The Early Years (rarities from the Empetus era)

This digital-only bonus, entitled The Early Years, features two amazing long-form sequencer pieces circa 1982.

“Harmonia Mundi” recorded live by Steve Roach and Swiss-born electronic musician Thomas Ronkin, around 1982-83 in The Timeroom, Culver City, California. This is completely analog and pre-midi. All the sequencers were synchronized by a master analog clock.

“Release” by Steve Roach, 1982, in The Timeroom, Culver City, California. This was from the time after my first album, Now, still steeped in the influence of European electronic music and Klaus Schulze. By the time Empetus was released, the longer sequencer forms and qualities of this style would be fading and absorbed into the body of my development towards new places and spaces.