Destination Beyond

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Destination Beyond
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 29, 2009
Recordedat The Timeroom in Tucson, Arizona
Genre Ambient
Length71:41
Label Projekt Records
Producer Steve Roach
Steve Roach chronology
Dynamic Stillness
(2009)
Destination Beyond
(2009)
Afterlight
(2009)
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"Destination Beyond"
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Destination Beyond is an album by the American ambient musician Steve Roach, released in 2009. Roach infuses his signature atmospheric fabric of sound with a springy, trance-like groove reminiscent of the rhythm found in Arc of Passion.

Contents

Concept

As the title implies, Destination Beyond is a meditation on motion and the infinite point on the horizon that can never be reached. The album includes a small introspection on this theme. Roach writes that the "magnetic pull and drive towards the point on the horizon, towards the destination beyond . . . remains a constant theme and impetus in my life." [3]

Production

Destination Beyond was created with analog synthesizers using real-time processing to produce a "pure natural flow." [4]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Destination Beyond"71:41

Personnel

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References

  1. Destination Beyond at AllMusic
  2. Rowe, Matt (October 2, 2009). "Destination Beyond Review". MusicTap. Archived from the original on 28 September 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-05.
  3. Destination Beyond (Media notes). Steve Roach. Projekt Records. 2009.CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. "Roach, Steve: Destination Beyond". Projekt. Retrieved 3 February 2010.

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