“The desert is an open, sensual, mind-expanding place which also demands that you stay present and aware in the midst of its extremes. Like all places, it has its own frequency.”
- Steve Roach
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The week has arrived! This Saturday, from dusk till dawn, we are honored to co-present pioneering ambient and electronic composer Steve Roach on the historic grounds of Joshua Tree’s Institute of Mentalphysics. Having shared a lifetime of road trips and spiritual inspirations among the local creosote bush, ocotillo, cholla, and Pinto Mountains, it has been written in the stars for this Southern California-born synth legend to finally bring this music home to perform live in Joshua Tree for his very first time!!
We’ll see you for an all night journey into collective attunement with the Mojave Desert & exploring our natural biorhythms in relationship to Earth’s bioregions, all in multi-channel and immersive high resolution sound from our besties at Mobius Acoustics. Steve Roach’s performance will be presented in two parts, an extended three hour set that leads into Deep Drift: Hypnagogic, Sleep and Dreaming through sunrise, with an intermission all vinyl DJ set from our dear friend DJ Sensi.
There will be handcrafted bevs of all sorts from United Wild Brew, lighting design by Terraform LA, and all the warmth of being immersed in a nearly 80yr old architectural experiment of Lloyd Wright’s forays into Organic Architecture. Just another typical weekend, right?
Tickets are almost gone, so we recommend buying them right now to hold your spot. Living Earth members do receive a discount on entry, so please be in touch if you need us to resend that code! Drive safely and don’t forget your sleeping bag + pillow.
7:00pm Doors
8:00 PM - 11:00 PM Steve Roach Extended Set
11:30 PM - 2:00 AM Sensi Vinyl DJ Set
2:00 AM - 6:00 AM Steve Roach’s Deep Drift: Hypnagogic, Sleep and Dreaming
If you’re planning to stay all night, don’t forget your sleeping bag!
Living Earth members also receive a $10 discount on tickets for the evening
~ reach out if you haven’t received your code at checkout.
Visionary synthesist Steve Roach draws on the beauty and power of the Earth's landscapes to create lush, meditative soundscapes. Inspired by Klaus Schulze, Popul Vuh, and Tangerine Dream, Roach’s sound design has captivated listeners for decades.
First emerging with the Berlin School-styled album Now in 1982, he came into his own with the 1984 minimalist epic Structures from Silence. Efforts such as 1988's equally heralded Dreamtime Return were directly inspired by desert life, incorporating field recordings and rhythms inspired by indigenous music traditions. Dark ambient works such as 1996's The Magnificent Void and 2000's Midnight Moon reflected the vast expanse of space.
During the 2010s, he began building an extensive modular synthesizer/sequencer system, revisiting his Berlin School roots with albums such as 2020's album Tomorrow. Roach has maintained an impossibly prolific work rate throughout his career without sacrificing quality or craftsmanship, resulting in countless hours of truly sublime, otherworldly music.