The Desert Inbetween is the collaborative album by ambient musicians Steve Roach and Brian Parnham,[1][5] containing Southwest surroundings.
| The Desert Inbetween | ||||
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| Studio album by Steve Roach and Brian Parnham | ||||
| Released | January 11, 2011 | |||
| Studio | The Floating Point Studio and The Timeroom | |||
| Genre | Ambient | |||
| Length | 66:45 | |||
| Label | Projekt | |||
| Producer | Steve Roach and Brian Parnham | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [1] |
| Guts of Darkness | [2] (in French) |
| Hypnagogue | favorable[3] |
| Musique Machine | [4] |
Reception
editAllMusic rated the album a 3.5 of 5, stating "The Desert Inbetween is almost a natural outgrowth of their individual approaches".
Hypnagogue highly rated the album, saying "It is a richly dimensional concatenation of purposeful sounds that ricochet in rhythm around each other to create the space as they go, every one of them integral".
Track listing
editAll tracks are written by Steve Roach and Brian Parnham
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Opening Sky" | 11:03 |
| 2. | "Ancestral Passage" | 9:19 |
| 3. | "Serpent Gulch" | 11:11 |
| 4. | "Somewhere Between" | 7:13 |
| 5. | "Spirit Passage" | 4:14 |
| 6. | "Return to the Underground" | 17:14 |
| 7. | "When the Raven Flies" | 6:31 |
Personnel
editAdapted from Discogs[6]
- Michał Karcz – cover images
- Sam Rosenthal – graphic design
- Steve Roach – composer, arranger, recorder, producer, mastering, electric guitar, synthesizer, electronics, waterphone, sounds, ocarina, percussion
- Brian Parnham – composer, arranger, recorder, producer, synthesizer, didgeridoo, udu, shaker, sounds, engineer, bass guitar, percussion, other trace elements
References
edit- ^ a b https://www.allmusic.com/album/desert-inbetween-mw0002079568
- ^ Lupari, Sylvain (as Phaedream) (August 23, 2011). "The Desert Inbetween Review". Guts of Darkness.
- ^ "Steve Roach & Brian Parnham, The Desert Inbetween". 2 March 2011.
- ^ "Steve Roach/Brian Parnham - The Desert Inbetween Review". Musique Machine. 5 January 2012.
- ^ "Steve Roach, Brian Parnham: The Desert Inbetween".
- ^ "Steve Roach - Brian Parnham - The Desert Inbetween". Discogs.