Soma (1992 album) - Definition and Overview

Soma (1992) is the second collaborative album by the American ambient musicians Steve Roach and Robert Rich. The word soma can be found in the ancient Vedic texts describing a botanical hallucinogen. The same word means “body" in ancient Greek.

The music on the album is tribal ambient with dark hallucinatory overtones. The album ends with a gentle, serene piece for electric guitar titled “touch”.

Track listing

1. ”Love Magick” (7:40)
2. ”Nightshade” (9:07)
3. ”Going Inland” (4:05)
4. ”Silk Ridge” (6:05)
5. ”Blood Music” (8:10)
6. ”Soma” (12:07)
7. ”Seduction of the Minotauor” (5:21)
8. ”Touch” (4:36)

Personnel

• Steve Roach (Synthesizers, samplers, drum programing, didjeridu, voice, clay water pots, rainstick, rocks, percussion, Lakota flutes, ocarinas, glurp)
• Robert Rich (synthesizers, samplers, bamboo and clay flutes, steel guitar, drum programing, Udu clay drums, dumbek, ceramic talking drum, Waterphone, kalimba, rainstick, percussion, glurp)
• Linda Kohanov (frame drum)

See also

• Steve Roach
• Robert Rich
• Ambient music
• Electronic music