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Robert Rich

Profile:Although his music is often consigned to the new age bins of record stores and the bulk of his work has been released on labels more closely associated with that classification, Robert Rich's solo and collaborative recordings have proven extremely influential on a range of new school ambient and experimental artists. Although barely into his 30s, Rich's association with earlier space-music pioneers such as Steve Roach, Kevin Braheny, and Michael Stearns also makes him one of the few of that generation to have interfaced creatively with the new wave of experimental electronic composers. A California native, Rich began experimenting with electronics in the late '70s before attending Stanford University, where he completed a degree in psychology. While at Stanford, Rich's involvement in the university's prestigious Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics expanded his interest in electronic composition, as well as bringing him in contact with a wide range of non-traditional, non-Western musical ideas. Rich's performance of several all-night "sleep concerts" during this period also helped solidify an aesthetic focus on psychoacoustics, perceptible in early recordings such as Geometry and Trances / Drones. Rich's more mature works such as Rainforest and Propagation have sought to combine that interest with more recognizable electro-acoustical elements (Rich plays a wide range of instruments, from synths and effects racks to hand drums and flute), but the influence of digital sound manipulation has also moved increasingly to the fore. Inspired by the more textural works of artists like SPK and Throbbing Gristle, Rich's interest in the edgier side of electronic composition has also earned him a reputation among fans of gothic, industrial, and dark ambient, made most obvious by his collaboration in 1995 with Brian Williams of Lustmord. In addition to his more ambient-leaning works, Rich also plays in the experimental pop band Amoeba. He is also a scholar of Just Intonation, writing regularly on the topic and co-authoring the software program JICalc.
URLs:http://www.robertrich.com
http://www.myspace.com/rrich
In Groups:Amoeba
Name Variations: All | Robert Rich | Rich
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Releases:
Sunyata (Cass, C90)   Soundscape 1981
Drones (Cass)   Soundscape 1983
Trances (Cass)   Soundscape 1983
Live (Cass)   Psychout Productions 1984
Numena (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   Multimood ... 1986
Inner Landscapes (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Auricle ... 1987
Rainforest (CD, Album)   Hearts Of Space 1989
Strata (CD, Album)   Hearts Of Space 1990
Gaudí (CD, Album)   Hearts Of Space 1991
Geometry ◄ (2 versions)   Spalax Music ... 1991
Soma (CD)   Hearts Of Space 1992
Night Sky Replies (CD, Mini, Ltd)   Amplexus 1994
Propagation (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Hearts Of Space ... 1994
Trances / Drones (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Extreme ... 1994
Stalker (CD, Album)   Fathom 1995
Yearning (CD)   Fathom 1995
A Troubled Resting Place (CD)   Fathom 1996
Narratives: Music For Fiction (CD)   Manifold Records 1996
Fissures (CD, Album)   Fathom 1997
Numena And Geometry (2xCD)   Fathom 1997
Below Zero (CD)   Side Effects 1998
Humidity - Three Concerts (3xCD)   Hypnos 1998
Seven Veils (CD, Album)   Hearts Of Space 1998
Sunyata (CD, Album, RM, RE)   Hypnos 2000
Bestiary (CD, Album)   Release Entertainment 2001
Somnium (DVD)   Hypnos 2001
Outpost (CD, Album, Ltd)   DiN (2) 2002
Temple Of The Invisible (CD)   Soundscape 2003
Calling Down The Sky (CD)   Soundscape 2004
Open Window (CD)   Soundscape 2004
Echo Of Small Things (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Soundscape 2005
Lithosphere (CD, Album, Ltd)   DiN (2) 2005
Electric Ladder (CD)   Soundscape 2006
Eleven Questions (CD, Album)   Unsung Records 2007
