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California PA, United States (1976 – present)
Robert Rich (born August, 23, 1963) (The birth date on the header is wrong, check it from wikipedia!)
Robert Rich is an ambient musician and composer based in California, United States.
Across three decades and over 30 albums, Robert Rich has helped define the genres of ambient music, dark ambient, tribal and trance, yet his music remains hard to categorize. Part of his unique sound comes from using home-made acoustic and electronic instruments, microtonal harmonies, computer-based signal processing, chaotic systems and feedback networks. Rich began building his own analog synthesizers in 1976, when he was 13 years old, and later studied for a year at Stanford’s Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA).
Rich released his first album Sunyata in 1982. Most of his subsequent recordings came out in Europe until 1989, when Rich began a string of critically acclaimed releases for Fathom/Hearts of Space, including Rainforest (1989), Gaudí (1991), Propagation (1994) and Seven Veils (1998). His two collaborations with Steve Roach, Strata (1990) and Soma (1992), both charted for several months in Billboard. Other respected collaborations include Stalker (1995 with B. Lustmord), Fissures (1997 with Alio Die) and Outpost (2002 with Ian Boddy).
Robert Rich is an ambient musician and composer based in California, United States.
Across three decades and over 30 albums, Robert Rich has helped define the genres of ambient music, dark ambient, tribal and trance, yet his music remains hard to categorize. Part of his unique sound comes from using home-made acoustic and electronic instruments, microtonal harmonies, computer-based signal processing, chaotic systems and feedback networks. Rich began building his own analog synthesizers in 1976, when he was 13 years old, and later studied for a year at Stanford’s Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA).
Rich released his first album Sunyata in 1982. Most of his subsequent recordings came out in Europe until 1989, when Rich began a string of critically acclaimed releases for Fathom/Hearts of Space, including Rainforest (1989), Gaudí (1991), Propagation (1994) and Seven Veils (1998). His two collaborations with Steve Roach, Strata (1990) and Soma (1992), both charted for several months in Billboard. Other respected collaborations include Stalker (1995 with B. Lustmord), Fissures (1997 with Alio Die) and Outpost (2002 with Ian Boddy).
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such beautiful sounds.
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"Book Of Ecstasy" is awesome!
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Check out my dark ambient projekt named 'DOLG (A.P.)' here: http://soundcloud.com/lpmaskmancick/sets/dolg
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New album "Ambient Vol.2" by Negativity, available for free : www.negativity.fr
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Quickly becoming one of my favorite musicians...
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GREAT DARK AMBIENT LABEL! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Snowy-Tension-Pole/157032461034011?sk=app_182222305144028
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i only know that i woke up quite a few times during the night and had very vivid and strange dreams. definitely not something i want to do every night, but it was interesting.
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TheSpenner wrote:
I had a Somnium session last night... when I woke up, I felt like I was in another world or something strange like that. Felt very "new" upon waking up, such an awesome experience.
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NINlife wrote:
I'm going to tackle somnium soon. I don't know if my body is ready.
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mbira *____________*
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Shponglation wrote:
Somnium ♥ sleep ♥ . [2]
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agrophobia wrote:
Somnium ♥ sleep ♥ .
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BlockJuice wrote:
hoping the two and a half gigs somnium will take up is worth it
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DeepRV wrote:
I'd say master Rich should team up again with master Roach.
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BOECK39 wrote:
nice music,...yes , ideal to play it ,to drift off on cloud 9 ,going to sleep ...beautiful stuff !!
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cheeze5 wrote:
What a genius, what an underrated visionary. I'd love to go to one of the sleep shows.
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Riffdissonance wrote:
Illumination is EASILY his best work.
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