Steve Roach Interview
His Music and his Message
Steve Roach (born February 16, 1955)[2] 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.[1]
Roach has received two Grammy Award nominations for New Age Album of the Year: His 2017 album Spiral Revelation for the 60th Annual Grammy Awards.,[3] and 2018's Molecules of Motion for the 61st Annual Grammy Awards.[4] Roach's work has also been listed on "1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die."[5]
Roach was born as a single child in La Mesa, California, less than 10 miles from San Diego. He developed a passion for Motocross racing in the early 1970s, experiences from which he incorporated into his composing and performing later on. "You have to be fully awake and present ... All of those things relate right over to what would become my path in music. You're completely in; you're inside of it, your life depends on it. That set the tone."[6] Having grown up near deserts, mountains, and the ocean, these became key aesthetic influences in Roach's music.[6] Roach was greatly influenced by electronic music as a teenager, particularly Timewind (1975) by Klaus Schulze and works by Tangerine Dream and Brian Eno. He was also influenced by progressive rock, namely Close to the Edge (1972) by Yes and Ummagumma (1969) by Pink Floyd.[7]
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Thanks to Steve for granting me this interview, it took over a year to come to pass, as he is a very bust artist.
Robert