The Desert Inbetween
| The Desert Inbetween | ||||
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| Studio album by Steve Roach and Brian Parnham | ||||
| Released | January 11, 2011 | |||
| Studio | The Floating Point Studio and The Timeroom | |||
| Genre | Ambient | |||
| Length | 66:45 | |||
| Label | Projekt | |||
| Producer | Steve Roach and Brian Parnham | |||
| Steve Roach chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [1] |
| Guts of Darkness | [2] (in French) |
| Hypnagogue | favorable[3] |
| Musique Machine | [4] |
The Desert Inbetween is the collaborative album by ambient musicians Steve Roach and Brian Parnham,[1][5] containing Southwest surroundings.
Reception
[edit]AllMusic rated the album a 3.5 of 5, stating "The Desert Inbetween is almost a natural outgrowth of their individual approaches".
Hypnagogue highly rated the album, saying "It is a richly dimensional concatenation of purposeful sounds that ricochet in rhythm around each other to create the space as they go, every one of them integral".
Track listing
[edit]All tracks are written by Steve Roach and Brian Parnham
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Opening Sky" | 11:03 |
| 2. | "Ancestral Passage" | 9:19 |
| 3. | "Serpent Gulch" | 11:11 |
| 4. | "Somewhere Between" | 7:13 |
| 5. | "Spirit Passage" | 4:14 |
| 6. | "Return to the Underground" | 17:14 |
| 7. | "When the Raven Flies" | 6:31 |
Personnel
[edit]Adapted from Discogs[6]
- Michał Karcz – cover images
- Sam Rosenthal – graphic design
- Steve Roach – composer, arranger, recorder, producer, mastering, electric guitar, synthesizer, electronics, waterphone, sounds, ocarina, percussion
- Brian Parnham – composer, arranger, recorder, producer, synthesizer, didgeridoo, udu, shaker, sounds, engineer, bass guitar, percussion, other trace elements
References
[edit]- ^ a b https://www.allmusic.com/album/desert-inbetween-mw0002079568
- ^ Lupari, Sylvain (as Phaedream) (August 23, 2011). "The Desert Inbetween Review". Guts of Darkness.
- ^ "Steve Roach & Brian Parnham, The Desert Inbetween". 2 March 2011.
- ^ "Steve Roach/Brian Parnham - The Desert Inbetween Review". Musique Machine. 5 January 2012.
- ^ "Steve Roach, Brian Parnham: The Desert Inbetween".
- ^ "Steve Roach - Brian Parnham - The Desert Inbetween". Discogs.
