• Source: Soma (Steve Roach and Robert Rich album)

Soma (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.
The music on the album is electronic and ambient music with psychedelic 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.




Track listing


"Love Magick" – 7:40
"Nightshade" – 9:07
"Going Inland" – 4:05
"Silk Ridge" – 6:05
"Blood Music" – 8:10
"Soma" – 12:07
"Seduction of the Minotaur" – 5:21
"Touch" – 4:36
All compositions by Steve Roach and Robert Rich.




Personnel


Musical
Steve Roach – synthesizers, samplers, drum programming, didgeridu, voice, clay water pots, rainstick, rocks, various percussions, Lakota Indian flute, ocarinas, "glurp"
Robert Rich – synthesizers, samplers, bamboo and clay flutes, steel guitar, drum programming, Udu clay drums, dumbek, ceramic talking drum, Waterphone, kalimba, rainstick, various percussions, "glurp"
with
Linda Kohanov – frame drum "cries, swirls and scratches" (on tracks 6 and 7)
Technical
Production, recording, mixing: Steve Roach, Robert Rich
Mastering: Stephen Hill, Robert Rich
Graphical
Design, image editing, montage: Stephen Hill
Cover: photochemical etching by Wernher Krutein (of Photovault, San Francisco)
Artist photo: Chuck Koesters




References






Sources


Roach, Steve & Rich, Robert (1992). "CD liner notes" in Soma, San Francisco: Hearts of Space Records, 1992, SKU HS11033-2, EAN 0025041103329 (UPC 025041103329)




External links


Soma at SteveRoach.com
Soma at RobertRich.com
Soma at Hearts of Space Records
Soma at Hearts of Space
Soma at Discogs

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