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Steve Roach was born on 16 February, 1955 in La Mesa, California, United States, is an American composer and musician. Discover Steve Roach's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 69 years old?
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| Occupation |
Composer, musician |
| Age |
69 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Aquarius |
| Born |
16 February, 1955 |
| Birthday |
16 February |
| Birthplace |
La Mesa, California, United States |
| Nationality |
United States
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He is a member of famous Composer with the age 69 years old group.
Steve Roach Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Steve Roach's Wife?
His wife is Linda Kohanov
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| Wife |
Linda Kohanov |
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Steve Roach Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Steve Roach worth at the age of 69 years old? Steve Roach’s income source is mostly from being a successful Composer. He is from United States. We have estimated Steve Roach's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
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Pending |
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Under Review |
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Composer |
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Timeline
Steve Roach (born February 16, 1955) is an American composer and performer of ambient and electronic music, whose recordings are informed by his impressions of environment, perception, flow and space.
His work has been influential in the trance and new-age genres.
He developed a passion for Motocross racing in the early 1970s, experiences from which he incorporated into his composing and performing later on.
"You have to be fully awake and present ... All of those things relate right over to what would become my path in music. You're completely in; you're inside of it, your life depends on it. That set the tone."
Having grown up near deserts, mountains, and the ocean, these became key aesthetic influences in Roach's music.
He was also influenced by progressive rock, namely Close to the Edge (1972) by Yes and Ummagumma (1969) by Pink Floyd.
Roach taught himself to play the synthesizer when he was 20; among his first instruments were a Roland SH-3A and Vox Continental.
He went on to purchase a Micromoog, ARP 2600, and ARP String Ensemble at once with a "super high interest loan".
He lived in Hollywood, California for a brief time, during which he worked at the Licorice Pizza record store alongside future The Simpsons creator Matt Groening, and became a part of the electronic music community in the Los Angeles area.
He moved to a bungalow in Culver City, in which he built a recording studio named the Timeroom and worked odd jobs while creating music.
Roach was greatly influenced by electronic music as a teenager, particularly Timewind (1975) by Klaus Schulze and works by Tangerine Dream and Brian Eno.
Roach learned to play the digeridoo during his extended trips to Australia in the 1980s, and he became an early proponent of its use in ambient music.
His work with Mexican musician Jorge Reyes introduced Roach to Prehispanic musical elements, which he has also included in his music.
These fusions established Roach as one of the founders of the tribal-ambient sound.
Roach is married to author and equine teacher Linda Kohanov, who provided vocals on some of his albums.
His debut album, Now, was released in 1982.
Two years later, he released his best known album, Structures from Silence (1984).
He had pressed a run of cassettes of the album, which caught the attention of Stephen Hill who played it on his Hearts of Space radio show on KCRW, which generated further interest in Roach's music.
• Structures from Silence (1984 Fortuna) – remastered 2001
In 1986 he released his acclaimed Quiet Music series.
• Quiet Music 1 (1986 Fortuna) -cassette
• Empetus (1986 Fortuna) -cassette, CD, vinyl - 2 discs, (re-released on Projekt 2008) - CD, Digital (re-released on Projekt 2017)
• Quiet Music 2 (1986 Fortuna) -cassette
• Quiet Music 3 (1986 Fortuna) -cassette
In 1988, he released what has been described by critics as his masterpiece, the double-album Dreamtime Return.
• Dreamtime Return (1988 Fortuna) – 2 discs, (remastered 2005 Projekt)
In the early 1990s, Roach moved to the Sonoran Desert near Tucson, Arizona.
• World's Edge (1992 Fortuna) – 2 discs
• The Dream Circle (1994 Soundquest LTD1) -CD (Limited 2000 copies)
In 1995, Roach signed with Projekt Records, which has since been his primary label.
As Roach's approach to ambient music has matured, his compositions have typically been beatless.
His rhythmic and trance-based groove and tribal-ambient releases, however, are nearly as numerous as his more atmospheric releases.
Some recordings are strictly synthesizer-based, whereas others include ambient guitar experiments.
Other pieces, however, cross over with more ethnic and folk influences.
Roach has received two Grammy Award nominations for New Age Album of the Year: His 2017 album Spiral Revelation for the 60th Annual Grammy Awards., and 2018's Molecules of Motion for the 61st Annual Grammy Awards.
Roach's work has also been listed on "1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die."
Roach was born as a single child in La Mesa, California, less than 10 miles from San Diego.
