STEVE ROACH

Born in 1955, Internationally renowned artist Steve Roach is constantly searching for new sounds that connect with a timeless source of truth in this ever-changing world. Roach has earned his position in the international pantheon of major new music artists over the last two decades through his ceaseless creative output, constant innovation, intense live concerts, open-minded collaborations with numerous artists, and the psychological depth of his music.

Inspired early on by the music of Klaus Schulze, Tangerine Dream and the European electronic music of the 1970's, Steve started his musical explorations directly on synthesizers at the age of 19. He made his recording debut with the album ‘Now’ in 1982. Two years later he created one of the most pivotal albums of his early career, in ‘Structures From Silence’ (re-issued in 2001 on Projekt), which was one of, if not, THE landmark ‘Ambient’ releases of the 1980's, and it presented a new sound for its time, which still lives on today. This album was comprised of three long tracks of reflective intimate timbres, and cascading lush harmonic waves. With this, Roach altered the listener's awareness of physical surroundings, by not only increasing the space within each of the pieces, but also extending the length between the sections to an expansive level, capturing the slow breath of the silence between the sounds.

Roach has always been a fervent collaborator, and has been involved with some of the most well-known Electronic/Ambient artists in the world including: Robert Rich, Vidna Obmana, Michael Stearns, Jorge Reyes, Suso Saiz, Michael Shrieve, Kevin Braheny, Richard Burmer, Stephen Kent, Kenneth Newby and Australian aboriginal didgeridoo virtuoso David Hudson – to name just a few. Over the years he has also encouraged, produced and collaborated with a number of up-and-coming artists working in the genre, including Vir Unis, Thom Brennan and Biff Johnson.