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His interest in using unique sounds inspired him to create a large collection of original field recordings and homemade instruments. One of these instruments is a range of flutes made from [[Polyvinyl chloride|PVC]] pipe.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Robert Rich |url=https://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/lectures/robert-rich-tokyo-2014/ |access-date=2024-12-08 |website=www.redbullmusicacademy.com |language=en}}</ref>
His interest in using unique sounds inspired him to create a large collection of original field recordings and homemade instruments. One of these instruments is a range of flutes made from [[Polyvinyl chloride|PVC]] pipe.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Robert Rich |url=https://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/lectures/robert-rich-tokyo-2014/ |access-date=2024-12-08 |website=www.redbullmusicacademy.com |language=en}}</ref>


His interest in unique sounds has also given him work as a sound designer for synthesizer presets and for [[E-mu Systems]]’ Proteus 3 and Morpheus [[sound module]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview for World Music Central |url=https://robertrich.com/media/interviews/interview-for-world-music-central/ |access-date=2024-12-08 |website=Robert Rich |language=en-US}}</ref> He has also designed sounds for films including ''[[Pitch Black (film)|Pitch Black]]'' and ''[[Behind Enemy Lines (2001 film)|Behind Enemy Lines]],'' a series of sampling discs called ''Things that Go Bump in the Night'', and a library of [[Acid Loops]] called ''Liquid Planet''. He has also helped develop the [[MIDI]] micro-tuning specification, which is the standard used to create justly tuned compositions in MIDI.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-08-25 |title=MICROTUNING AND ALTERNATIVE INTONATION SYSTEMS |url=https://midi.org/microtuning-and-alternative-intonation-systems#:~:text=The%20MIDI%20Tuning%20Standard%20is,Robert%20Rich%20and%20Carter%20Scholz. |access-date=2024-12-08 |website=MIDI.org |language=en-US}}</ref>
His interest in unique sounds has also given him work as a sound designer for synthesizer presets and for [[E-mu Systems]]’ Proteus 3 and Morpheus [[sound module]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview for World Music Central |url=https://robertrich.com/media/interviews/interview-for-world-music-central/ |access-date=2024-12-08 |website=Robert Rich |language=en-US}}</ref> He has also designed sounds for films including ''[[Pitch Black (film)|Pitch Black]]'' and ''[[Behind Enemy Lines (2001 film)|Behind Enemy Lines]],'' a series of sampling discs called ''Things that Go Bump in the Night'', and a library of [[Acid Loops]] called ''Liquid Planet''. He helped create the the [[MIDI]] micro-tuning standard along with Carter Scholz, which divides the octave into 196,608 equal parts.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-08-25 |title=MICROTUNING AND ALTERNATIVE INTONATION SYSTEMS |url=https://midi.org/microtuning-and-alternative-intonation-systems#:~:text=The%20MIDI%20Tuning%20Standard%20is,Robert%20Rich%20and%20Carter%20Scholz. |access-date=2024-12-08 |website=MIDI.org |language=en-US}}</ref>


His collaborators over the years have included [[Steve Roach (musician)|Steve Roach]], Brian "[[Lustmord]]" Williams, Lisa Moskow, [[Alio Die]], and [[Ian Boddy]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://robertrich.com/about/ |access-date=2024-12-08 |website=Robert Rich |language=en-US}}</ref>
His collaborators over the years have included [[Steve Roach (musician)|Steve Roach]], Brian "[[Lustmord]]" Williams, Lisa Moskow, [[Alio Die]], and [[Ian Boddy]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://robertrich.com/about/ |access-date=2024-12-08 |website=Robert Rich |language=en-US}}</ref>


