Soma (album)

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Soma
Soma cover
Studio album by Steve Roach and Robert Rich
Released 1992
Recorded at The Timeroom in Tucson, Arizona and Soundscape Studio in Mountain View, California
Genre Ambient
Length 57:11
Label Hearts of Space Records
Producer Robert Rich and Steve Roach
Professional reviews
Steve Roach chronology
Now / Traveler
(1992)
Soma
(1992)
The Lost Pieces
(1993)
Robert Rich chronology
Geometry
(1991)
Soma
(1992)
Propagation
(1994)

Soma (1992) is the second collaborative album by the American ambient musicians Steve Roach and Robert Rich. The word soma can be found in the ancient Vedic texts describing a botanical hallucinogen. The same word means “body" in ancient Greek.

The music on the album is tribal ambient with dark hallucinatory overtones. The album ends with a gentle, serene piece for electric guitar titled “touch”.

[edit] Track listing

  1. ”Love Magick” - 7:40
  2. ”Nightshade” - 9:07
  3. ”Going Inland” - 4:05
  4. ”Silk Ridge” - 6:05
  5. ”Blood Music” - 8:10
  6. ”Soma” - 12:07
  7. ”Seduction of the Minotauor” - 5:21
  8. ”Touch” - 4:36

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