CD  $15.00  ON SALE, $8.00  Combo Pack $20.00 MIRAGE AT THE CROSSROADS (CD) READING THE BONES (CD) Mirage at the Crossroads Biff Johnson 1999 Broad Vista Music BVM002 (CD) Produced by Steve Roach Biff took a journey into the southwest to finish his 1999 CD, MIRAGE AT THE CROSSROADS. Co-produced by Steve, it contains 9 cuts with 72 minutes of music including the 15 minute epic piece "A Road From Somewhere." Somewhat more aggressive and intense than READING THE BONES,  it has the groove factor taking a more active role on some tracks. And, of course, Biff's signature harmonic textures are in full bloom.   1.  Five Sticks Burning   6:27   2.  Urban Initiation   8:17   3.  Dawn Prey   6:49   4.  Rust on the Blade   12:13   5.  Feldspar and Mica   3:23   6.  A Road from Somewhere   14:47   7.  Lighthouse and Firmament   8:07   8.  Badaraca   5:23   9.  Rendezvous at the Crossroads   7:07   Steve Roach mixing on 4, 6, 8, 9

CD  $15.00  ON SALE, $8.00  Combo Pack $20.00 MIRAGE AT THE CROSSROADS (CD) READING THE BONES (CD) Reading the Bones Biff Johnson 1997 Broad Vista Music BVM001 (CD) Produced by Steve Roach Features interesting soundworlds in the ambient/electronic genre. Co-produced by Steve, the music follows in the footsteps of Roach, Rich, Obmana, Schutze, Parsons, O’Hearn and Eno. The use of folk-flutes and percussion gives an organic quality to the dark, mysterious sounds of the electronic palette.   1.  Roadside Spectre   5:07   2.  Lost Caravan   7:20   3.  Bleached White   12:16   4.  Myth Continuity   4:12   5.  Earth Extraction   8:58   6.  Pre-History   8:24   7.  Native Space   3:19   8.  Sumgainala   4:55   9.  The Other Side of What   12:00   Steve Roach additional recording and mixing