Steve Roach:
 Secret Sources


A synthesizer icon plucks
his sources out of the air.

In our latest Secret Sources, synthesist Steve Roach puts on the headphones while we plug 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, Roach identifies and talks about the music of his life and some of the people he's influenced.

We didn't have time for the entire session on the radio but you can listen to the whole thing here>> (approximately 45 minutes)

Read about Steve's latest visual music collaboration, Kairos.

Here's everything John and Steve listened-to and discussed:

Group Name Song Name Album Name
Amazon/iTunes/Misc
Electric Prunes  I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night  Nuggets 
Yes  The Ancient  Tales from Topographic Oceans 
 
Peter Gabriel  "Of These, Hope"  Passion
Bluetech  Enter the Lovely  Sines and Singularities 
 
Pink Floyd  Astronomy Domine  The Piper at the Gates of Dawn 
 
Steve Reich  "Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ"  Phases
 
Ry Cooder Theme from Southern Comfort Music by Ry Cooder 
 
Ian Boddy Foundry Elemental 
 
Kate Bush The Dreaming The Dreaming 
 
Brian Eno The Big Ship Another Green World 
 
Steve Halpern "Indigo Keynote A" Spectrum Suite
Miles Davis  Bitches Brew Bitches Brew 
 
Klaus Schulze Stardancer Body Love 
 

playlist for the Echoes broadcast that included excerpts from this session>>

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