Editing Structures from Silence

{{Infobox album
| name       = Structures from Silence
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Steve Roach (musician)|Steve Roach]]
| cover      = Structures_from_Silence_1.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = July 15, 1984
| recorded   = 1983–1984
| venue      =
| studio     = Timeroom, [[Culver City, California]]
| genre      = {{hlist|[[Ambient music|Ambient]]<ref name=Allmusic>{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mr0001367572|pure_url=yes}} |last=Borghi |first=Matt |title=Review: Steve Roach — Structures from Silence [Fortuna] |website=[[AllMusic]] |publisher=[[All Media Network]] |access-date=November 9, 2020}}</ref><ref name=Fact>{{cite web |title=The 20 Best Reissues of 2014 |url=http://www.factmag.com/2014/12/02/the-20-best-reissues-of-2014/18/ |website=[[Fact (UK magazine)|Fact]] |date=2 December 2014 |publisher=[[The Vinyl Factory]] |access-date=December 9, 2014}}</ref>
|[[electronic music|electronic]]
|[[space music]]<ref name=Allmusic/><ref>Listed in "A Classic Space Music Countdown to Liftoff: 10 Essential classic space music albums, counting down from 10 to 1" [http://www.echoes.org/TimeWarped.html ''Time Warped in Space'' by Echoes Radio producer and host, John Diliberto] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070407044440/http://www.echoes.org/TimeWarped.html |date=2007-04-07 }}.</ref>
|[[New-age music|new-age]]<ref name=Fact/>}}
| length     = 58:27
| label      = Fortuna
| producer   = [[Steve Roach (musician)|Steve Roach]]
| prev_title = Traveler
| prev_year  = 1983
| next_title = Quiet Music 1
| next_year  = 1986
| misc       = {{Extra album cover
 | header  = Alternative cover
 | type    = album
 | cover   = Structures_from_Silence_2.jpg
 | border  =
 | alt     =
 | caption = Remastered edition, 2001.
}}
}}
'''''Structures from Silence''''' is the third studio album by American [[Ambient music|ambient]] musician [[Steve Roach (musician)|Steve Roach]]. It was released on July 15, 1984 by Fortuna.

==Recording==
The title track, ''Structures from Silence'', took Steve Roach a few months to compose.  He would play the song using an [[Oberheim OB-8]] and [[Oberheim DSX]] sequencer day and night, adjusting it until it sounded right to him.  Finally, he went to a recording studio and recorded the song in a single 30-minute long pass, using his own gear along with a second OB-8 as well as a [[Lexicon (company)|Lexicon]] 224 digital reverberator.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gearspace.com/board/q-a-with-steve-roach/1108950-structures-silence-recording-methods.html|title=Structures from Silence - recording methods|author=Steve Roach}}</ref>

==Release==
A remastered version of this album, with a different cover, was released in 2001 by [[Projekt Records|Projekt]].<ref name=discography>{{cite web|last1=Roach|first1=Steve|author-link=Steve Roach (musician) |title=Steve Roach: Structures From Silence|url=http://www.steveroach.com/Music/discography.php?albumID=514|accessdate=July 5, 2014}}</ref>

A 30-year anniversary edition was released by Projekt in 2014. The album was remastered in 24-bit/96&nbsp;kHz from the original analog mixes.<ref name=discography /> There is both a single-CD edition, and a 3-CD deluxe edition that includes two bonus discs created in 2013. Both editions use the original cover art.<ref name=discography /> The remastered original album (but not the two bonus discs) was made available as 24-bit/96&nbsp;kHz digital downloads.<ref>{{cite web|title=Structures From Silence|url=http://spottedpeccary.com/shop/structures/|website=Spotted Peccary|accessdate=July 5, 2014}}</ref>

===Video release===
In 1987 a [[VHS]] video titled ''Structures from Silence'' was released. It featured imagery created by Marianne Dolan set to the album's title track. This video was also released on [[laserdisc]] under the title ''Space Dreaming''.<ref name=discography/>

==Reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score =  {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000192862|pure_url=yes}} |last=Raggett |first=Ned |title=Review: Steve Roach — Structures from Silence |website=[[AllMusic]] |publisher=[[All Media Network]] |access-date=October 7, 2018}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]''
| rev2Score =  favorable<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.steveroach.com/Press/review.php?id=146 |last=Burbey |first=Mark |title=Review: Steve Roach — Structures from Silence |date=November 2001 |work=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]] |via=[[Steve Roach (musician)|Steve Roach]] |access-date=October 7, 2018}}</ref>
| rev3 = Musique Machine
| rev3Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web |last1=Batty |first1=Roger |title=Steve Roach – Structures From Silence–30th Anniversary 3CD Edit Review |url=https://www.musiquemachine.com/reviews/reviews_template.php?id=5097 |website=musiquemachine.com |publisher=Musique Machine |access-date=29 November 2020 |date=18 September 2014}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev4Score =  favorable<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.steveroach.com/Press/review.php?id=148 |last=Black |first=Johnny |title=Review: Steve Roach — Structures from Silence  |date=February 1998 |work=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |via=[[Steve Roach (musician)|Steve Roach]] |access-date=October 7, 2018}}</ref>
}}
In late November 2014, Steve Roach was selected as Echoes Radio's #1 Artist<ref>{{cite web|title=25 Icons of Echoes|url=http://echoes.org/2014/10/27/25-icons-of-echoes/|website=Echoes|date=27 October 2014 |accessdate=December 9, 2014}}</ref> and ''Structures from Silence'' was voted as the #2 album.<ref>{{cite web|title=25 Years of Echoes|url=http://echoes.org/2014/11/19/250-albums-for-25-years-of-echoes//|website=Echoes|date=19 November 2014 |accessdate=December 9, 2014}}</ref>

''[[Fact (UK magazine)|Fact]]'' listed ''Structures from Silence'' as the tenth best album of the 1980s, calling it a "thoughtful, slow-paced study in synthesizer" and one of the most important ambient albums of all time.<ref>{{cite web |title=The 100 Best Albums Of The 1980s |url=https://www.factmag.com/2013/06/24/the-100-best-albums-of-the-1980s-100-81/92/ |website=FACT Magazine |date=24 June 2013}}</ref> They listed the 2014 reissue as the fourth best reissue that year, commenting that "it's a perfect time to return to this classic album – still spellbinding, three decades on."<ref name=Fact/> In 2016, ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' listed it as the 33rd best ambient album of all time.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/9948-the-50-best-ambient-albums-of-all-time/?page=2 |last=Beta |first=Andy |title=The 50 Best Ambient Albums of All Time |at=sec. 33 |date=September 26, 2016 |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |publisher=[[Conde Nast]] |access-date=October 7, 2018}}</ref>

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| all_music     = Steve Roach
| title1        = Reflections in Suspension
| length1       = 16:39
| title2        = Quiet Friend
| length2       = 13:15
| title3        = Structures from Silence
| length3       = 28:33
}}

===30th anniversary bonus discs===
{{Track listing
| headline      = Disc 2: Suspension and Reflection
| title1        = Suspension
| length1       = 28:36	 
| title2        = Reflection
| length2       = 30:24	
}}
{{Track listing
| headline      = Disc 3: Below and Beyond
| title1        = Beyond
| length1       = 32:11	 
| title2        = Below
| length2       = 39:47	
}}

==Personnel==
Per liner notes.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Structures from Silence |others=[[Steve Roach (musician)|Steve Roach]] |type=liner notes |year=2014 |publisher=[[Projekt Records|Projekt]]|id=PROJEKT302}}</ref>
* [[Steve Roach (musician)|Steve Roach]] — performer, producer, [[recording engineer]]
* [[Michael Stearns]] — spatial enhancements
* [[Kevin Braheny Fortune|Kevin Braheny]] — spatial enhancements
* Richard Bailey — cover art

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