Desert Solitaire (album)

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

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

Personnel

Steve Roach (Oberheim OB8, DMX, Matrix 12, Xpander, Emax, Arp 2600, Korg M-1, Kawai K-5, ocarina, Taos Drum)
Kevin Braheny (The Mighty Serge, Prophet VS, Prophet 2002, soprano saxophone, tin whistle, Diamondback rattlesnake)
Michael Stearns (Roland S-50, D-50, Yamaha TX-7, Oberheim OB8, Serge Modular synthesizer, 12-string guitar)

with

Chuck Oken, Jr. (shakers on “Flatlands”)
Robert Rich (dumbek and gourd drums on “Specter”)
Goergianne Cowan (voice on “Specter”)
Miguel Rivera (effects and ghost percussion on “Labyrinth” and “From the Heart of Darkness”)
Leonice Shinneman (percussion, pakhawaj, manjerra, African berimbau, melodic rattle, claves on “Empty Time”)
Hyman Katz (flute on “From the Heart of Darkness”)

References

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

Steve Roach

Studio albums	Now (1982) Traveler (1983) Structures from Silence (1984) Quiet Music 1 (1986) Empetus (1986) Quiet Music 2 (1986) Quiet Music 3 (1986) Quiet Music (1988) Dreamtime Return (1988) World's Edge (1992) Now / Traveler (1992) Origins (1993) Artifacts (1994) The Magnificent Void (1996) On This Planet (1997) Slow Heat (1998) Quiet Music: Complete Edition (1999) Early Man (2000) Mystic Chords & Sacred Spaces (2003) Life Sequence (2003) Fever Dreams (2004) Immersion : Three (2007) A Deeper Silence (2008) Dynamic Stillness (2009) Destination Beyond (2009) Afterlight (2009) Immersion : Four (2009)

Live albums	Spirit Dome (2004) Landmass (2008)

Compilations	The Lost Pieces (1993) Truth & Beauty: The Lost Pieces Volume Two (1999) Texture Maps: The Lost Pieces Vol. 3 (2003)

Collaborative albums	Western Spaces (1987) with Kevin Braheny Desert Solitaire (1989) with Kevin Braheny and Michael Stearns Strata (1990) with Robert Rich Australia: Sound of the Earth (1990) with David Hudson and Sarah Hopkins Soma (1992) with Robert Rich Kiva (1995) with Michael Stearns and Ron Sunsinger Halcyon Days (1996) with Stephen Kent and Kenneth Newby Body Electric (1999) with Vir Unis Vine ~ Bark & Spore (2000) with Jorge Reyes The Serpent's Lair (2000) with Byron Metcalf

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