The Magnificent Void

by Steve Roach

The Magnificent Void cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 13 February 1996
  • Label: Fathom
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:09:35
  • Community rating: 3.98/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Retreating from his highly rhythmic, tribal-influenced works of the era, the synthesizer pioneer constructed immense, chilling drones that evoke the terrifying vastness of deep space. The meticulously layered electronic textures demand deep immersion, entirely abandoning traditional musical progression for pure atmospheric weight. It stands as a masterclass in establishing a deeply isolating, purely meditative auditory environment.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, atmospheric, space, ambient, droning, synthesizers, long-form

Tracklist

  1. Between The Gray And The Purple (7:42)
  2. Void Memory One (2:53)
  3. Infinite Shore (7:47)
  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)

Credits

  • Dr. Stanislaus Grof - text by [the holotropic mind]
  • Cantrell Maryott - voice
  • Linda Kohanov - voice

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