Robert Rich Complete Discography

SOLO AND GROUP RECORDINGS

1981 - Sunyata (Soundscape Productions SP001, Cass)

Dervish Dreamtime  19:00  
Sunyata (Emptiness)  24:00  
Oak Spirits  43:00  

1983 - Trances (Soundscape Productions SP002, Cass)

Cave Paintings 23:54  
Hayagriva 25:13  

1983 - Drones (Soundscape Productions SP003, Cass)

Seascape 29:59  
Wheel of Earth 27:58  

1984 - LIVE (Psychout Productions/Multimood 001, Cass)

Monterey, September 15, 1983 43:00  
Stanford, March 13, 1984 45:00  

1985 - Urdu w/ Urdu (Rarefaction, Cass)
(strange pop music, w/ Rick Davies & Andrew McGowan)

Questioning The Moon 6:07  
Jazz Rmff 4:07  
Air Ritual 5:50 Audio sample: Quicktime
Land's End 7:40  
To The Menlo Walker  9:14  
Billboard Angel 5:30  
Amphibian 10:40  

1987 - Inner Landscapes (Auricle AMC0029, Cass)
Recorded Live, Berkeley, CA, 9 March 1985

Approach 9:24  
Ascent 12:07  
Descent into the First Chamber 21:00  
First Chamber 11:07  
Second Chamber 11:34  
Third Chamber 10:21  
Inner Sanctum 8:36  

1987 - Numena (Multimood MRC003, LP)

The Other Side Of Twilight 25:04 Audio sample: Quicktime
Moss Dance 5:40 Audio sample: .au
Numen 11:51  
The Walled Garden 10:31  

1988 - Geometry (Spalax 14279, CD not released until 1991)

Primes Part 5:18  
Primes Part 6:34  
Interlocking Circles 8:33 Audio sample: Quicktime
Geometry of the Skies 13:46  
Nesting Ground 6:11  
Geomancy 10:19 Audio sample:  .au
Amrita (Water of Life) 6:59  
 Logos 9:56 Audio sample:  .au

1989 - Rainforest (Hearts of Space HS11014, CD&Cass)
(guest musicians: Andrew McGowan, Carter Scholz)

Mbira 4:11  
The Forest Dreams of Bach 5:45  
Drumsong 4:41
Surface 5:54  
Sanctuary 6:24  
Temple of Eyes 5:19 Audio sample: Quicktime
The Raining Room 6:51  
Veil of Mist 10:38
A Passage in Bronze 3:30  

1990 - Strata w/ Steve Roach (Hearts of Space HS11019, CD&Cass)

Fearless 4:32  
Mica 5:00  
Forever 4:50
The Grotto of Time Lost 9:03  
Iguana 7:32  
Magma 3:37
Persistence of Memory 5:09  
Remembrance 2:22
Ceremony of Shadows 6:12  
La Luna 10:39  

1991 - Numena (Badland re-release BAD001, CD)
Same as original Multimood release

1991 - Gaudí (Hearts of Space HS11028, CD&Cass)
(guest musician: Pranesh Khan)

Sagrada Familia 4:24  
Tracery 4:35  
Silhouette 4:04
The Spiral Steps 9:46 Audio sample: Quicktime
Harmonic Clouds 8:49  
Air 4:42
Serpent 6:27  
Minaret 6:02
Mosaic 8:26  

1992 - Soma w/ Steve Roach (Hearts of Space HS11033, CD&Cass)

Love Magick 7:40  
Nightshade 9:07  
Going Inland 4:05
Silk Ridge 6:05  
Blood Music 8:10  
Soma 12:07
Seduction of the Minotour 5:21  
Touch 4:36

 

1993 - Eye Catching w/ Amoeba (Soundscape Productions SP004, CD5)
(strange pop music, w/ Andrew McGowan, Dave Hahn, Matt Isaacson)

Ooze 3:24  
Lizard Brain 4:59  
Knee Jerk Reaction 4:10
Snail Song 4:42
Untitled (storm drain) 4:00  

