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'''''The Serpent’s Lair''''' (2000) is a two disc collaborative album by the American [[Ambient music|ambient]] artists [[Steve Roach (musician)|Steve Roach]] and Byron Metcalf, Phd. This project began as a study conducted by Metcalf into the therapeutic effects of [[tribal rhythms]] and hypnotic breathing. |
'''''The Serpent’s Lair''''' (2000) is a two disc collaborative album by the American [[Ambient music|ambient]] artists [[Steve Roach (musician)|Steve Roach]] and [[Byron Metcalf]], Phd. This project began as a study conducted by Metcalf into the therapeutic effects of [[tribal rhythms]] and hypnotic breathing. |
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The music often originated with rhythms performed by Metcalf into which Roach would infuse other elements until the finished product had completely different rhythmic qualities than the original source material. Steve Roach calls this technique Groove Alchemy. |
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==Personnel== |
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*[[Steve Roach (musician)|Steve Roach]] ([[synthesizer]]s, [[Sampler (musical instrument)|samplers]], percussion, [[didgeridoo]], breath, shakers, [[ocarina]]s, voice) |
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*Byron Metcalf (percussion, frame drums, [[djembe]], [[Tom-tom drum|tom-toms]], bass drum, clay pots, shakers, rattles, [[ashiko]], [[rainstick]]) |
*[[Byron Metcalf]] (percussion, frame drums, [[djembe]], [[Tom-tom drum|tom-toms]], bass drum, clay pots, shakers, rattles, [[ashiko]], [[rainstick]]) |
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*Vicki Richards (violin) |
*Vicki Richards (violin) |
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*Lena Stevens (voice) |
*Lena Stevens (voice) |
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| Released | October 10, 2000 | |||
| Recorded | 1999 - 2000 at The Timeroom in Tucson, Arizona | |||
| Genre | Ambient | |||
| Length | 141:18 | |||
| Label | Projekt Records | |||
| Producer | Steve Roach | |||
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The Serpent’s Lair (2000) is a two disc collaborative album by the American ambient artists Steve Roach and Byron Metcalf, Phd. This project began as a study conducted by Metcalf into the therapeutic effects of tribal rhythms and hypnotic breathing.
The music often originated with rhythms performed by Metcalf into which Roach would infuse other elements until the finished product had completely different rhythmic qualities than the original source material. Steve Roach calls this technique Groove Alchemy.
Track listing
Disc one: “The Serpent’s Lair”
- ”The Lair” (12:14)
- ”Rite of Passage” (14:09)
- ”Shedding the Skin” (5:39)
- ”Big Medicine” (12:53)
- ”Future Tribe” (8:30)
- ”Birthright” (5:59)
- ”Osmosis”(4:04)
- ”Egg Chamber Dreaming” (8:53)
Disc two: “Offerings from the Underworld”
- ”Offering in Waves” (10:55)
- ”Impending Sense of Calm” (9:03)
- ”Cave Dwellers” (23:08)
- ”Primal Passage” (4:47)
- ”Serpent Clan” (5:02)
- ”Breathing Heart of the Dragon Mother” (6:50)
- ”Ochua” (9:26)
Personnel
- Steve Roach (synthesizers, samplers, percussion, didgeridoo, breath, shakers, ocarinas, voice)
- Byron Metcalf (percussion, frame drums, djembe, tom-toms, bass drum, clay pots, shakers, rattles, ashiko, rainstick)
- Vicki Richards (violin)
- Lena Stevens (voice)
- Vidna Obmana (guitar)
- Jeffrey Fayman (djembe)
- Momodu Kah (djembe)
- Jorge Reyes (flutes, ocarinas, whistles, percussion, voice)
- Jim Cole (voices)
- Vir Unis (synthesizers)