The Desert Inbetween

The Desert Inbetween
Studio album by
Steve Roach and Brian Parnham
ReleasedJanuary 11, 2011
StudioThe Floating Point Studio and The Timeroom
GenreAmbient
Length66:45
LabelProjekt
ProducerSteve Roach and Brian Parnham
Steve Roach chronology
Nightbloom
(2010) 		The Desert Inbetween
(2011) 		Immersion Five - Circadian Rhythms
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Guts of Darkness[2] (in French)
Hypnagoguefavorable[3]
Musique Machine [4]

The Desert Inbetween is the collaborative album by ambient musicians Steve Roach and Brian Parnham,[1][5] containing Southwest surroundings.

Reception

AllMusic rated the album a 3.5 of 5, stating "The Desert Inbetween is almost a natural outgrowth of their individual approaches".

Hypnagogue highly rated the album, saying "It is a richly dimensional concatenation of purposeful sounds that ricochet in rhythm around each other to create the space as they go, every one of them integral".

Track listing

All tracks are written by Steve Roach and Brian Parnham

No.TitleLength
1."Opening Sky"11:03
2."Ancestral Passage"9:19
3."Serpent Gulch"11:11
4."Somewhere Between"7:13
5."Spirit Passage"4:14
6."Return to the Underground"17:14
7."When the Raven Flies"6:31

Personnel

Adapted from Discogs[6]

  • Michał Karcz – cover images
  • Sam Rosenthal – graphic design
  • Steve Roach – composer, arranger, recorder, producer, mastering, electric guitar, synthesizer, electronics, waterphone, sounds, ocarina, percussion
  • Brian Parnham – composer, arranger, recorder, producer, synthesizer, didgeridoo, udu, shaker, sounds, engineer, bass guitar, percussion, other trace elements

References

  1. ^ a b https://www.allmusic.com/album/desert-inbetween-mw0002079568
  2. ^ Lupari, Sylvain (as Phaedream) (August 23, 2011). "The Desert Inbetween Review". Guts of Darkness.
  3. ^ "Steve Roach & Brian Parnham, The Desert Inbetween". 2 March 2011.
  4. ^ "Steve Roach/Brian Parnham - The Desert Inbetween Review". Musique Machine. 5 January 2012.
  5. ^ "Steve Roach, Brian Parnham: The Desert Inbetween".
  6. ^ "Steve Roach - Brian Parnham - The Desert Inbetween". Discogs.