Dust To Dust

One of Steve Roach’s many collaborative efforts, done with guitarist and bassist Roger King, 1998’s Dust to Dust is also one of his most striking and unique, an evocation of the high desert country where he has lived and worked for many years. With King’s murmuring bass work and especially his country-blues acoustic guitar at various points set against Roach’s keen sense for electronics shaping vast sonic spaces, the result is an appropriately shimmering hybrid that feels like it could soundtrack either a drama or documentary in such a geographic setting.