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Sales Rank: 127987
Category: Music
Artist: Steve Roach
Publisher: Projekt
Studio: Projekt
Manufacturer: Projekt
Label: Projekt
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 181
UPC: 617026018126
EAN: 0617026018126
ASIN: B000E1XOF8
Release Date: July 16, 2007
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Album Description
immersion : one is the first of an ongoing series of long form, steady state "zones" created specifically as tone meditations for the living space. the effective low volume, non-dynamic nature of the series can support sleeping as well as creative states and other functions where "music" is considered invasive. purposely untitled, minimal in nature and sonically uninterrupted for 74 minutes, this music brings steve's years as a sound painter of deep subtlety to a point where the "brush" has only a few bristles and nothing more is needed. immersion : two will appear later in 2006.
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 FABULOUS! April 1, 2009
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I AM A HUGE FAN OF STEVE ROACH. I HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO HIM ON THE HEARTS OF SPACE PROGRAM FOR 20 YEARS! IT'S A GREAT MEDITATION AND TRANCE-INDUCING CD. I LOVE IT, AND THINK YOU WILL TOO!!!
A Beautiful Minimalist Tuneful Meditation October 12, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is my favourite of the Immersion albums, a single beautiful tune which slightly modulates, and which is then repeated cyclically to the end. So this is true 'Ambient' music, created as a background to something else: for uplifting meditation this can't be bettered.
I could compare this to Steve Reich's work or Philip Glass, but this is more cheerful, tuneful and uplifting than their minimalist work. There are no dark caverns or deep tunnels here, just a magical uplifting light-hearted tune, maybe on the flute of an Anasazi Indian, looping into the sunset. Very enjoyable!
I like this one July 11, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm always worried about bad ambient music or someone being a third or fourth rate Brian Eno, Also I hate these albums that come out and there is this god aweful ticking sounds which is annoying, my other complaints are flutes harmonizing in the background and dripping water and birds. and yes wind, bells and harmmonizing Awwwwwwwwwwwwweee angels.
with immersion One you don't get that thankfully. You get a long album and after you start playing it you forget its on and you can work your stuff. Now if you like that sort of thing this is your album and perhaps the immersion 2-3 as well.
Immersion 1 Nice ambient music February 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've been a Roach fan for decades. As a rule, I prefer his earlier works. This is an exception to that rule. Yes, this is beatless synth, that flows ever so slowly. As this music flows, it builds upon itself in complexity slowly, glacially, without you really realizing it. Unlike some other albums by his, this is NOT dark, in fact its surprisingly light. I like this much better than Immersion 3.
most unique Immersion? yes; best? maybe.. January 21, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Tonality, melody lines, rythm and technique make it easy to decide if you like a song/composition or not. But if all the above are absent or vague then what? Does it mean we need more "practised ears"? In some cases yes, but this is not the case.
It's up to what world you can build listening to the given frequencies/sounds, whether these sounds wake up memories of visited or unknown places, whether you can travel to these or beyond..
Two main sound pitches, one lower frequency (like the wind or water flowing through narrow passages) and one higher (not always present) giving a faint idea of tonality in minor scale and in between filled with sounds, continuous or not, that start from and fade back to the floating background.
So, is this enough to make a good CD? Is this enough to make it the best of Roach's immersion series (pt. 1,2,3)? For me, yes; for the rest, well, noone can deny that immersion 1 is the most distinguishable of them and unique. However, unique doesn't mean "best" nor that it should appeal to everyone.
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