1993 - Numena (Linden re-release LM2012, CD)
Digital re-mix of original release

1994 - Propagation (Hearts of Space HS11040, CD&Cass)
(guest musicians: Lisa Moskow, Forrest Fang, Carter Scholz)

Animus 9:29  
Lifeblood 5:31  
Whispers of Eden 7:35
Terraced Fields 4:24 Audio sample: Quicktime
Luminous Horizon 9:45  
Spirit Catcher 9:25
Guilin 11:11  

1994 - Trances/Drones (Extreme re-release XLTD001, 2CD)

Cave Paintings 23:54  
Hayagriva 25:13  
Sunyata (Emptiness) 22:50
Seascape 29:59
Wheel of Earth 27:58  
Resonance 12:17

 

1994 - Geometry (Linden re-release LM2022, CD)
Same as original Spalax release, slight EQ improvements on some tracks.

1995 - Yearning w/ Lisa Moskow (Hearts of Space/Fathom HS11050, CD&Cass)

part 1: Bija 10:30  
part 2: Suspension 9:50  
part 3: Nada 8:50
part 4: Kali 7:50  
part 5: A Thousand Tears 11:40  
part 6: The Mirror 10:56

 

1995 - Night Sky Replies (Amplexus XUS01, limited edition, 3"CD)

A Ripple of Sand 3:22  
Night Spinning Inward 6:28  
A Wheel Questions the Ground 7:10 Audio sample: Quicktime
The Night Sky Replies 4:20  

1995 - Stalker w/ Brian Williams(Lustmord) (Hearts of Space/Fathom HS11059, CD)

elemental trigger 6:07  
synergistic perceptions 11:04  
hidden refuge 9:36
delusion fields 9:31  
omnipresent boundary 15:01  
undulating terrain 5:35
a point of no return 11:29  

1996 - A Troubled Resting Place (Hearts of Space/Fathom, CD, September 1996)

The Simorgh Sleeps on Velvet
Tongues
10:14  
Calling by Stormlight 5:10  
Buoyant on Motionless Deluge 8:00  
Bioelectric Plasma 16:42  
Black Skies 5:19  
A Ripple of Sand 3:22  
Night Spinning Inward 6:28  
A Wheel Questions the Ground 7:10 Audio sample: Quicktime
The Night Sky Replies 4:20  

1997 - Watchful w/ Amoeba (Lektronic Soundscapes LS97008, CD)

Inside 4:58  
Skin 2:54  
Origami 2:09
Footless 5:12 Audio sample: Quicktime
Ignoring Gravity 7:22  
Water Vapor 2:14
Desolation 4:40  
Big Clouds 2:51
Saragossa 4:07 Audio sample: Quicktime
Any Other Sky 6:38  
Watchful Eyes 5:18  

1997 - Fissures w/ Alio Die (Fathom HS11076-2, CD)

Turning to Stone 6:28  
A Canopy of Shivers 5:49  Audio sample: Quiktime
Sirena 9:11
Mycelia 8:15  
The Divine Radiance of
Invertebrates
8:20  
The Road to Wirikuta 19:20
Tree of the Wind 4:34  

1998 - Below Zero (Side Effects DFX33, CD)

Starmaker 21:24  
- Interstallar Travel  
- Worlds Innumerable
- The Beginning and the End  
- The Myth of Creation  
Dissolving the Seeds of a
Moment
10:45
A Flock of Metallic Creatures
Fleeing the Onslaught of Rust
7:02  
Termite Epiphany 8:15
Liquid Air 9:00  
Requiem 7:35  

1998 - Seven Veils (Hearts of Space HS11086, CD&Cass)
(w/ David Torn, Hans Christian, Forrest Fang, Mark Forry, Andrew McGowan)

Coils 6:03 Audio sample: Quicktime
Alhambra 10:09  
Talisman of Touch 4:52  
Book of Ecstacy 15:03  
- A Silken Thread - 5:07  
- A Hungry Moon - 4:00  
- A Veiled Oasis - 5:56  
Ibn Sina 8:33  
Dissolve 5:34  
Lapis 10:19

