Released 1987 Numena
(1987) Rainforest
(1989) Release date 1987 Label Fathom | Length 53:14 Artist Robert Rich Producer Robert Rich Genre Ambient music | |
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Recorded 1985–86 in Palo Alto, California Similar Robert Rich albums, Ambient music albums | ||
Robert rich the other side of twilight
Numena (1987) is an album by the American ambient musician Robert Rich. This is the most active solo album Rich had released by this time. It features the use of a variety of acoustic percussion instruments and just intonation for the first time in Rich’s career.
Contents
The longest and most complicated track on the album is a piece called “The Other Side of Twilight”. It consists of two movements, each with a different gamelan-inspired electronic sequence and natural ambience.
This is also the first Robert Rich album to be originally released on compact disc. In 1997 Numena was bound in a two disc set with the album Geometry.
Note
Prior to the release of this album a shorter alternate version of “The Other Side of Twilight” was broadcast on the National Public Radio program Music from the Hearts of Space.
Track listing
- ”The Other Side of Twilight” – 25:04
- ”Moss Dance” – 5:40
- ”Numen” – 11:51
- ”The Walled Garden” – 10:31
Songs
1The Other Side of Twilight25:05
2Moss Dance5:22
3Numen10:05