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Soma (1992, sometimes spelled SoMa) was the second collaborative album by the U.S. ambient musicians Steve Roach and Robert Rich, following their 1990 album Strata.

Overview

The liner notes explain that the word soma can be found in the ancient Vedic texts describing a drink made from plants to help commune with the gods (a botanical hallucinogen), and that the same word meant "body" in Ancient Greek.[3]

The music on the album is "tribal ambient" (a mix of tribal house and ambient music) with dark hallucinatory overtones. The album ends with a gentle, serene piece for electric guitar titled "Touch".

The album reached number nine on the Billboard New Age chart for April 17, 1993.[4]

Track listing

  1. "Love Magick" – 7:40
  2. "Nightshade" – 9:07
  3. "Going Inland" – 4:05
  4. "Silk Ridge" – 6:05
  5. "Blood Music" – 8:10
  6. "Soma" – 12:07
  7. "Seduction of the Minotaur" – 5:21
  8. "Touch" – 4:36

All compositions by Steve Roach and Robert Rich.

Personnel

Musical[3]
with
  • Linda Kohanov (Roach's wife) – frame drum "cries, swirls and scratches" (on tracks 6 and 7)
Technical[3]
Graphical[3]
  • Design, image editing, montage: Stephen Hill
  • Cover: photochemical etching by Wernher Krutein (of Photovault, San Francisco)
  • Artist photo: Chuck Koesters

References

  1. ^ Soma at AllMusic
  2. ^ "Soma (by Darren Bergstein)". Steveroach.com. Retrieved 2012-03-10.
  3. ^ a b c d Source: Roach & Rich, "CD liner notes"
  4. ^ "New Age Music: Top New Age Albums Chart". Billboard. April 17, 1993. Retrieved 11 July 2017.

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