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On This Planet
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Alternate Music Press favorable [2]
Alternative Press favorable [3]
Piero Scaruffi 6/10 [4]
On This Planet a continuation of The Magnificent Void. “A Darker Star”
was recorded live in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in October,
1996.
Track listing
1. ”Heart of the Tempest” – 4:26
2. ”Journey of One” – 3:38
3. ”The Nexus Place” – 7:05
4. ”Trilobite” – 3:33
5. ”Void Memory 4” – 5:36
6. ”Cloudwatching with the Toolmaker” – 5:41
7. ”The Ecstasy of Travel” – 4:59
8. ”Remember It Now” – 10:36
Studio album by Steve Roach 9. ”A Darker Star” – 13:19
10. ”On This Planet” – 14:06
Released 1997
Recorded October 1996 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and
1996–1997 at The Timeroom in Tucson, Arizona
Personnel
Genre Ambient
• Steve Roach (analog and digital synthesizers,
Samplers, sequencers, didgeridoo, Northern Sonoran
Length 72:56 dreampipe, grinding stone (matae), clay water pots,
Label Fathom Udu drum, prehispanic flutes, percussion, effects
processors, voice on “Journey of One” and
Producer Steve Roach “Remember It Now”)
Steve Roach chronology • Linda Kohanov (voice on “Heart of the Tempest” and
“Remember It Now”)
Cavern of Sirens On This Planet Slow Heat • Patrick O’Hearn (bass guitar on “On This Planet”)
(1997) (1997) (1998) • Roger King (bass guitar on “On This Planet”)
• Ömer Faruk Tekbilek (bendir, darbuka and bağlama
On This Planet (1997) is an album by the American ambient on “On This Planet”)
musician Steve Roach. This is a studio album, specially
performed and recorded to simulate the atmosphere of
Roach’s live concerts.
References
Most of the music on the album is fast, rhythmic trib- [1] http://www.allmusic.com/album/r312764
al ambient music. The album begins and ends with a [2] http://www.alternatemusicpress.com/reviews/
recording of thunder. The first track, “Heart of the Tem- onthisplanet.html
pest”, features a recital by Linda Kohanov of her poem [3] http://www.steveroach.com/Press/
which first appeared in the liner notes of Artifacts and review.php?id=114 January 1998
the track “Remember It Now” features a spoken perfor- [4] http://www.scaruffi.com/avant/roach.html
mance by both Roach and Kohanov. “Void Memory 4” is
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia On This Planet
See also • Patrick O’Hearn
• Ambient music
• Steve Roach • Electronic music
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