A Troubled Resting Place (1996) is a compilation album by the American

United States

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 ambient

Ambient music

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 musician Robert Rich

Robert Rich (musician)

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. The first five tracks were originally released on multi-artist compilations. The sixth and final track is Rich’s 1994 mini-CD

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 release Night Sky Replies

Night Sky Replies

Night Sky Replies is a limited edition mini album by the American ambient musician Robert Rich. It is a continuous 20+ minute piece divided into four movements....

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In spite of the wide variety of sources of the material in this compilation, there is a constant style throughout the album. It consists of dark, turbulent organic atmospheres.

Track listing

1. ”The Simorgh Sleeps on Velvet Tongues” – 10:14

   (Originally released on The Throne of Drones, 1995.)

2. ”Calling by Stormlight” – 5:10

   (Originally released on Twilight Earth II, 1995.)

3. ”Buoyant on Motionless Deluge” – 8:00

   (Originally released on Swarm of Drones, 1995.)

4. ”Bioelectric Plasma” – 16:42

   (Originally released on DeepNet, 1996.)

5. ”Black Skies” – 5:19

   (Originally released on The Promises of Silences, 1993)

6. ”Night Sky Replies”
   1. ”A Ripple of Sand” – 3:22
   2. ”Night Spinning Inward” – 6:28
   3. A Wheel Questions the Ground” – 7:10
   4. ”The Night Sky Replies” – 4:20

   (Originally released on Night Sky Replies

   Night Sky Replies

   Night Sky Replies is a limited edition mini album by the American ambient musician Robert Rich. It is a continuous 20+ minute piece divided into four movements....

   
   , 1994)

External links

• Hearts of Space Records Album Page