The Magnificent Void

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The Magnificent Void
Studio album by Steve Roach
Released	1996
Recorded	at The Timeroom in Tucson, Arizona
Genre	Ambient
Length	69:35
Label	Fathom
Producer	Steve Roach
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link The Tucson Citizen favorable June 6, 1996 Piero Scaruffi 8/10 link
Steve Roach chronology
Well of Souls (1995) The Magnificent Void (1996) Halcyon Days (1996)

The Magnificent Void (1996) is an album by the American ambient musician Steve Roach. This album is based on the psychological concept that a void, while a state of complete non-existence, can be perceived as all existence in a potential form.

The music on this album is dark, expansive, pure electronic textures, ending in an intense chord progression titled “Altus”.

Altus is a word from Latin meaning both “high” and “deep”.

[edit] Track listing

1. ”Between the Gray and the Purple” (7:42)
2. ”Void Memory One” (2:53)
3. ”Infinite Shore” (7:48)
4. ”Cloud of Unknowing” (10:38)
5. ”Void Memory Two” (3:40)
6. ”Void Memory Three” (3:41)
7. ”The Magnificent Void” (13:13)
8. ”Altus” (20:01)

[edit] See also

• Steve Roach
• Ambient music
• Electronic music