Alien Zoology: Live at Morrison Planetarium, San Francisco, December 9 2001

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1.	Morrison Cycles 14:16	buy track
2.	Ice Fields 08:34	buy track
3.	Mantis Intentions 08:00	buy track
4.	Nesting on Cliffsides 09:50	buy track
5.	Bestiary 06:29	buy track
6.	Animus 09:53	buy track
7.	Black Skies 05:01	buy track
8.	Belltone Glass 04:37	buy track
9.	Nada 07:36	buy track
10.	Nada (gliss) 05:33	buy track
11.	Lapis 08:56	buy track

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Live Archive Volume 4: A wide-ranging planetarium concert that opens with modular analog sequences and moves into pieces from Outpost, Bestiary and '90s Fathom-era material.

Notes:

Maer Israel contacted me in the late 1990's, and we met for lunch near my home to discuss his plans to invigorate the Bay Area ambient music scene with live concerts, internet radio and a collective of collaboratively minded artists. I loved his enthusiasm, although I cautioned him about the low chances for financial gain. A couple years later, he invited me to perform a concert at Morrison Planetarium in Golden Gate Park. With his promotional efforts, we sold out the planetarium and I had my best experience yet playing a local concert. With my permission he recorded the show, and for several years made it available as a stream through his Dub Beautiful website.

Because of that stream, many people have heard this concert, and it is probably available as a bit torrent bootleg if you search for it. I decided to include it in the Live Archive so people could obtain a high resolution copy if they desire. Most of the compositions appear on studio albums, except for the MOTM improvisation at the start, and part of set 2. Yet these live renditions have a good energy, which I think gained fuel from the generous audience that evening.

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released January 4, 2009

Soundscape SP017
With thanks to Maer Israel, Dub Beautiful Collective, and to Dixie.

Robert Rich played MOTM modular, Korg Wavestation, Yamaha DX7II, Ensoniq ASR10, lap steel guitar, flutes, loops and effects.

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Robert Rich has helped define ambient and electronic music, with over 50 albums across five decades. Rich began building his own analog modular synthesizers in 1976, when he was 13, and later studied computer music at Stanford's CCRMA while researching lucid dreaming. Rich performs and lectures worldwide. His all-night Sleep Concerts have become legendary. ... more

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