Live Transmission (From The Drone Zone At SomaFM)

Created in a single two-hour session at the SomaFM studio in San Francisco, Live Transmission is Steve Roach doing what he does best: creating transcendent electronic music emerging from an elemental, instinctual mode. With months of preparation absorbed into his system, Steve's slow-flow moods and evocative soundscapes blend with ecstatic rhythmic sections born from hands-on analog sound creation. The result is a direct transference of creative energy from the artist through his instruments out to the listener.Steve Roach's discography is so vast, his creative achievements and his influence on other e-musicians so hard to measure, that no one album could even approach being a rough summary of his work. Live Transmission is hardly a greatest hits set anyway a version of 'Looking For Safety' that originally appeared on his epic Dreamtime Return 1989 is the only track here that would be widely recognized among Roach fans. But what this album does show is tremendous poise a live performer in complete command of his art and still inspired after more than 30 years of music making. Ambient Music Guide.