Western Spaces

Western Spaces
Studio album by Steve Roach, Kevin Braheny and Richard Burmer
Released	1987
Recorded	The Timeroom and Kevin Braheny's studio, Los Angeles
Genre	Ambient
Length	68:51
Label	Fortuna
Producer	Steve Roach, Chuck Oken, Jr.
Steve Roach chronology
Quiet Music 3 (1986) Western Spaces (1987) The Leaving Time (1988)
Kevin Braheny chronology
Lullaby for the Hearts of Space (1986) Western Spaces (1987) Galaxies (1988)
Richard Burmer chronology
Bhakti Point (1987) Western Spaces (1987) On the Third Extreme (1988)
Alternative cover
Innovative Communications release.

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Western Spaces (1987) is a collaborative album by the American ambient musicians Steve Roach and Kevin Braheny. This album is the first of Steve Roach’s many musical tributes to the Southwestern Desert.

On several tracks Kevin Braheny uses his trademark sound created by playing a cello preset on his Steiner EWI (Electronic Woodwind Instrument). This album was originally released on the Innovative Communications label by Chameleon Records as a Steve Roach/Kevin Braheny/Richard Burmer album and was released later the same year on the Fortuna label as a Steve Roach/Kevin Braheny album, with Burmer's solo contributions (“A Story from the Rain” and “Across the View”) replaced by two pieces from Roach.

The liner notes contain a poem by Roach's wife Linda Kohanov from which many of the song titles and perhaps the album title were derived.