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Empetus

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Released
  
1986 / 2008 (remaster)

Genre
  
Ambient

Recorded
  
1986

Length
  
44:25

Label
  
Fortuna Records (1986 release) Projekt Records (2008 remaster)

Producer
  
Steve Roach, Michael Stearns

Empetus is a studio album by the electronic artist Steve Roach. It was released in 1986 on Fortuna Records.

Contents

Most of the album has a sophisticated, energetic style, similar to Now and Traveler, ending with a haunting, melodic track entitled "The Memory". The artist secured the songwriting rights to Empetus, with the album remastered and re-issued in 2008 on Projekt Records, together with a bonus disc containing "The Early Years" recordings from 1982.

CD1 "Empetus"

  1. ”Arrival” – 4:20
  2. ”Seeking” – 5:34
  3. ”Conquest” – 6:07
  4. ”Empowerment” – 3:52
  5. ”Twilight Heat” – 3:15
  6. ”Merge” – 6:23
  7. ”Urge” – 6:23
  8. ”Distance Is Near” – 2:40
  9. ”The Memory” – 5:51

CD2 "The Early Years" (2008 remaster only)

  1. ”Harmonia Mundi” - 45:00
  2. ”Release” - 24:00

Personnel

  • Steve Roach (analog and digital synthesizers, sequencers, digital drums)
  • Weslie Brown (voice on “Conquest” and “Merge”)
  • Michael Stearns (The Beam on “Arrival”, “Conquest” and “Empowerment”)

    • References

    Empetus Wikipedia
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