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SKL proudly presents ambient music pioneer
ROBERT RICH

performing live ambient electronic & acoustic music at the Gheens Science Hall & Rauch Planetarium
University of Louisville Belknap Campus

Sunday, May 7, 2006
$10.00
Doors at 8:00PM, Show begins at 9:00PM

Thank you! Everyone that came to the show, for making it the success it was. I will have pictures up on the site very soon.

Robert has put together a visual and laser show to accompany his live music. This is the first time he has toured with visuals along with music. Pictures of his new audio/visual performance are here
Purchase Tickets

Friday Update (05/05/2006): Presale is now officially over, but don't worry. There are still plenty of tickets available for the show, and we will have space if you are planning on buying your tickets at the door. Demand is strong, though, we're expecting an amazing performance. If you plan on purchasing your ticket at the door, arrive on time. We'll see you there!

With over two dozen albums, Robert Rich has helped define the genres of ambient music, dark-ambient, tribal and trance, yet his music remains hard to categorize. Part of his unique sound comes from using home-made acoustic and electronic instruments, microtonal tunings, computer-based signal processing, chaotic systems and feedback networks. Rich began building his own analog synthesizers in 1976, when he was 13 years old, and later studied for a year at Stanford's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA). Read Robert's Full Bio.
Robert will be touring in support of his new album, "Electric Ladder", which will be on sale at the event.
Web Links

Robert Rich's website
Gheens Science Hall & Rauch Planetarium (directions)

Download Robert's sets from 2003 Louisville concert
Electronic set (135MB mp3) | Piano set (12MB mp3)

Pictures from 2003 Louisville Concert Pictures from 2002 Louisville Concert
www.krack.org

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• electroacoustic
• ambient
• downtempo
• chillout
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• sound

[Project7Sound]

This clip is from the Louisville, KY show in May 2006. No longer video exists, but the visuals have recently been released as a DVD and can be found from the Robert Rich website.

[crazyoval]

Ambient is more of a broader description for a range of styles of music that are, but not always, instrumental, and slow tempo'ed. New age is almost like a brother genre, very close, but quite a tight genre in terms of what is new age and what isnt. Ambient is also used to describe the downtempo music of a wide range of other genres from rock to pop, in my experience. Check out f4b dot com for a range of ambient and chill out styles.

[ZincSolution]

The solution is zinc!

[Johal523]

What is the difference between ambient and new age music?Both create soundscapes,are atmospheric,use electronics and acoustic instruments,use very little if any singing,and are inspired by nature.

[epiphoney]

Yes, he is good, both in the slow ambient stuff and the more melodic stuff. He also happens to play microtonally in just intonation. Please put up a longer video. Is that from The Gatherings in Philly?