Michael Somoroff's Illumination (CD, Album)   Soundscape 2007
Music From Atlas Dei (CD, Album)   Soundscape 2007
React (CD, Album, Ltd)   DiN (2) 2008
Zerkalo (CD, Album)   Faria Records 2008
Remixes:
Wrecked And Remixed (CD, Album) Squeezebox Medicine (R... Small Stone Records 1999
Co-production:
Dali: The Endless Enigma (CD) Birth Of Liquid Desire... Coriolis Records 1990
Mix:
The Blind Messenger (CD)   Cuneiform Records 1997
Desert Triptych (CD, Album)   Farfield Records 2005
Invisibility (CD)   The Foundry 2006
Appears On:
Dreamtime Return (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   Fortuna Records ... 1988
Desert Solitaire (Album) ◄ (2 versions) Specter Fortuna Records 1989
From Across This Gray Land No. 3 (CD) Three Reptiles Wait At... Hyperium Records 1992
World's Edge (2xCD) To The Threshold Of Si... Fortuna Records 1992
The Spiritual Bonding (Album) ◄ (2 versions) The Interior Journey, ... Extreme 1994
Folklore (CD) The Healing Stick Of C... Cuneiform Records 1995
Swarm Of Drones (2xCD) Buoyant On Motionless ... Asphodel 1995
Twilight Earth - Second International Soirée (CD) Calling By Stormlight Timebase 1995
White Sands ◄ (2 versions)   Trance Port 1995
Deepnet (2xCD, Comp) Bioelectrical Plasma Side Effects 1996
Inscape & Landscape (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Trance Port 1996
Reflect Like A Mirror, Respond Like An Echo (CD, Album, RE, RM)   Trance Port 1997
Watchful (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Lektronic Soundscapes ... 1997
Cities In Fog (2xCD)   Relic 1998
Dreaming Now... Then: A Retrospective 1982-1997 (2xCD) The Continent Celestial Harmonies 1998
Flux (CD, Album)   Projekt 1998
I Can Feel The Heat Closing In (CD, Album)   Close Tolerance Music 1998
Time And The Maiden (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Precipice Recordings ... 1998
Urchin Tear Soda (CD)   Precipice Recordings 1999
Pandataria (CD)   Not On Label 2000
Pivot (CD)   Release Entertainment 2000
Supreme * Infinite * Essence (CD)   Zop Opus 2000
A Lone Reply (CD)   Fateless Records 2001
Atrocious Virgin (CD)   Precipice Recordings 2001
Fahrenheit Project - Part Two (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Somnium Intro, Somnium Ultimae Records 2001
Subterranean Collective (2xCD, Comp) The Feather Cycle, Fro... Projekt 2001
Symmetric (2xCD)   Tristissima Records 2001
Where The Earth Meets The Sky (CD, Album)   Hypnos 2001
Zero Point (CD) Science Of Success The Foundry 2001
On The Sensations Of Tone (CD, Album) Prelude Innova Recordings 2002
Vivid Circles (CD, Album, Ltd)   Desolation House 2002
Windblown Kiss (CD, Album)   Projekt, Projekt 2002
355 (CD)   Neurot Recordings 2003
Brainstorming (CD, Album, Ltd)   Desolation House 2003
Chronicling The Famine (CD, Album, Ltd)   Desolation House 2003
Of Foreign Lands And People (CD) Intraference (The Hums... Release Entertainment 2003
Sigqan (CD, Album, Ltd)   Desolation House 2003
A Pleasant Fiction (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Necessary Angel ... 2004
Neurot Recordings I (CD + DVD + , Comp) TRK3 Neurot Recordings 2004
Revival Times (CD, Album, Ltd)   Desolation House 2004
Twilight In The Offing (CD, Album)   Hypnos 2004
Århus:nu (CD) Cancels Out If Need Be Signalement Århus 2004
Black Sands (3xCDr) Rousseau's Jungle Trance Port 2005
Covered In Scars (CD, Album, Ltd)   Desolation House 2005
Desert Triptych (CD, Album)   Farfield Records 2005
Electrical Bonding (CD, Album, Ltd)   Desolation House 2005
Quiet Glow (CD)   Lotuspike 2005
Drifts ◄ (2 versions)   Gears Of Sand ... 2006
Lion's Eye / Lion's Tale (CD, Album)   Deep Listening 2006
Voltage Monster (CD, Album, Ltd)   Desolation House 2006
Wavespan (File, MP3, Album, 256)   Monotonik 2006
GRO J1655-40 (CD, Album, Ltd, Dig)   Desolation House 2007
Human (CD, Album)   The Fossil Dungeon 2007
Long Way From Home (CD, Album)   Chillcuts 2007
Faith (CD, Album)   Magnatune 2008
Telepatía (CD)   Aquavit 2008
Tracks Appear On:
