Steve Roach - Dust to Dust (2025 remaster) (1998) [Hi-Res]

Released in 1998, Steve Roach and Roger King's collaborative album DUST TO DUST is critically acclaimed as a unique masterpiece that explores the mythology of the Old West and the aesthetics of the American frontier. The musicians blended traditional acoustic instruments (guitars, harmonicas, washboards) with a dense electronic foundation and deep synths to create a cinematic canvas. The record's music combines a melancholy, nylon-string guitar twang reminiscent of Sergio Leone and Ennio Morricone's spaghetti Westerns with vast, sweeping desert landscapes. Reviewers from major outlets, including ALTERNATIVE PRESS, ECHOES RADIO, and THE BLAZE, emphasize the album's rare historical authenticity, conceptual depth, and gritty texture, which are uncommon for electronic music. The album does more than just evoke the heat of barren lands; it serves as a musical monument to 19th-century pioneers, earning its status as a cornerstone of the rare hybrid genre country Western ambient. In terms of atmosphere, the work stands alongside iconic soundtracks like Ry Cooder's Paris, Texas and Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno's Apollo.

Tracklist:
1-1 Steve Roach;Roger King - Gone West (2025 remaster) [7:27]
1-2 Steve Roach;Roger King - A Daze Wage (2025 remaster) [6:14]
1-3 Steve Roach;Roger King - A Bigger Sky (2025 remaster) [3:19]
1-4 Steve Roach;Roger King - The Ribbon Rails Of Promise (2025 remaster) [6:21]
1-5 Steve Roach;Roger King - First Sunrise (2025 remaster) [4:22]
1-6 Steve Roach;Roger King - Lost And Forgotten (2025 remaster) [4:30]
1-7 Steve Roach;Roger King - Snake Eyes (2025 remaster) [5:14]
1-8 Steve Roach;Roger King - Rain And Creosote (2025 remaster) [5:02]
1-9 Steve Roach;Roger King - Ghost Train (2025 remaster) [7:27]