Steve Roach
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 24
Top works
- Filthy Shades of Gray
- Step It Up!
- All That Will Be Lost
- Cycling the Worcester and Birmingham Canal
- Terra Firma Travels
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1955-02-16
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Discography
- Now1982
- Traveler1983
- Structures From Silence1984
- Quiet Music 11986
- Quiet Music 21986
- Quiet Music 31986
- Empetus1986
- The Leaving Time1988
- Dreamtime Return1988
- Desert Solitaire1989
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- 238,789
- Total plays
- 6,552,665
Tags
ambientelectronicdark ambientnew ageexperimental
Steve Roach (born February 16, 1955) is an American composer and performer of ambient and electronic music, whose recordings are informed by his impressions of environment, perception, flow and space. His work has been influential in the trance and new-age genres. Roach was born in La Mesa, California, a suburb of San Diego. He is an only child. He developed a passion for Motocross racing in the early 1970s, experiences from which he incorporated into his composing and performing later on. <a h
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Steve
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- La Mesa
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Genre
- ambient music
- Instrument
- synthesizer
- Official website
- steveroach.com
- Image
- Steve Roach, Tucson (bright).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1955-02-16
- Commons category
- Steve Roach
- start of work period
- 1982-00-00
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