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	RAINBOW SERPENT - Live @ Liphook 2007 (cd)


	RAINBOW SERPENT / FANGER & SCHöNWäLDER - Elektrik Cowboys (cd)


	RAMP - Debris (cd)


	RAMP - Doombient.Three – Kalte Sterne (cd-r)


	RAMP - Looking Back in Anger – a decade of misfits '96- (cd)


	RAMP - Oughtibridge (cd)


	RAPHAEL - Angels of the Deep (cd)


	RASAL.ASAD - Asuna (cd)


	RASAL.ASAD - Space.Scape (cd)


	COLIN RAYMENT - Continental Divide (cd-r)


	REALTIME - Lights of the Universe (cd-r)


	GILES REAVES WITH AASHID HIMMONS - The Deep End (cd-r)


	GILES REAVES - Sea of Glass (cd)


	GILES REAVES - Wunjo (cd)


	UWE RECKZEH - Altitude 30000 (cd-r)


	UWE RECKZEH - Unnatural Light (cd)


	REDSHIFT - Last (cd)


	REDSHIFT - Turning Towards Us (cd)


	REDSHIFT - Wild 3 (cd)


	THE REDUNDANT ROCKER - Heart (cd)


	KEVIN REES - Pools of Instability (cd-r)


	REMANENCE - A Strange Constellation of Events (cd-r)


	REMOTE SPACES - Silos (cd-r)


	REMOTION - Between Fiction and Reality (cd)


	REMY - EoD (cd)


	REMY - Exhibition of Dreams (10th anniversary edition) (cd)


	REMY - This Is Not The End (cd)


	RESONANT DRIFT - Flow Mingled Down (cd)


	RESONANT DRIFT - Resonant Drift (cd-r)


	RESONANT DRIFT - The Call (cd)


	MARKUS REUTER & ROBERT RICH - Eleven Questions (cd)


	MARKUS REUTER & [‘RAMP] - Ceasing to Exist (cd)


	REVIVAL - The Longest Dream (cd)


	ROBERT RICH & FARYUS - Zerkalo (cd)


	ROBERT RICH & IAN BODDY - Lithosphere (cd)


	ROBERT RICH & IAN BODDY - React (cd)


	ROBERT RICH & STEVE ROACH - Strata (cd)


	ROBERT RICH - Atlas Dei (dvd)


	ROBERT RICH - Calling Down The Sky (cd)


	ROBERT RICH - Echo of Small Things (cd)


	ROBERT RICH - Electric Ladder (cd)


	ROBERT RICH - Humidity (cd)


	ROBERT RICH - Michael Somoroff’s Illumination (cd)


	ROBERT RICH - Open Window (cd)


	ROBERT RICH - Trances/Drones (cd)


	ROBERT RICH - Ylang (cd)


	RICOCHET GATHERING - Keep On (cd)


	RISING STAR - ...By Imagination (cd-r)


	RISING STAR - Totally Space (cd-r)


	STEVE ROACH & ERIK WøLLO - Stream of Thought (cd)


	STEVE ROACH & ROBERT RICH - Soma (cd)


	STEVE ROACH & VIDNA OBMANA - Cavern of Sirens (cd)


	STEVE ROACH & VIDNA OBMANA - Spirit Dome/Live Archive (cd)


	STEVE ROACH & VIR UNIS - Body Electric (cd)


	STEVE ROACH, BYRON METCALF & MARK SEELIG - Mantram (cd)


	STEVE ROACH - A Deeper Silence (cd)


	STEVE ROACH - Afterlight (cd)


	STEVE ROACH - All is Now (cd)


	STEVE ROACH - Arc of Passion (cd)


	STEVE ROACH - Darkest before Dawn (cd)


	STEVE ROACH - Destination Beyond (cd)


	STEVE ROACH - Dynamic Stillness (cd)


	STEVE ROACH - Empetus (cd)


	STEVE ROACH - Fever Dreams (cd)


	STEVE ROACH - Fever Dreams III (cd)


	STEVE ROACH - Holding the Space: Fever Dreams II (cd)


	STEVE ROACH - Immersion: Four (cd)


	STEVE ROACH - Immersion: One (cd)


	STEVE ROACH - Immersion: Three (cd)


	STEVE ROACH - Immersion: Two (cd)


	STEVE ROACH - Kairos (dvd)


	STEVE ROACH - Landmass (cd)


	STEVE ROACH - Life Sequence (cd)


	STEVE ROACH - Live at Grace Cathedral (cd)


	STEVE ROACH - Mystic Chords & Sacred Spaces (cd)


	STEVE ROACH - New Life Dreaming (cd)


	STEVE ROACH - On this Planet (cd)


	STEVE ROACH - Places Beyond: The Lost Pieces 4 (cd)


	STEVE ROACH - Possible Planet (cd)


	STEVE ROACH - Proof Positive (cd)


	STEVE ROACH - Pure Flow (cd)


	STEVE ROACH - Quiet Music (cd)


	STEVE ROACH - Sigh of Ages (cd)


	STEVE ROACH - Slow Heat (cd)


	STEVE ROACH - Storm Surge - live at Nearfest- (cd)


	STEVE ROACH - Stormwarning (cd)


	STEVE ROACH - Structures from Silence (cd)


	STEVE ROACH - The Magnificent Void (cd)


	HANS-JOACHIM ROEDELIUS & TIM STORY - Inlandish (cd)


	ROGIER - From the Shadow to the Sun (cd)


	ROMERIUM - Pharaoh’s Immortality (cd)


	THOMAS RONKIN - Symmetric (cd)


	THOMAS RONKIN - Within; Distance (cd)


	JOHN ROSE - Cosmogenesis (cd-r)


	STEVE ROSE - Twin Earth: Collected Ambient Works (cd-r)


	WALTER CHRISTIAN ROTHE AND FRIENDS - Centillion 303 (cd-r)


	WALTER CHRISTIAN ROTHE AND FRIENDS - Two for Green: Bulgaria (cd-r)


	WALTER CHRISTIAN ROTHE - One Night in Paris (cd-r)


	MARK ROWND - Painting Twilight (cd)


	PRZEMYSłAW RUDź - Cosmocological Tales (cd)


	PRZEMYSłAW RUDź - Summa Technologiae (cd)

STEVE ROACH & ERIK WøLLO
Stream of Thought
CD, Projekt, 2009

"Stream of Thought" is the long-awaited outcome of these two skilled musicians, of which the first drafts were already put down in 2007. Spanning exactly 70 minutes, this "continuous stream of sonic conciousness in 19 parts" is a complex, emotionally charged and very diverse sound painting.

Sound wise, the music is less traditional and more experimental, moving away from Roach’s deeper, transcendental style, although some ambient moments are still present.
Instead, it merges carefully moulded sonic vistas, creating a highly cinematic journey in which rhythmic, high-tech and ethereal ambient styles blend. Erik’s nice guitar playing shows up now and then, adding some extra icing on the cake.

Taking off atmospheric, things get really groovy on the great second part, while most other parts are charged by freeform textures, high-tech pulse sequencing and percussive elements.
Part four and five venture nicely in darkening, surreal soundworlds, while a low beat and fractal sequencing take centre stage on part eight.
Toward the end, the high-tech sonic outcome on part 15 and 16 sounds rather chaotic, inconsistent and experimental to my ears, before the albums renders down in a smooth style.

All in all, "Stream of Thought" is an expertly produced, mixed and mastered, constantly evolving cycle of dynamic sonic wizardy, more experimental in nature. So fasten your seatbelts and make up for a surreal listening experience (which is also a treat for testing the sound your hi-fi system by the way).