Rating:
Genre:
New Age
Release Date: 01/23/1992
Run Time: 68:22
In 1987,
Steve Roach conceptualized an album of
ambient music based on the deserts of the American Southwest. He and project producer
Chuck Oken recruited two more of California's top synthesists,
Kevin Braheny and
Richard Burmer. Together they created
Western Spaces. This is where desert ambience began. Over the years,
Roach has perfected the style and has become its leading progenitor. And this CD has influenced a decade of synthesists. This trio, working individually and collectively, created the prototype. Even after some alterations, this is still
the CD that defines the roots of the style. This CD was reissued later in 1987 on
Fortuna with
Thom Brennan and new tracks replacing
Burmer and his tracks.
~Jim Brenholts, All Music Guide