 

1999 - Inner Landscapes (Hypnos/Soundscape HYP1915, CD)

Recorded Live, Berkeley, CA, 9 March 1985 (re-release, remastered with new edits)

Part 1 13:22
Part 2 11:20  
Part 3 8:14  
Part 4 13:25  
Part 5 7:09  
Part 6 2:21  
Part 7 9:21  
Part 8 8:43  

1999 - Watchful w/ Amoeba (Release/Relapse RR6441-2, CD)
Same as original Lektronic Soundscapes release.

1999 - Liquid Planet (Sonic Foundry AR005, CD-Rom)
Contains hundreds of loops compatible with ACID loop sequencing software.
Not playable on standard equipment. Requires Windows PC with ACID software.

2000 - Humidity (Hypnos/Soundscape, 3-CD)
Three concerts recorded live in April and May of 1998.

Disk 1: April 2, Stanford, CA

Lost Caverns of Caryatis 12:55
Bioelectric Plasma 7:33  
Demilitarized Zone 14:16  
Synergistic Perceptions 10:52  
Ceramic Tincture 6:28  
Submission to Pele 7:22  Audio sample: Quicktime
Humidity Towards the Troposphere 14:25  

Disk 2: May 9, Venice, CA
Beyond Part 1 16:26
Beyond Part 2 6:43  
Beyond Part 3 6:52  
Beyond Part 4 6:13  
Beyond Part 5 3:51  
Beyond Part 6 7:14  

Disk 3, May 10, Pasadena, CA
Steel Harmonics 7:45 Audio sample: Quicktime
Nada 6:05  
Cloud Relapse 7:04  
Nightsky Reprise 16:56  
Hidden Refuge 9:02  
In a Miasma of Malarial Delusions 15:51  

2000 - Trances/Drones (Release/Relapse RR6455-2, 2-CD)
Same as original Extreme release, with different cover.

2000 - Pivot w/ Amoeba (Release RR6474-2, CD)
(Rick Davies & Robert Rich, w/ Andrew McGowan, Don Swanson, Hans Christian, Bobdog Catlin, Forrest Fang, Tom Heasley)

Firelflies 3:46 Audio sample: MP3
No Empty Promises 4:34 Audio sample: MP3
Traces 4:42
Pivot 4:23
Moonlight Flowers 3:39 Audio sample: MP3
House of Rust 1:24
Harvest 4:40  
Miniature 2:07
Seasons Passing 4:59
Underground 5:40  
Sparks 4:32  
To Other Days 4:19  

2000- Sunyata (Hypnos/Soundscape HYP2026, CD)

Remastered re-issue with 2 of the 3 tracks from the original 1982 cassette release.
The missing title track already appears on Trances/Drones.

Dervish Dreamtime  19:37  
Oak Spirits  43:25  

 

2001- Somnium (Hypnos/Soundscape/Release HYP2131, DVD-V)

Somnium (parts 1-3)  7 hours  

 

2001 - Bestiary (Release/Relapse RR6514-2, CD)

With contributions from Forrest Fang, Haroun Serang, and Andrew McGowan

Mantis Intentions 8:00
Nesting on Cliffsides 12:46  Audio sample: MP3
Dante's Anthropomorphic Zoo 3:06  
Bestiary 6:17  Audio sample: MP3
Carapace Hides the Delicacy 3:12  
Folded Space 5:34  
Sharpening Her Talons 3:51  
Premonition of Circular Clouds 10:21  

 

2002 - Outpost w/ Ian Boddy (DiN11, CD)

First Outpost 1:31
Ice Fields 8:21  Audio sample: MP3
Methane 3:48
Lagrange Point 6:48  Audio sample: MP3
Link Lost 10:15
State of Flux 6:38
Tuning In 5:47  
Tuning Out 6:54
Edge of Nowhere 6:25
Last Outpost 2:18  