In 1992, he formed a new group called [[Amoeba (band)|Amoeba]]. The group released three albums featuring ex-Urdu members Rick Davies and Andrew McGowan at different times. The three album released by Amoeba are ''Eye Catching'' (1992), ''Watchful'' (1997), and ''Pivot'' (2000).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pivot, by Amoeba |url=https://robertrich.bandcamp.com/album/pivot |access-date=2024-12-08 |website=Robert Rich |language=en}}</ref> Since Rich was the only member in common between the first and second album, he doesn't consider ''Eye Catching'' to represent the true intent of the band.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ambientrance 1998 |url=https://robertrich.com/media/interviews/ambientrance-1998/ |access-date=2024-12-08 |website=Robert Rich |language=en-US}}</ref> Amoeba features Rich on vocals, and is inspired by a tradition of introspective songwriting.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NAV 2000 |url=https://robertrich.com/media/interviews/nav-2000/ |access-date=2024-12-08 |website=Robert Rich |language=en-US}}</ref>
In 1992, he formed a new group called [[Amoeba (band)|Amoeba]]. The group released three albums featuring ex-Urdu members Rick Davies and Andrew McGowan at different times, including ''Eye Catching'' (1992), ''Watchful'' (1997), and ''Pivot'' (2000).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pivot, by Amoeba |url=https://robertrich.bandcamp.com/album/pivot |access-date=2024-12-08 |website=Robert Rich |language=en}}</ref> Since Rich was the only member in common between the first and second album, though, he doesn't consider ''Eye Catching'' to represent the true intent of the band.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ambientrance 1998 |url=https://robertrich.com/media/interviews/ambientrance-1998/ |access-date=2024-12-08 |website=Robert Rich |language=en-US}}</ref> Amoeba features Rich on vocals, and is inspired by a tradition of introspective songwriting.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NAV 2000 |url=https://robertrich.com/media/interviews/nav-2000/ |access-date=2024-12-08 |website=Robert Rich |language=en-US}}</ref>


In 1995, Rich revived the sleep concerts for radio after a DJ from KUCI in Irvine CA suggested the idea to him.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview for Ambient Visions |url=https://robertrich.com/media/interviews/ambientvisions/ |access-date=2024-12-08 |website=Robert Rich |language=en-US}}</ref> In 1996, he did a three month tour across the U.S. playing sleep concerts for studio and live audiences.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Robert Rich : groundbreaking ambient and dark-ambient |url=http://magnatune.com/artists/robert_rich/ |access-date=2024-12-08 |website=magnatune.com}}</ref>
In 1995, Rich revived the sleep concerts for radio after a DJ from KUCI in Irvine CA suggested the idea to him.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview for Ambient Visions |url=https://robertrich.com/media/interviews/ambientvisions/ |access-date=2024-12-08 |website=Robert Rich |language=en-US}}</ref> In 1996, he did a three month tour across the U.S. playing sleep concerts for studio and live audiences.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Robert Rich : groundbreaking ambient and dark-ambient |url=http://magnatune.com/artists/robert_rich/ |access-date=2024-12-08 |website=magnatune.com}}</ref>

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Robert Rich
Born (1963-08-23) August 23, 1963 (age 61)
OriginMountain View, California, U.S.
GenresAmbient, new-age, electronic, experimental[1]
Years active1981–present
LabelsSoundscape, Fathom/Hearts of Space, Hypnos, Relapse/Release, Extreme, DiN, Unsung, Soleilmoon, Projekt, Sombient/Asphodel, Crowd Control Activities
Websiterobertrich.com

Robert Rich (born August 23, 1963) is an ambient musician and composer based in California, United States. With a discography spanning over 30 years, he has been called a figure whose sound has greatly influenced today's ambient music, New-age music, and even IDM.[2]

Biography

1980s: Sleep concerts and Early Career

During Rich's time at Stanford University in the 1980s, he became well known in the San Francisco Bay Area for giving live night-time performances for somnolent or sleeping audiences. These performances were experiments to influence REM cycle sleep with auditory stimulus. They were usually nine hours long and lasted from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m.[3] During these performances, he would generate abstract drones and atmospheres while the audience dozed in sleeping bags that they brought themselves. In the morning, he ended the concert with piano solos and served tea.

