Alternative Press (11/01, p.91) - 8 out of 10 - "...Roach took Brian Eno's Ambient a step further by creating something with a resounding sense of humanity and emotion."
Solo performer: Steve Roach.
Recorded at Timeroom Studios, Culver, California between 1983 & 1984. Includes liner notes by Steve Roach.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Minimalism and ambience sometimes make compatible bedfellows. Both genres attempt to produce a lot from a little, but in the wrong hands, the mere repetition or lack of composed sounds can signal just as minimalist a palette of ideas. Steve Roach's tone poems, quite minimal by nature, take the concept of "ambience" and turn it on its proverbial head. This idyllic record draws the listeners in so deep that they might not wish to escape should they even be able to do so. "Reflections in Suspension" is music to soak in while sunlight dances off falling dust motes--delicate, fragile, and undeniably beautiful. STRUCTURES FROM SILENCE was Roach's initial foray into monastic sound and is just as vital as his classic QUIET MUSIC, which this album prefaces.