Nightbloom

Nightbloom
Nightbloom
Studio album by Steve Roach and Mark Seelig
Released	September 14, 2010
Studio	Timeroom
Genre	Ambient
Length	73:44
Label	Projekt
Producer	Steve Roach
Steve Roach chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Hypnagogue	favorable^[2]

Nightbloom is the collaborative album by ambient musicians Steve Roach and Mark Seelig, containing Mark's vocal and Tuva-style overtoning, combining Steve's zones and grooves. The disc features five seamless parts, single-track composition.^[1]^[3]

Songs[edit]

The first track features a slow rising and falling bass tone for the first eight minutes until a subtle percussion pattern begins to emerge slowly from deep in the mix. The second track brings a drumming loop, further laden with echo as the main drones continue steadily. The third track subtly the drones and the drums with a slow martial summoning, as does the fourth track. The final track strips away the drumming for the first part because a final, helping to sum up and send out the album on a strong note.

Reception[edit]

AllMusic rated the album a 3.5 of 5, saying "it's enjoyable more than remarkable, but Roach and Seelig are nothing if not listenable composers for a variety of moods".

Hypnagogue highly rated the album, saying "Nightbloom has taken me to amazing places and shown me incredible things every time I’ve listened".

Track listing[edit]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Untitled"	18:32
2.	"Untitled"	12:39
3.	"Untitled"	13:55
4.	"Untitled"	12:32
5.	"Untitled"	16:02

Personnel[edit]

Adapted from Discogs^[4]

Sam Rosenthal – artwork, design
Steve Roach – drone, electronics
Mark Seelig – overtone voice
Steve Roach – photography
Dawn Wilson-Enoch – photography
Steve Roach – recorder, mixing, arranger
Beate Maria – tambura

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b https://www.allmusic.com/album/nightbloom-mw0002026281
^ "Steve Roach & Mark Seelig, Nightbloom". 13 October 2010.
^ "Steve Roach, Mark Seelig: Nightbloom".
^ "Steve Roach And Mark Seelig – Nightbloom".

External links[edit]

Nightbloom at Bandcamp
Nightbloom at Discogs

[Allmusic-1] ttps://www.allmusic.com/album/nightbloom-mw0002026281

[2] "Steve Roach & Mark Seelig, Nightbloom". 13 October 2010.

[3] "Steve Roach, Mark Seelig: Nightbloom".

[4] "Steve Roach And Mark Seelig – Nightbloom".

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v t e Steve Roach
Studio albums	Structures from Silence (1984) Dreamtime Return (1988) Light Fantastic (1999) Fever Dreams (2004) Immersion: Three (2007) A Deeper Silence (2008) Dynamic Stillness (2009) Destination Beyond (2009) Afterlight (2009) The Delicate Forever (2014) Molecules of Motion (2018)
Live albums	Landmass (2008)
Compilations	Truth & Beauty: The Lost Pieces Volume Two (1999) Texture Maps: The Lost Pieces Vol. 3 (2003)
Collaborative albums	Western Spaces (1987) Desert Solitaire (1989) Strata (1990) Australia: Sound of the Earth (1990) Soma (1992) Forgotten Gods (1993) Kiva (1995) Halcyon Days (1996) Cavern of Sirens (1997) Body Electric (1999) Vine ~ Bark & Spore (2000) The Serpent's Lair (2000) Blood Machine (2001) InnerZone (2002) Trance Spirits (2002) Spirit Dome (2004) Terraform (2006) Stream of Thought (2009) Nightbloom (2010) The Desert Inbetween (2011) The Road Eternal (2011) The Shaman's Heart II: The Healing Journey (2011) Low Volume Music (2012) Copper: Original Soundtrack (2013)