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Steve Roach - Suspended Memories, Forgotten Gods (1993)

Track listing:
  1. Different Deserts 12:21
  2. Snake Song 6:44
  3. Night Devotion 8:51
  4. Saguaro 5:23
  5. Mutual Tribes 7:07
  6. Suspended Memories, Forgotte.. 5:59
  7. Ritual Noise 3:48
  8. Distant Look 7:39
  9. Shaman's Dream 6:08

Notes

Back in 1991, Steve Roach, Jorge Reyes and Suso Saiz met at an outdoor concert in a cave on Lanzarote Island. They were asked to perform together in place of a last-minute cancellation. They exchanged musical phrases before they exchanged words. They performed another concert together -- this one, again outdoors, in Mexico -- before they gathered at Roach's TimeRoom in Tucson. Magic transpired in that studio in January of 1992. For seven days, three individual soundworlds became one. Saiz spoke very little English. Roach speaks less Spanish. Reyes was available to translate if the need arose but words became obsolete as music transcended all language barriers. Suspended Memories, Forgotten Gods came out of those sessions. It is one of the finest electro-tribal albums of all time. Saiz's processed guitars fused with Roach's synthesizers. Reyes' pre-Hispanic acoustics provided balance and deeper spirituality. This project is, to quote Linda Kohanov's liner notes, "music of instinct, trust and friendship." It comes from "kindred spirits [of] different deserts." It is a peerless CD.