Steve Roach - Empetus (Reissue) (2xCD) (2008)

GENRE..... Ambient
LABEL...... Projekt
MODE....... VBRkbps / Joint-Stereo
REL.DATE.. 27-08-2008

Originally released in 1986, this 2CD reissue of the single-disc Empetus by legendary US
ambient artist, Steve Roach, comes with a bonus disk of tracks tied in to the period in
which Empteus was created. Steve Roach, who has a huge catalog of cutting-edge synth albums,
has been at the forefront of new technology for decades. Where many artists have produced
and then fallen out of fashion, as did many of the German artists (Tangerine Dream, Peter
Baumann, Klaus Schultze, ), or those that simply produced few complete works (Michael
Hoenig), Steve Roach has continued to fulfill ambient fans with various pathways of
inventive sounds.

Empetus takes complete pages from the magnificent trance-works by many of those previously
mentioned artists. But Roach is one of the masters and his album is a dead-on classic that
should be in every library right next to those German masters of electronic synth and
sequencers and their respected albums. Fans of the genre and particularly fans of this
German-dominated style will recognize the sound. They will also recognize the creative
talents that went into its formation.

Originally released, as many of RoachÆs early works were, on Fortuna Records, Roach has
recently recovered recording rights and has elected to revisit this album. The new bonus CD
is referred to as The Early Years and, as such, provides two rhythmic sequencer sets
originally recorded in 1982. The first is a 46+-minute absorption piece recorded with Thomas
Ronkin, a classically-trained pianist whose own works and explorations mimic the interests
of Steve Roach. The piece is called ôHarmonia Mundiö and is followed by a 26+-minute
composition called "Release". While it is great to have these additional sets, it is the
Empetus CD that is the real prize here.

Fans of those early German synth maestros (if you are not already aware of this album
(Empetus)) will marvel at the classic feel that this album generates. Empetus is NOT to be
missed.

Tracklist:

CD1

01 Arrival
02 Seeking
03 Conquest
04 Empowerment
05 Twilight Heat
06 Merge
07 Urge
08 Distance Is Near
09 The Memory

CD2

01 Harmonia Mundi
02 Release

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