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3 unusual facts about Steve Roach


Djam Karet

Steve Roach — Ending guitar atmospheres in "Ukab Maerd" on A Night for Baku.

The CD features Djam Karet using more keyboards and electronics, and collaborating on one track with electronic musician Steve Roach, who worked previously with the band on Collaborator.

Three years later in 1994, Djam Karet released the CD Collaborator, with guests musicians: Jeff Greinke, Kit Watkins, Marc Anderson, Steve Roach, Carl Weingarten, and many others.


Canyon Dreams

The music ambience relates to contemporary musicians such as Soulfood, Steve Roach, Matthias Gohl, and Michael Stearns.

Dean De Benedictis

In A Lone Reply (Fateless, 2001), he produced a more tribal sound, and credited artists such as Steve Roach, Robert Rich, and Loren Nerell.

Dweller at the Threshold

Paul Ellis has released several solo CDs and has worked with other electronic and acoustic musicians such as Steve Roach and Rudy Adrian.

Erik Wøllo

Erik Wøllo has also collaborated and released album works together with some of the most respected artists in the ambient music world: with Steve Roach ("Stream of Thought", CD-2009 & "The Road Eternal", CD-2011), Ian Boddy ("Frontiers", CD-2012), Bernhard Wöstheinrich ("Arcadia Borealis", CD-2009), and several others.

GIO Schoolboy Cup

He was followed by several other major media personalities, including Bill Anderson, David Fordham, David Morrow, Graeme Hughes, Peter Sterling, Mark Warren, Steve Roach and the current team headed by Andrew Voss.

Interchill Records

Over the years Interchill has featured tracks by producers such as Bill Laswell, Jah Wobble, Ott, Shpongle, Steve Roach, Makyo, Eat Static, Zion Train, Gus Till, Greg Hunter, Jairamji, Bluetech, Omnimotion, Umberloid, Bassnectar, Hamsa Lila, Antonio Testa, Solar Fields, Cell, Phutureprimitive, Snakestyle, Twilight Circus & Legion of Green Men.

Linda Kohanov

She is married to ambient composer and musician Steve Roach (and provided vocals on some of his recordings, such as the 1996 album The Magnificent Void).

Michael Stearns

In the next years, Michael Stearns worked again with Ron Fricke, scoring Baraka, his best known composition and released several albums, working with Steve Roach, Kevin Braheny and/or Ron Sunsinger (1989 : Desert Solitaire, 1994 : Singing Stones and Kiva) or alone (1993 : Sacred Sites, 1995 : The Lost World).

Night Sky Replies

This album was released by the Italian label, Amplexus, which specializes in limited edition mini CDs by notable ambient artists like Steve Roach, Vidna Obmana and Michael Stearns.

Spirit Dome

Spirit Dome (2004) is a collaborative album by ambient musicians Steve Roach and Vidna Obmana.

Star's End

Known as "The Gatherings" series, performers have included Steve Roach, Robert Rich, Radio Massacre International, Jeff Greinke, Erik Wøllo, Saul Stokes and van Zyl's own group, The Ministry of Inside Things along with numerous others.


see also

Truth and Beauty

Truth & Beauty: The Lost Pieces Volume Two, an album by the American ambient musician Steve Roach