The album has also been included on a number of lists of the world's best music, including 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die.

The album has been described as a 'masterpiece,' 'groundbreaking,' 'one of the pivotal works of ambient music' and 'dazzlingly hypnotic.' The album has also been said to 'activate listeners to reach a deep level of consciousness that draws upon the trance-inducing music (Roach) has created.' ĭreamtime Return helped Roach gain a worldwide reputation. This particular edition of the program, titled Starflight 1, was so popular that later that year it was released as an album, consequently “The Other Side” was released two years before the rest of Dreamtime Return.īefore this album was released, Steve Roach traveled to Australia for musical inspiration. This piece was broadcast on the National Public Radio program Music from the Hearts of Space in 1986. This piece was recorded live, with Kevin Braheny playing a Steiner EWI (Electronic Woodwind Instrument). The earliest recorded track on the album is “The Other Side”.

Several months later Roach and Stahl traveled to Northern Australia to visit that region's ancient Aboriginal sites.

He informed Steve Roach of his current documentary film project Art of the Dreamtime. Stahl had heard Steve Roach’s third album, Structures from Silence, on the radio while driving through the desert towards Mexico. Roach had already begun composing this album when by chance he received a letter from writer/photographer David Stahl. Described as 'one of the pivotal works of ambient music' and 'groundbreaking,' the album has been included on a number of lists of the world's best music, including 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die. Dreamtime Return (1988) is a double album by the American ambient musician Steve Roach, based on Australian Aboriginal culture and the concept of the Dreamtime.

Music from the hearts of space