Empetus is an album by the American ambient

Ambient music

Ambient music is a musical genre that focuses largely on the timbral characteristics of sounds, often organized or performed to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual" or "unobtrusive" quality.- History :...

 musician Steve Roach. Most of the album has a sophisticated, energetic style, similar to Now and Traveler

Traveler (Steve Roach)

Traveler is the second album by the American ambient musician Steve Roach. Its style is similar to his first album, Now, consisting mostly of fast rhythmic electronic music and two textural pieces, "Light Sound" and "Canyon Sound"....

, ending with a haunting, melodic piece titled “The Memory”.

The rights to Empetus reverted back to the artist and the album has been remastered and re-issued in 2008 under the Projekt

Projekt Records

This is the article for the record label. You might be looking for Pro-jekt, ProjeKct, Project Pitchfork, or Projekt RevolutionProjekt is a Brooklyn, New York-based independent record label specializing in gothic rock, ambient, ethereal, darkwave, shoegaze, dream-pop, and dark cabaret created by...

 label, together with a bonus disc containing "The Early Years" recordings from 1982.

CD1 "Empetus"

1. ”Arrival” – 4:20
2. ”Seeking” – 5:34
3. ”Conquest” – 6:07
4. ”Empowerment” – 3:52
5. ”Twilight Heat” – 3:15
6. ”Merge” – 6:23
7. ”Urge” – 6:23
8. ”Distance Is Near” – 2:40
9. ”The Memory” – 5:51

Personnel

• Steve Roach (analog and digital synthesizer
  Synthesizer
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  s, sequencers
  Music sequencer
  The music sequencer is a device or computer software to record, edit, play back the music, by handling note and performance information in several forms, typically :...
  
  , digital drums)
• Weslie Brown (voice on “Conquest” and “Merge”)
• Michael Stearns
  Michael Stearns
  Michael Stearns is a United States musician and composer of ambient music. He is also known as a film composer, sound designer and soundtrack producer for large format films, theatrical films, documentaries, commercials, and themed attractions....
  
   (The Beam on “Arrival”, “Conquest” and “Empowerment”)

External links

• Steve Roach Discography: Empetus