Nightbloom | |
Type: | Studio |
Artist: | Steve Roach and Mark Seelig |
Cover: | Steve Roach, Mark Sellig, Nightbloom.jpg |
Released: | September 14, 2010 |
Studio: | Timeroom |
Genre: | Ambient |
Length: | 73:44 |
Label: | Projekt |
Producer: | Steve Roach |
Chronology: | Steve Roach |
Prev Title: | Sigh of Ages |
Prev Year: | 2010 |
Next Title: | The Desert Inbetween |
Next Year: | 2011 |
Nightbloom is the collaborative album by ambient musicians Steve Roach and Mark Seelig, containing Mark's vocal and Tuva-style overtoning, combining Steve's zones and grooves. The disc features five seamless parts, single-track composition.[1]
The first track features a slow rising and falling bass tone for the first eight minutes until a subtle percussion pattern begins to emerge slowly from deep in the mix. The second track brings a drumming loop, further laden with echo as the main drones continue steadily. The third track subtly the drones and the drums with a slow martial summoning, as does the fourth track. The final track strips away the drumming for the first part because a final, helping to sum up and send out the album on a strong note.
AllMusic rated the album a 3.5 of 5, saying "it's enjoyable more than remarkable, but Roach and Seelig are nothing if not listenable composers for a variety of moods".
Hypnagogue highly rated the album, saying "Nightbloom has taken me to amazing places and shown me incredible things every time I’ve listened".
Adapted from Discogs[2]