Steve Roach & Soriah | Curandero | CD

Steve Roach is a composer and multi-instrumentalist known for contemporary electronic music that draws on the earth's landscapes. Born in 1955 in La Mesa, California, he taught himself to play synthesizer at the age of 20 and debuted in 1982 with the album 19822. His work is described as influential on the emergence of ambient and trance, and in 1988 he travelled to the Australian outback. After relocating to the desert outskirts of Tucson, Arizona, he established his own studio, Timeroom.

Curandero is a one disc CD album by Steve Roach and Soriah, released on the Projekt label in 2025. The release is listed in the ambient and tribal styles. Roach is credited with synthesizers, sequencer, percussion, drum machine and prehispanic flutes, and Soriah with voice, flute, synth, drums, percussion and gong. It was recorded and mixed at the Timehouse in Baja Arizona, the Shaman Perch in Portland, Oregon and the Grand Hotel Ulaangom in Mongolia.

Track List

1. Analog Cave
2. Citla
3. Shadow Current
4. Stars of Darkness
5. Steppe Traveler
6. Shard Tribe