Nightbloom

Nightbloom
Studio album by Steve Roach and Mark Seelig
Released	September 14, 2010
Studio	Timeroom
Genre	Ambient
Length	73:44
Label	Projekt
Producer	Steve Roach
Steve Roach chronology
Sigh of Ages (2010) Nightbloom (2010) The Desert Inbetween (2011)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Hypnagogue	favorable[2]

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][3]

Songs

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.

Reception

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".

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from Discogs^[4]

• Sam Rosenthal – artwork, design
• Steve Roach – drone, electronics
• Mark Seelig – overtone voice
• Steve Roach – photography
• Dawn Wilson-Enoch – photography
• Steve Roach – recorder, mixing, arranger
• Beate Maria – tambura

References

External links

• Nightbloom at Bandcamp
• Nightbloom at Discogs

This page was last edited on 8 October 2023, at 17:10