During this time, he released four albums on cassette: Sunyata (1982), Trances (1983), Drones (1983), and his first live album titled Live (1984). He recorded the first album when he was 18 years old.[4]

Rich applied to study at Stanford’s Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics. He organized a meeting with John Chowning, the founder of the class and inventor of FM synthesis. When Chowning saw Rich’s first three albums, he was approved for the class.[5]

In 1983, he and Rick Davies together with a bassist named Andrew McGowan, formed a group called "Urdu". They performed several live concerts in the San Francisco Bay area between 1983-1985. Some of the group's recorded material was released as a self-titled cassette in 1985.[6]

In 1985, Rich recorded an album titled Numena, which was released two years later. He composed in upon request from a Swedish music label started by a fan of his.[7] This album marked the beginning of a new sound for Rich; it was his first album to explore complex rhythmic patterns, a wider range of acoustic instrumentation, and just intonation.[8]

Rich recorded Geometry between 1986-1987, and released it in 1991.[9] Rich was inspired by the symmetry and unity in Islamic patterns.[10] Rich refers to this abstract and symmetrical sound as "shimmer." Another contrasting style present in this album Rich calls "glurp," which represents organic, liquid, and subterranean sounds.[11]

Rainforest (1989) best-selling CD[12]

1990s–2000s

In the years that followed, he developed a complex range of sounds founded upon the seamless integration of electronic, electric, and acoustic instrumentation, and the exploration of just intonation tuning [revise].

His interest in using unique sounds inspired him to create a large collection of original field recordings and homemade instruments. One of these instruments is a range of flutes made from PVC pipe.[13]

His interest in unique sounds has also given him work as a sound designer for synthesizer presets and for E-mu Systems’ Proteus 3 and Morpheus sound modules.[14] He has also designed sounds for films including Pitch Black and Behind Enemy Lines, a series of sampling discs called Things that Go Bump in the Night, and a library of Acid Loops called Liquid Planet. He helped create the the MIDI micro-tuning standard along with Carter Scholz, which divides the octave into 196,608 equal parts.[15]

His collaborators over the years have included Steve Roach, Brian "Lustmord" Williams, Lisa Moskow, Alio Die, and Ian Boddy.[16]

In 1992, he formed a new group called Amoeba. The group released three albums featuring ex-Urdu members Rick Davies and Andrew McGowan at different times, including Eye Catching (1992), Watchful (1997), and Pivot (2000).[17] Since Rich was the only member in common between the first and second album, though, he doesn't consider Eye Catching to represent the true intent of the band.[18] Amoeba features Rich on vocals, and is inspired by a tradition of introspective songwriting.[19]

In 1995, Rich revived the sleep concerts for radio after a DJ from KUCI in Irvine CA suggested the idea to him.[20] In 1996, he did a three month tour across the U.S. playing sleep concerts for studio and live audiences.[21]

Seven Veils 1998 https://robertrich.com/media/interviews/ambientrance-1998/

In 2001, he released an album titled Somnium, a 7-hour album divided into three tracks on one DVD video. This album was a recreation of the sleep-concert environment he had created during the 1980s at Stanford.[22] Somnium represents a landmark in ambient music, being one of the longest continuous musical compositions ever released.[23]

In 2004, he released an album of piano solos titled Open Window. This album documents his improvised piano style that has been part of his live concerts for decades. It was recorded on a 1925 vintage A.B. Chase baby grand piano.[24]

On March 11, 2005, Rich suffered a hand injury while cleaning a glass jug, accidentally slipping and falling on top of it. During the recovery process, he continued to record new material and tour. He also constructed end-blown flutes from PVC pipe that are more easily played with his limited right-hand dexterity.[25]

During his 2006 tour, Rich performed in front of a film created by visual artist Daniel Colvin as a backdrop.[26] After the tour, he created a score for the film, which was released on CD and DVD in 2007 under the title Atlas Dei.[27] In 2007, he also released the album Illumination, a companion soundtrack of a multimedia installation by Michael Somoroff, originally created for the Rothko chapel.[28] He collaborated with touch guitarist Markus Reuter in the album Eleven Questions (2007).[29]