 

2003 - Temple of the Invisible (Soundscape SP005, CD)

Etranon 3:20
Antalieh 7:13
Pa Tanak 7:51
Jibral 4:13
Fasanina 10:42 Audio sample: MP3
Tulcrhu 9:39
Lan Tiku 9:42 Audio sample: MP3
Otranon 7:05

 

2004 - Calling Down the Sky (Soundscape SP006, CD)

Erasing Traces 13:17 Audio sample: MP3
Overhead 5:34
Vertigo 21:34 Audio sample: MP3
Supplication 7:23
Borealis 6:01
Lost Landmarks 6:25
Adrift 4:56  
Recognition 8:50

 

2004 - Open Window (Soundscape SP007, CD)

Parting Clouds 5:10
Corners 4:16 Audio sample: MP3
Insular 10:13
Past Glances 9:26
Open Window 8:00 Audio sample: MP3
Parallel Horizons 10:50 Audio sample: MP3
Points Between 14:29 Audio sample: MP3
Punctuation 1:54

 

2005 - Echo of Small Things (Soundscape SP008, CD and limited art box)

Pathways 9:36 Audio sample: MP3
Fences 4:57
Circle Unwound 9:00 Audio sample: MP3
Passing Terrain 6:09
Glint in Her Eyes 6:25
Scent of Night Jasmine 9:09 Audio sample: MP3
Summer Thunder 4:27
Hollow Rings Longer 5:19 Audio sample: MP3
Weightless Morning 6:12  
     
Total Time: 61:14    

 

2005 - Lithosphere w/ Ian Boddy (DiN 21, CD)

Threshold 2:07
Vent 5:20
Chamber 6:29
Glass 3:40
Subduction 5:34
Geode 6:32 Audio sample: MP3
Stone 3:51
Metamorphic 7:25 Audio sample: MP3
Lithosphere 6:29 Audio sample: MP3
Melt 5:15 Audio sample: MP3
     
Total Time: 52:46    

 

2006 - Electric Ladder (Soundscape SP009, CD)
with Paul Hanson, Haroun Serang

Electric Ladder 10:32 Audio Sample: MP3
Shadowline 8:45 Audio Sample: MP3
Poppy Fields 7:16
Sky Tunnel 9:05 Audio Sample: MP3
Concentric 6:27 Audio Sample: MP3
Aquifer 6:42
Never Alone 6:29
     
Total Time: 55:16    

 

2007 - Music from Atlas Dei (Soundscape SP010, CD)
New and previously released pieces, all new mixes/edits

Opening 1:01
Mythos 5:47
Starmaker 6:03
Glint in Her Eyes 6:10
Night Spinning Inward 4:41
Poppy Fields 4:33
Deconstructions 6:29
Symbolics 4:37
Liquid Air 4:19
The Core 5:07
Never Alone 6:13
Minaret (layered) 6:04
Terra Meta 5:09
     
Total Time: 66:22    

2007 - Atlas Dei (Soundscape SP011, DVD)
New surround and stereo mixes with film by Daniel Colvin

Opening
Electric Ladder
Air
Aquifer
Never Alone
Mythos
Starmaker
Glint in Her Eyes
Night Spinning Inward
Poppy Fields
Deconstructions
Symbolics
Liquid Air
The Core Quiktime Trailer
Never Alone
Minaret (layered)
Terra Meta
Shadowline
     
Total Time: 93 minutes    

 

2007 - Michael Somoroff's Illumination (Soundscape SP012, CD)
Composed by Robert Rich for a video installation by Somoroff

Echo I 7:16
Prism 3:36
Point Line Plane 16:52
Curtain 15:41
Plato's Cave 14:10
Temple 7:57
Echo II 5:19
     
Total Time: 71:06    

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2007 - Eleven Questions - Markus Reuter and Robert Rich (Unsung Records UR003, CD)

