Desert Solitaire (album)

Desert Solitaire
Studio album by Steve Roach, Kevin Braheny and Michael Stearns
Released 1989
Recorded at The Timeroom, Crystal Sound and M'Ocean Studios in Los Angeles, California
Genre Ambient
Length 65:12
Label Fortuna
Producer Steve Roach, Kevin Braheny, Michael Stearns, and Ethan Edgecombe
Steve Roach chronology

Stormwarning
(1989)		 Desert Solitaire
(1989)		 Strata
(1990)
Kevin Braheny chronology
Galaxies
(1988)		 Desert Solitaire
(1989)		 Secret Rooms
(1990)
Michael Stearns chronology
Encounter
(1988)		 Desert Solitaire
(1989)		 Baraka
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Linda Kohanov favorable [2]

Desert Solitaire (1989) is a collaborative album by U.S. ambient musicians Steve Roach, Kevin Braheny, and Michael Stearns. This album was conceived as a follow up to Roach and Braheny's 1987 collaboration Western Spaces.

The music consists mostly of subtle electronic textures, tribal percussion and occasional soprano saxophone by Kevin Braheny.

The title of the album is named after the eponymous book by U.S. author Edward Abbey, who died the same year and to whom the album is dedicated.

Track listing

  1. "Flatlands" (Roach) (4:49)
  2. "Labyrinth" (Sterns) (6:56)
  3. "Specter" (Roach) (9:34)
  4. "The Canyon's Embrace" (Roach, Stearns) (3:35)
  5. "Cloud of Promise" (Roach, Stearns) (6:38)
  6. "Knowledge & Dust" (Braheny) (3:23)
  7. "Shiprock" (Stearns) (4:00)
  8. "Highnoon" (Roach, Stearns) (10:30)
  9. "Empty Time" (Braheny) (5:51)
  10. "From the Heart of Darkness" (Stearns) (3:50)
  11. "Desert Solitaire" (Roach, Braheny) (6:06)

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ "Desert Solitaire". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-02-13.
  2. ↑ October 1989