Discography

Solo studio and live albums

  • 1982: Sunyata (reissued 2013 on Sunyata & Inner Landscapes)
  • 1983: Trances (reissued 1994 on Trances/Drones)
  • 1983: Drones (reissued 1994 on Trances/Drones)
  • 1984: Live (live)
  • 1987: Inner Landscapes (live) (reissued 2013 on Sunyata & Inner Landscapes)
  • 1987: Numena (reissued 1997 on Numena + Geometry)
  • 1989: Rainforest
  • 1991: Gaudí
  • 1991: Geometry (reissued 1997 on Numena + Geometry)
  • 1994: Propagation
  • 1994: Night Sky Replies (limited edition 3" CD)
  • 1996: A Troubled Resting Place (collects lone tracks)
  • 1998: Below Zero (collects lone tracks)
  • 1998: Seven Veils
  • 2000: Humidity (live, 3 discs)
  • 2001: Somnium (audio in DVD-video format)
  • 2001: Bestiary
  • 2003: Temple of the Invisible
  • 2003: Calling Down the Sky
  • 2004: Open Window
  • 2005: Echo of Small Things
  • 2006: Electric Ladder
  • 2007: Music from Atlas Dei
  • 2007: Illumination
  • 2009: Live Archive
  • 2010: Ylang
  • 2011: Medicine Box
  • 2012: Nest
  • 2013: Morphology
  • 2014: Premonitions 1980-1985
  • 2014: Perpetual (A Somnium Continuum) (Blu-ray)
  • 2015: Filaments
  • 2016: What We Left Behind
  • 2016: Foothills: Robert Rich Live on KFJC, 28 May 2014
  • 2016: Vestiges
  • 2017: Live at the Gatherings 2015
  • 2018: The Biode
  • 2019: Tactile Ground
  • 2020: Offering to the Morning Fog
  • 2020: Neurogenesis
  • 2023: Travelers' Cloth

Collaboration albums

References

  1. ^ "Robert Rich | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Robert Rich reviews". Sputnik Music. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  3. ^ Morpurgo, Joseph (2014-10-10). "Dreamcatching: The remarkable story of Robert Rich and the Sleep Concerts". Fact Magazine. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
  4. ^ Innerviews. "Robert Rich - The Sky of Sound". Innerviews: Music Without Borders. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
  5. ^ "Interview for Ambient Visions". Robert Rich. Retrieved 2024-12-08.
  6. ^ "Oddities". Robert Rich. Retrieved 2024-12-08.
  7. ^ "Ambient Visions Presents an Interview with Robert Rich". ambientvisions.com. Retrieved 2024-12-08.
  8. ^ "Numena". Robert Rich. Retrieved 2024-12-08.
  9. ^ "Geometry". Robert Rich. Retrieved 2024-12-08.
  10. ^ "Numena + Geometry, by Robert Rich". Hearts of Space Records. Retrieved 2024-12-08.
  11. ^ "Numena + Geometry". Robert Rich. Retrieved 2024-12-08.
  12. ^ "AMP 1997". Robert Rich. Retrieved 2024-12-08.
  13. ^ "Robert Rich". www.redbullmusicacademy.com. Retrieved 2024-12-08.
  14. ^ "Interview for World Music Central". Robert Rich. Retrieved 2024-12-08.
  15. ^ "MICROTUNING AND ALTERNATIVE INTONATION SYSTEMS". MIDI.org. 2017-08-25. Retrieved 2024-12-08.
  16. ^ "About". Robert Rich. Retrieved 2024-12-08.
  17. ^ "Pivot, by Amoeba". Robert Rich. Retrieved 2024-12-08.
  18. ^ "Ambientrance 1998". Robert Rich. Retrieved 2024-12-08.
  19. ^ "NAV 2000". Robert Rich. Retrieved 2024-12-08.
  20. ^ "Interview for Ambient Visions". Robert Rich. Retrieved 2024-12-08.
  21. ^ "Robert Rich : groundbreaking ambient and dark-ambient". magnatune.com. Retrieved 2024-12-08.
  22. ^ "With Lung Fanzine (Greece)". Robert Rich. Retrieved 2024-12-08.
  23. ^ "AMBIENT 002 FT. ROBERT RICH'S SOMNIUM & COSMIC COMPOSITIONS LIVE". monom. 2020-02-22. Retrieved 2024-11-08.
  24. ^ "Open Window". Robert Rich. Retrieved 2024-11-08.
  25. ^ Rich, Robert (2008-03-19). "Robert's Hand Blog". Robert Rich. Retrieved 2024-11-08.
  26. ^ "CET Soto Theater". Robert Rich. Retrieved 2024-12-08.
  27. ^ "Music from Atlas Dei, by Robert Rich". Robert Rich. Retrieved 2024-12-08.
  28. ^ "Illumination". Robert Rich. Retrieved 2024-12-08.
  29. ^ "Eleven Questions". Robert Rich. Retrieved 2024-12-08.

General references



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