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FFM-030: Quiet Friends quiet friends How do I begin to put into words my thoughts and Late one Saturday night, I'm sure I first heard the feelings regarding Structures From Silence? hypnotic pulse of Structures From Silence while listening to Stars End on WXPN radio. That was it. That was the For me, Structures From Silence is like food, or water, or sound of that place I was seeking, but like the koans of clothing. It is not music in the traditional sense. It is a the Buddhists the music showed me that I was already place for the mind, body, and spirit to inhabit. It has inhabiting that place. The music was breathing surrounded and nourished me through almost every meditation itself, the slow in and out, the pause aspect of my life; every emotion, every major event, between. every mundane task. It has been my reading companion, my nursemaid, my co-worker, my therapist. Structures From Silence was the inspiration for creating My quiet friend. my own music and for promoting and releasing similar music by other artists. I have thought to myself that In 1984 I was 19 years old, in college, beginning to open releasing a Free Floating tribute to Structures From the doors from the small home of a child into the great, Silence is almost redundant. To me the entire Free wide world of adulthood. I craved knowledge, Floating catalog is already a tribute to the album. With it understanding, wisdom. I had begun to explore ideas Steve drew us a map by which we could explore the opened up to me by Alan Watts and others, turning to liminal world between sound and silence. ideas of Taoism and Buddhism which focused on the simplicity of direct experience that could be attained This collection is dedicated with deep gratitude to him, with a quiet mind. A lover of music, I looked for a for inspiring us stop and listen in that world and to make soundtrack that could accompany the quest for these our own music there with him. truths. Brad Ross-MacLeod September 2014 a reflection on quiet friends This gathering of quiet friends---this experience of hearing the mutual resonation to a sound and space we each, in our own way, connect to----stirs so many complex and wonderful emotions for me. In every piece, I can sense that inexplicable yearning and desire to enter into the limitless space, wonder, and quiet depth of just being. This was the seed for Structures From Silence. The authenticity of connecting to the present moment is so alive here. This collection is living proof of an omni-present soundcurrent, one these quiet friends here have tapped into in their own powerful way to create a multi-faceted jewel of a release. I am deeply honored and moved beyond by your efforts. Respect and gratitude for this gift to you all! Steve Roach September 2014 http://steveroach.com I've been a fan of Steve Roach since I was a teenager. Listening to his soundscapes on Hearts of Space all those years ago, I knew that this was the kind of music I wanted to make. http://greggplummer.com/ Structures From Silence was one of my first journeys into what I'd later come to know as ambient music. My first copy was purchased from a mail order company called Backroads, probably around 1987. I don't remember my first reaction to the music but the album has always been there with me in the background, a quiet soothing voice to remind me to just be still. Fast forward to many years later when I would start creating my own music and I'd find that Structures From Silence was a quiet guide, giving subtle direction to my own creative endeavors, particularly my contribution to the Complex Silence series. It has been a great honor to contribute to this compilation and Steve's work has been profoundly influential in my own process of composition, particularly regarding the idea of how important it is to feel and know where a sound should be in the ambient projects I'm working on at the moment. http://theblindflight.wordpress.com/ I discovered ambient music through a Shoutcast station called "J’s Ambient", probably around 1999. Steve’s music was a prominent staple, and what I heard blew my mind. I found his website and purchased my first album: The Magnificent Void. To this day, that release holds a profound and significant importance to my love of music. When I listen to it, I do so without distraction, and allow every detail to wash over me. Despite what some may think, my choice to use the Latin word Altus as my moniker wasn’t at all influenced by the final track name of the Void. It was simply a coincidence. Structures From Silence--as well as a slew of albums from his back catalogue--were purchased soon after. That, along with Quiet Music, actually played a large role in helping me cope with anxiety issues that ailed me a few years later. Like sucking venom from a bite wound, the music aided in my recovery. Unfortunately, it had temporarily tainted those albums for a number of years, as though they were still in the process of neutralizing the poison pulled from my body. It’s an excellent example of the healing power music has on the human mind, and Steve can seemingly produce it ad infinitum. Curiously, I don’t think Steve’s work influences me in a musical sense. Our music may be considered the same genre, but the stories we want to tell can be quite different. I’ve learned technical tricks from listening to his work, and certainly his attraction to long play soundscapes has influenced my own love for long, evolving tracks. That said, I wouldn’t be surprised to discover that his music plays a subconscious role in my own work. Steve, thank you for everything you’ve shared with us. The amount of quality music you’ve produced over the years is staggering and awe-inspiring, and you should be proud of what you’ve accomplished. It’s an honour to be part of a project dedicated to such a timeless release. Thank you. http://altusmusic.ca The first time I heard Steve's music was on Drone Zone which might have been in 2007 or 2008. My reaction was jaw dropping. If Eno is the god of ambient, Steve is without a doubt the chosen one to deliver the sounds of ambient to the masses. Steve's creations are sonic masterpieces. He paints with sounds and with atmospheres which are deeply moving figuratively and literally. Steve has been an inspiration because his music has always been fresh but at first note you know it's a track by him. It's an absolute honor to be on this compilation which is a tribute to an icon in the in genre. https://www.facebook.com/SecondsBeforeAwakening All things are circular. When I think about the past 30 years, and the music that has informed the sonic landscape of my life, there are a handful of musical artists that sit near the top of the list, and Steve Roach, without a doubt, is in that handful at the top. As a sixteen year old at the time with an insatiable music habit, I was constantly on the hunt for new music. And as the great electronic acts of the late 70s and early 80s were turning to new age, movie soundtracks, or finding different modes of musical expression, Steve seemed to be picking up where they were leaving off. This link was more apparent in Steve’s sequencer-driven work, but on stripped-back releases like Structures From Silence the music seemed to be influenced by those earlier pioneers, yet completely deconstructed at the same time. This wasn’t avant-garde instrumental music, new age, or a nostalgic throwback - far from it. This was a highly potent and extremely pure electronic ambience that created its own sonic world. Completely singular. Completely circular. The music of Structures From Silence coils around itself. Micro-melodies and brief passages orbit the harmonic center of any given piece creating depth and dimension. The music is understated in the best possible way. Unadorned, yet completely present. Like a Rothko or a Stella, a classic Bauhaus design, or even the perfect planes of Miles van der Rohe’s architecture — great minimal art is timeless. It can never go out of style. Structures From Silence embodies that ideal. Thirty years later, and this is still at the pinnacle of great minimal music. It was no surprise that I found myself in the music business by way of film school post-graduation. I was always more interested in the sound of movies. And as a young mastering engineer in the early 90s, the last thing I wanted to do when I got home after a long day in the studio was listen to music, and yet, I’d have Steve Roach on shuffle play more often than not — before turning on my own synthesizers to create my own sonic worlds. All things are circular. Don Tyler // Phase47 http://phase47.bandcamp.com Steve's name had been thrown around a few times by a musician friend of mine over a decade ago and, being a musically-curious fellow with a brand-new internet connection at home, I started doing some research. I was a frequent visitor of the All Music Guide at the time, and the five-star rating for Structures From Silence didn't go unnoticed.
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