Michael Stearns and Steve Roach

California-born Steve Roach is a pioneering ambient and electronic composer known for lush, meditative soundscapes blending tribal, space, and new age styles. Key works include "Structures from Silence" and "Dreamtime Return". A self-taught multi-instrumentalist inspired by Tangerine Dream, Roach collaborated with Robert Rich, Michael Stearns, and others, influencing generations of ambient and trance artists with his prolific, immersive music.