A long-standing leader in contemporary electronic music, Steve Roach draws on the beauty and power of the Earth's landscapes to create lush, meditative soundscapes. Throughout his decades-long career, he's explored styles ranging from tribal rhythms to deep space music, and he's influenced several generations of ambient artists, trance producers, and new age/world music fusionists. He came into his own with the 1984 minimalist epic Structures from Silence, and efforts such as 1988's 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. Roach has revisited his Berlin School roots with modular works such as 2015's Skeleton Keys. Also known for his immersive concerts and cathedral performances, he has issued over a dozen live albums, including 2024's Waves of Now with Robert Rich.