Steve Roach   Traveler
3.4
great
Release Date: 1983
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0.0 I trust hype on everything that isnt death metal EMERITUS | August 9th 14

you know all these new progressive electronic revival guys? you know the ones who turn on
their arpeggiators and drench it in reverb and delay and layer everything and it sounds all
cool? well forget tangerine dream or any of those other germans, this is where those guys
get both their musical sensibilities and aesthetic from.

songs on this album sound like they could have come directly from an OPN compilation or
something. not to mention there are even hints as the kind of bleepy sound the early 90's
UK idm scene would appropriate almost a decade later. most people are familliar with
structures from silence, but this is a completely different beast entirely.

can something be prophetic while still being obscure? who knows, but this is beyond good,
especially the title track. that's surely what i would consider something of a lost
classic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR4j19sMG1E


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3.5 greatJust Tim. | October 16th 23

gonna end up breaking the sput database switching this back and forth between a 3 and a 3.5. very ambitions record for a sophomore record in the days when synth music was young and seen with lots of potential, just very inconsistent

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4.5 superbGene Gol CONTRIBUTOR | June 15th 20

Even if a little corny, Roach's 'Traveler' is a deep dive into pop-oriented atmospheric electronica. In a lot of ways similar to 70s French space pop underground, Roach exudes an almost progressive rock flair.

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4.0 excellentsevEn | May 10th 24
4.0 excellentSagacious13 | February 2nd 24
3.0 gooddakotadsmith | May 25th 22
3.0 goodYou Are My Everlovin' | August 19th 19
2.5 averagelordworm00 | March 3rd 18
3.0 goodFrank - the rater of 3.5 | July 13th 17
2.5 averageValkyrion | February 13th 16
3.0 goodomegaswitch33 | September 5th 15
4.0 excellentSnowdog808 | March 9th 15
4.0 excellentCK | June 24th 13

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