ON THIS PLANET
Best Electronic/Ambient Album of the
Year
-AFIM, INDIE AWARD-
Steve Roach has been cultivating his deep tribal ambient sounds for nearly two decades, during which he has issued over 20 recordings under his own name and in collaboration with artists such as Michael Shrieve, Robert Rich, Vidna Obmana, and Jorge Reyes. On This Planet is a suite of meditations and tribal gatherings one bleeding seamlessly into the next that is positively electric with on-the-edge energy of the live moment.
AFIM (formerly known as NAIRD) was founded in 1972 by a handful of labels and distributors. The group initially focused on independent distribution. Today priorities have expanded to include stimulating growth and promoting the independent recording industry.
The
INDIE Awards, established in 1978, recognize artistic excellence among members. Past
winners include recordings by such well known artists as Sugar, Burning
Spear, Naughty By Nature, Professor Longhair,
Kate Wolf, Leon Redbone, Queen Latifah, Richard
Thompson, Holly Near, James Cotton, Sweet Honey in
the Rock, Allison Krauss, George Winston, Frank Zappa,
Robert Cray, and many more.
Hearts of Space,
through it’s five sublabels, offers contemporary spacemusic, Celtic, cross-cultural,
ambient, and contemplative recordings by musicians from around the world. The
company’s weekly radio program, Music from the Hearts of Space, has been heard since
1983 on over 300 public radio stations nationwide.
Read Last Sigh's
review of
Steve Roach's
On This Planet
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Dave Weinberg
Publicity
Hearts Of Space
415-331-3200 x27
david.weinberg (at) hos.com