Arcana Cœlestia (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Nesting Ground Multimood ... 1987
"A Feast For Your Ears": 1988 Sampler (Cass, Smplr, C60) 3 Extracts From Inner ... Auricle 1988
Dry Lungs IV ◄ (3 versions) Sanctuary Subterranean Records 1989
Universe Sampler 90 (CD) Fearless, Forest Dream... Hearts Of Space 1990
A Door In The Air: The Echoes Living Room Concerts (CD, Album) Tangier, Granada Echodiscs 1991
Universe Sampler 92 ◄ (2 versions) Sagrada Familia, Tracery Hearts Of Space 1992
Escape From The Cage, Vol 3: Images Of Infinity ◄ (2 versions) Live In Vancouver 11/88 Auricle 1993
From Here To Tranquility Volume 2 (CD) Liquid Air Silent 1993
Of Sound Mind (Cass, C90) Birdsong For Aleta, Ci... Godsend Magazine 1993
The Absolute Sound (CD, Comp) Sagrada Familia, Minar... Hearts Of Space 1993
The Promises Of Silence (Comp) ◄ (3 versions) Black Skies Hic Sunt Leones ... 1993
MBNT: A Recollection Of Proto-Ambient Music From The Hearts Of Space (CD) Silk Ridge, The Rainin... Hearts Of Space 1994
Universe 3 (CD) Nightshade, Lifeblood Hearts Of Space 1994
A Storm Of Drones (3xCD) Ephemera Asphodel 1995
Endless 2 (CD) Sunspot Cycle Manifold Records 1995
Swarm Of Drones (2xCD) Buoyant On Motionless ... Asphodel 1995
The Throne Of Drones (CD) The Simorgh Sleeps on ... Asphodel 1995
Twilight Earth - Second International Soirée (CD) Calling By Stormlight Timebase 1995
Celestial Journey (CD) Love Magick Rising Star Records 1996
Deepnet (2xCD, Comp) Bioelectrical Plasma Side Effects 1996
Soundscape Gallery - Series One (CD) Requiem Lektronic Soundscapes 1997
The Echoes Living Room Concerts Volume 3 (CD, Album) Rites Of The Bronze Age Echodiscs 1997
Apokalypsis Explicata (2xCD) Flock Of Metal Creatur... Multimood 1998
Darkwave: Music Of The Shadows Vol. 2 (CD, Comp) Grotto Of The Lost Time K-Tel International (USA), Inc. 2000
Auricle Cassettes Sampler (CDr) Live, Part 2 (Extract) Auricle 2001
Fahrenheit Project - Part Two (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Somnium Intro, Somnium Ultimae Records 2001
Historical Auricle (CDr) Approach Auricle 2001
Slow Music For Fast Times (2xCD) Sagrada Familia, Coils... Hearts Of Space 2001
Tracks Across The Universe: A Chronology Of Ambient & Electronic Music (3xCDr, Promo + CD-ROM, Promo) Deliquescing Procession Groove Unlimited 2001
A Slight Touch Of Grace (CD) Folded Space Release Entertainment 2002
Collective Series Vol. 1 - Basic Space (CD, Promo) Guitar Harmonics Space For Music 2002
The Echoes Living Room Concerts Volume 8 (CD, Album) Steel Harmonics Echodiscs 2002
The Gatherings (CD, Comp) Mosaic Synkronos Music 2002
Special CD Sampler E-dition #5 (CD) Somnium E-dition Magazine 2004
Index02 (CD, Smplr) Edge Of Nowhere, Tunin... DiN (2) 2005
Ambient Spaces - Chapter One (CD, Comp, Dig) Somnium Intro, Somnium DadA Music 2006
Chasing The Dawn : Ultima Thule Ambient Volume 01 (CD) Qatifan Ultima Thule Ambient Media 2006
Special CD Sampler E-dition #11 (CD, Smplr) Edge Of Nowhere, Timin... E-dition Magazine, DiN (2) 2006
Star's End 30th Anniversary Anthology (2xCD, Ltd) Steel Harmonics Star's End 2007
Index03 (CD, Mixed, Smplr) Geode, Slow Hand, Veil... DiN (2) 2008
Unofficial Releases:
Stalker (CD, Album, Ltd)   ArsNova 2000
The Other Side Of Twilight (12", Ltd, S/Sided)   Alice B. Toklas 2007
Seven Veils (CD, Album, Ltd)   ArsNova  
User Reviews:
mizukagami, Sep 17, 2005

Robert Rich’s music extends beyond the normal. His uncanny flavors sometimes leaves the listener wondering what it was that meant by those sounds. Then again, his music is very direct. ‘Calling Down the Sky’ creates a stormy atmosphere, and leads the listener to believe that a storm is literally coming. An understanding of Rich’s background is required in order to fully grasp the concept of “other” music, as he has described it. Remember, it is artists like these which inspire the rest of us to make our own music.

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