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Released
  
October 10, 2000

The Serpent's Lair (2000)
  
Wachuma's Wave (2003)

Release date
  
10 October 2000

Label
  
Projekt Records

Length
  
141:18

Artist
  
Steve Roach

Producer
  
Steve Roach

Genre
  
Ambient music

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Recorded
  
1999 - 2000 at The Timeroom in Tucson, Arizona

The Serpent's Lair (2000)
  
Prayers to the Protector (2000)

Similar
  
Steve Roach albums, Other albums

The Serpent’s Lair (2000) is a two disc collaborative album by the American ambient artists Steve Roach and Byron Metcalf, Phd. This project began as a study conducted by Metcalf into the therapeutic effects of tribal rhythms and hypnotic breathing.

Contents

The music often originated with rhythms performed by Metcalf into which Roach would infuse other elements until the finished product had completely different rhythmic qualities than the original source material. Steve Roach calls this technique Groove Alchemy.

Disc one: “The Serpent’s Lair”

  1. ”The Lair” (12:14)
  2. ”Rite of Passage” (14:09)
  3. ”Shedding the Skin” (5:39)
  4. ”Big Medicine” (12:53)
  5. ”Future Tribe” (8:30)
  6. ”Birthright” (5:59)
  7. ”Osmosis”(4:04)
  8. ”Egg Chamber Dreaming” (8:53)

Disc two: “Offerings from the Underworld”

  1. ”Offering in Waves” (10:55)
  2. ”Impending Sense of Calm” (9:03)
  3. ”Cave Dwellers” (23:08)
  4. ”Primal Passage” (4:47)
  5. ”Serpent Clan” (5:02)
  6. ”Breathing Heart of the Dragon Mother” (6:50)
  7. ”Ochua” (9:26)

Personnel

  • Steve Roach (synthesizers, samplers, percussion, didgeridoo, breath, shakers, ocarinas, voice)
  • Byron Metcalf (percussion, frame drums, djembe, tom-toms, bass drum, clay pots, shakers, rattles, ashiko, rainstick)
  • Vicki Richards (violin)
  • Lena Stevens (voice)
  • Vidna Obmana (guitar)
  • Jeffrey Fayman (djembe)
  • Momodu Kah (djembe)
  • Jorge Reyes (flutes, ocarinas, whistles, percussion, voice)
  • Jim Cole (voices)
  • Vir Unis (synthesizers)
  • Songs

    1The LairByron Metcalf12:14
    2Rite of PassageByron Metcalf14:09
    3Shedding the SkinByron Metcalf5:39

    References

    The Serpent's Lair Wikipedia