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Sunyata (Robert Rich album)

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Released
  
1982

Length
  
86:00

Artist
  
Robert Rich

Producer
  
Robert Rich

Recorded
  
Winter 1981–82

Sunyata (1982)
  
Trances (1983)

Release date
  
1982

Label
  
Soundscape

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Genres
  
Ambient music, Drone music

Similar
  
Trances/Drones, Inner Landscapes, A Troubled Resting Place, Calling Down the Sky, Open Window

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Sunyata (1982) is the debut album by the American ambient musician Robert Rich. The title refers to śūnyatā, the Buddhist concept that all things in the material world are empty of meaning and independence.

Contents

Overview

The album was recorded during Rich’s studies at Stanford University. It was originally released on audio cassette.

In 1994, the title track, “Sunyata (Emptiness)” was included on the two-disc compilation Trances/Drones. Because of the length restrictions of the compact disc format, when Sunyata was finally released on CD in 2000, this track was omitted.

Track listing

  1. "Dervish Dreamtime" – 19:00
  2. "Sunyata (Emptiness)" – 24:00
  3. "Oak Spirit" – 43:00

Songs

1Dervish Dreamtime19:00
2Sunyata (Emptiness)24:00
3Oak Spirits43:00

References

Sunyata (Robert Rich album) Wikipedia