Reminder 3:27
Reductive 4:27
Recall 2:24
Retention 6:34
Remote 4:16
Reluctant 3:27
Redemption 6:41
Relative 3:27  
Reception 3:04  
Refuge 5:53
Refuse 3:43
Rebirth 3:26
Remainder 2:12
Total Time 53:12


 

 

COMPILATIONS

1987 - Arcana Coelestia (Multimood MRC007, LP&CD)
Nesting Ground (From Geometry) 6:11

1988 - Dry Lungs IV (Subterranean SUB68, LP&CD)
Sanctuary (From Rainforest) 6:07

1988 - Frozen Fireworks (Lonely Whistle Music, Cass)
Live (excerpt from Live) 5:40

1989 - Rational Music for an Irrational World (Just Intonation Network, Cass)
Temple of Eyes (From Rainforest) 5:19

1990 - Universe sampler '90 (Hearts of Space HS11200, CD&Cass)
Fearless (w/ Steve Roach, Strata) 4:32
The Forest Dreams of Bach 5:45
Drumsong 4:41

1990 - Dalî, The Endless Enigma (Coriolis CR0106, CD)
Birth of Liquid Desires (w/ Roach) 4:46
Rhinocerotic Figure. . . (w/ Roach) 2:55

1991 - A Door In The Air (EchoDisks EDC1001, CD)
Tangier 6:54
Granada 8:30

1991 - Adventures in Music - 10/10 Sampler (CD Review AIM-014, CD)
Mica (w/ Steve Roach, Strata) 4:56

1992 - Universe 2 (Hearts of Space HS11201, CD&Cass)
Sagrada Familia (From Gaudi) 4:24
Tracery (From Gaudi) 4:35

1993 - Escape from the Cage Vol. 3 (Auricle AMC044, Cass lim. ed.)
Live (Excerpt) 11:00 (?)

1993 - Of Sound Mind Compilation (Godsend Productions, Cass lim. ed.)
Amoeba - Feedback Study: Steel 8:00
Amoeba - Spectacle of False Faces 3:50
Amoeba - Elith 5:00
Birdsong For Aleta 5:05
Circle 4:13

1993 - The Promises of Silence (HicSuntLeones/Projekt HSL004/PRO41, CD)
Black Skies 5:10

1993 - The Absolute Sound (Hearts of Space HS11103, CD&Cass)
Sagrada Familia (From Gaudi) 4:24
Minaret/Mosaic (From Gaudi) 14:28
Soma (w/ Steve Roach, Soma) 12:07

1994 - From Here to Tranquility (Silent SR9343, CD)
Liquid Air 8:31

1994 - Universe 3 (Fathom/Hearts of Space HS11202, CD&Cass)
Lifeblood (from Propagation) 5:09
Nightshade (w/ Steve Roach, Soma) 6:16

1994 - mbnt (Fathom/Hearts of Space HS11105, CD&Cass)
Silk Ridge (w/ Steve Roach, Soma) 6:06
The Raining Room (edit, Rainforest) 3:54

1995 - The Throne of Drones (Sombient/Asphodel 0952, CD)
Simorgh Sleeps on Velvet Tongues 10:14

1995 - Endless II (Manifold, MANCD04 ,CD)
Sunspot Cycle 18:14

1996 - DeepNet (Side Effects DFX19, 2CD)
Bioelectric Plasma 16:42

1995 - Twilight Earth II (TimeBase Time4, CD)
Calling by Stormlight 5:11

1995 - Swarm of Drones (Sombient 0953, CD)
Buoyant on Motionless Deluge 8:00

1996 - Narratives (Manifold MANCD08, CD)
Starmaker 21:24
- Interstallar Travel
- Worlds Innumerable
- The Beginning and the End
- The Myth of Creation

1996 - Storm of Drones (Sombient0966, CD)
Ephemera 3:11

1996 - Soundscape Gallery (Lektronic Soundscape LS96007, CD)
Requiem 7:35

1997 - Living Room Concerts Vol. #3 (EchoDisks EDC1003, CD)
Rites of the Bronze Age (live) 11:22

