Encounter (album)

For the 1966 Modern Jazz Quartet / Swingle Singers album of the same name, see: Place Vendôme (Swingle Singers with MJQ album)

Encounter
Studio album by Michael Stearns
Released	1988
Genre	space, ambient, New Age
Label	Hearts of Space Records
Michael Stearns chronology
Floating Whispers (1987) Encounter (1988) Sacred Site (1993)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic (
Piero Scaruffi (

Encounter is an album by Michael Stearns, released in 1988.

Subtitled A Journey in the Key of Space, it's a collection of peaceful instrumental pieces, weaving synthesizers and various background sounds. It evocates landscapes and feelings of a summer night, the space and also the encounter with an UFO.

Track listing

1. "Encounter: Awaiting the Other" – 3:29
2. "Craft: Dimensional Release" – 6:29
3. "The Beacon: Those Who Have Gone Before" – 7:01
4. "On the Way: Space Caravan" – 3:48
5. "Dimensional Shift: Across the Threshold" – 5:29
6. "Within: Choir of the Ascending Spirit" – 3:53
7. "Distant Thunder: Solitary Witness" – 5:40
8. "Alien Shore: Starlight Bay" – 3:46
9. "Procession: Sacred Ceremony" – 8:55
10. "Star Dreams: Peace Eternal" – 4:06

External links

• Hearts of Space Records (Record label's album page)