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| Dreamtime Return | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 30 reviews)
Sales Rank: 13932
Category: Music
Artist: Steve Roach
Publisher: Projekt Records
Studio: Projekt Records
Manufacturer: Projekt Records
Label: Projekt Records
Format: Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 617026017525
EAN: 6170260175252
ASIN: B000A8AXRM
Release Date: August 23, 2005
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Towards The Dream 7:09 | | • | The Continent 4:47 | | • | Songline 3:01 | | • | Airtribe Meets The Dream Ghost 7:07 - MP3 edit | | • | A Circular Ceremony 11:18 - MP3 edit | | • | The Other Side 13:11 | | • | Magnificent Gallery 6:02 | | • | Truth In Passing 8:49 | | • | Australian Dawn - The Quiet Earth Cries Inside 6:17 |
Disc 2
| • | Looking For Safety 31:17 | | • | Through a Strong Eye 6:50 | | • | The Ancient Day 6:07 | | • | Red Twilight With The Old Ones 9:50 | | • | The Return 8:33 |
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Amazon.com essential recording
This 1988 masterpiece, inspired by Roach's visits to the Australian outback and his work with didgeridoo master David Hudson, set the template for much of Roach's future work. In some sense he has simply refined the album's organic blend of brush-stroke synthesizer colors and ethnic-inspired rhythms ever since, with many glorious results. But this journey into Australian aboriginal mythology--the Dreamtime was an Eden-like period of natural harmony presaged by the arrival of extraterrestrial ancestors--remains a trademark and a wholly original work. Like Bruce Chatwin's seminal book on aboriginal mythos, The Songlines, Return is an outsider's document that feels like the very lay of the land itself; the piece "Songline," with its driving dumbek rhythms, reflects the rocky terrain as ably as "A Circular Ceremony" evokes the vastness and mystery of the desert expanse. A true classic. --James Rotondi
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 Mildly inconsistent November 11, 2008
3 1/2
High notch astro-ambiance blends lush synths with soothing tribal rhythms in a way many New Ager's (including Roach himself) have tried in vain to emulate since, though usually instead amounting to little more then the cliche this type of music has become to the market. It is not entirely solid compositionally; sometimes the mechanical shallowness rears its head after one too many loops, but when tracks come together like a centerpiece track "The Other Side", the album is worth hearing.
 Still stands the test of time May 9, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Roach's style has changed a lot. A lot of new ambient artists have come along since this release, such as Stars of the Lid, Deepspace [...]
and Vidna Obmana, and yet this stands near the top of the field. His style is more complex and layered now, but elements of this recording are still evident in some of his newer stuff, like mantram, and new life dreaming.
Roach became a bit obsessed with the Australian Outback at one stage in his career, and you can hear that he nailed the feeling of the place quite well. Having lived in Australia most of my life, I can hear what he was trying to do-the sense of starkness, and impenetrability in the deserts here is very tangible. Very impressive Mr. Roach.
Masterful! February 19, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Simply one of the best space/newage/ambient works ever pressed, Steve Roach's expanded score lends itself to the ultimate relaxation or chill-party CD. It's an arresting work - the man works miracles with electronics and sheets of sounds. Along with the same decade's "Chronos" by Michael Stearns, and Don Slepian's psycoactive, hypnotic, let's-get-back-to-Nirvana masterpiece, "Sea of Bliss," Roach's two CD epic will take you places few musics can. THIS IS GREAT!
Took by breath away! January 27, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Words cannot do this work of art any justice with this review. Spanning two-CDs, Steve Roaches 1988 magnum-opus "Dreamtime Returns" is arguably my favorite release of his to date even though I've since gotten other albums by him as well.
I first heard this album when browsing through a local public library already having his "Dreaming Now Then" compilation. I felt it would be great to try this one out but I never expected it to be this wonderful. Though I can argue about some other songs from his previous and subsequent releases, there is a transcendance that is found on "Dreamtime Returns" that I don't think is as strong on his other albums. DR had me entranced the moment I first started playing it.
"Songline" is almost pure Aboriginal paradise with mostly traditional drums and a spine-tingling didjeridou, a strong contrast to the rest of the album. "Circular Ceremony" is so beautiful that it worked up a tear or two in my eyes. The song has a haunting, minor note melody combined with rain sticks to give a sense of stillness near an approaching thunderstorm.
Voices from the unknown speak to us........ January 27, 2007
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Words cannot do this work of art any justice with this review. Spanning two-CDs, Steve Roaches 1988 magnum-opus "Dreamtime Returns" is arguably my favorite release of his to date even though I've since gotten other albums by him as well.
I first heard this album when browsing through a local public library already having his "Dreaming Now Then" compilation. I felt it would be great to try this one out but I never expected it to be this wonderful. Though I can argue about some other songs from his previous and subsequent releases, there is a transcendance that is found on "Dreamtime Returns" that I don't think is as strong on his other albums. DR had me entranced the moment I first started playing it.
"Songline" is almost pure Aboriginal paradise with mostly traditional drums and a spine-tingling didjeridou, a strong contrast to the rest of the album. "Circular Ceremony" is so beautiful that it worked up a tear or two in my eyes. The song has a haunting, minor note melody combined with rain sticks to give a sense of stillness near an approaching thunderstorm.
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