Western Spaces is a collaborative album by the American ambient musicians Steve Roach and Kevin Braheny. This album is the first of Steve Roach’s many musical tributes to the Southwestern Desert.
Western Spaces | ||||
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Studio albumby | ||||
Released | 1987, 1990 | |||
Recorded | The Timeroom and Kevin Braheny's studio, Los Angeles | |||
Genre | Ambient | |||
Length | 68:51 | |||
Label | Innovative Communications, Fortuna | |||
Producer | Steve Roach, Chuck Oken, Jr. | |||
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Richard Burmer chronology | ||||
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Alternative cover | ||||
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Innovative Communications release.
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Source | Rating |
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Q | favorable [2] |
On several tracks Kevin Braheny uses his trademark sound created by playing a cello preset on his Steiner EWI (Electronic Woodwind Instrument). This album was originally released on the Innovative Communications label by Chameleon Records as a Steve Roach/Kevin Braheny/Richard Burmer album and was released later the same year on the Fortuna label as a Steve Roach/Kevin Braheny album, with Burmer's solo contributions (“A Story from the Rain” and “Across the View”) replaced by two pieces from Roach.
The liner notes contain a poem by Roach's wife Linda Kohanov from which many of the song titles and perhaps the album title were derived.