited-edition t-shirt!

February 26, 2005A heartfelt 2-CD tribute to the late Michael Garrison is available from us for a limited time.

February 20, 2005Amaresh Mark Seelig has a new CD out, DISCIPLE, with help from Byron Metcalf and Steve Roach.

February 18, 2005Steve was blown away by his surprise 50th Birthday Card. Check out his response, which is entry #750.

December 23, 2004A two-disc set of ultra-evocative deep ambience from Sleep Research Facility has been getting much play at our headquarters, and it's now available from our store.

November 25, 2004The latest from Vidna Obmana, LEGACY, is here in limited quantities.

November 25, 2004Portraits of Steve, suitable for framing, are now available — personally autographed at no extra charge!

October 17, 20041998's THE AMBIENT EXPANSE (with Steve Roach, Patrick O'Hearn, Vidna Obmana, Stephen Bacchus, and Vir Unis) is out of print, and not available through our store — however while supplies last, some are available directly from Steve. Send email for details.

September 16, 2004A handful of albums and artists in the Discography and Store pages now have links directly into the iTunes Music Store. You'll need to download iTunes if you haven't already.

August 10, 2004Look up at the stars tonight, and maybe you'll see Minor Planet 5945, Roachapproach, named in honor of you-know-who. This is the real deal, not one of those "star registry" scams!

August 4, 2004Check out the beautiful space-music of Numina on SANCTUARY OF DREAMS, available now.

June 26, 2004We are now offering two classic Patrick O'Hearn releases at special low prices: TRUST and METAPHOR.


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