1998 - Apokalypsis Explicata (Multimood MRC026, 2CD)
A Flock of Metallic Creatures Fleeing the Onslaught of Rust 7:02

1998 - Loraine (a benefit CD for KUCI, Irvine) (Peach 01, CD)
A Deliquescing Procession 5:37

2000 - Darkwave, Music of the Shadows (K- TEL 6456-2, CD)
Grotto of Time Lost (w/ Steve Roach) 5:20

2002 - A Slight Touch of Grace (Release Entertainment RR6557-2)
Folded Space (from Bestiary) 5:32

2002 - Echoes Living Room Concerts Vol. #8 (Echodisc EDC 1008)
Steel Harmonics (live) 7:38


GUEST APPEARANCES AND PRODUCTION

1988 - Steve Roach - Dreamtime Return (Fortuna 18055, 2CD&2Cass)
(rhythms on:)
The Continent 4:49
Songline 3:10
Airtribe Meets the Dream Ghost 7:00
Looking for Safetey 31:21
The Ancient Day 6:06

1989 - Roach, Braheny, Stearns - Desert Solitaire (Fortuna 17070, CD&Cass)
(rhythm on:)
Specter 9:34

1990 - CDCM Computer Music Series Vol#7 (Centaur CRC2047, CD)
(mixed and produced w/ Carter Scholz)
Pauline Oliveros - Lion's Tale 15:06

1992 - Steve Roach - World's Edge (Fortuna 18057, 2CD&Cass)
(steel guitar on:)
To the Threshhold of Silence 60:00

1994 - Vidna Obmana - The Spiritual Bonding (Extreme CD, Oct '94?)
(rhythms and flute, co-wrote:)
The Interior Journey 4:27
From the Stepping Stone 4:35

1995 - Forrest Fang - Folklore (Cuneiform Rune68, CD)
(mixed and mastered album, and played on one track:)
The Healing Stick of Cabeza de Vaca 12:21

1995 - A Produce - White Sands (Tranceport TPTCD105)
(re-mastered all tracks)

1996 - Jeff Greinke- Cities in Fog (Re-issue)(Projekt 2CD)
(re-mastered all tracks)

1996 - Moskow/Bühler/Gordon - Sojourn (CSM/DSM 4755)
(recording engineer, mixed and mastered all tracks)

1996 - A Produce - Inscape & Landscape (Trancprt TPT106, CD)
(mastered all tracks)

1997 - Forrest Fang - The Blind Messenger (Cuneiform RUNE98, CD)
(mixed about half of the album)

1997 - A Produce - Reflect Like a Mirror...(Trancprt TPT107, CD)
(re-mastered all tracks)

1998 - Love Spirals Downwards - Flux (Projekt, 1998 CD)
(mastered all tracks)

1999 - Morsel - Wrecked and Remixed (Smallstone SS012, 1999 CD)
(re-mixed "Squeezebox Medicine")

2001 - Seofon - Zero Point: Lessons in Being Nothing (Hypnos/Foundry FOU.11)
Science of Success "That Galaxy Called Humanity" (6:58)
(Contributed guitar parts)

2003- Mandible Chatter - Of Foreign Lands and People (Release 6581-2, 2003 CD)
(production, editing, mixing and mastering full CD)

 

Currently performing mastering and engineering work for numerous other artists.
Check the Soundscape Studio page for other recent mastering credits.



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Soundscape Productions
P.O. Box 1471
Mountain View, CA 94042-1471 USA
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Hypnos
P.O. Box 6868
Portland, OR 97228 USA
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Release/Relapse
P.O. Box 2060
Upper Darby, PA 19082 USA
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Valley Entertainment (owns Hearts of Space & Fathom)
333 West 52nd Street 9th Floor
New York NY 10019 USA
www.valley-entertainment.com

DiN, Something Else Music Limited
38, Church Lane
Ormesby, Middlesbrough
England TS7 9AP
www.DiN.org.uk

Echodiscs
Box 224
Eagle, PA 19480 USA
www.echoes.org