Fever Dreams is an album by the American ambient

Ambient music

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 musician Steve Roach. The music consists of bizarre, hallucinatory textures and tribal percussion. The first track, “Wicked Dream”, was co-composed with Patrick O'Hearn

Patrick O'Hearn

Patrick O'Hearn is an American multi-instrumentalist musician, composer and recording artist. While his musical repertoire spans a diverse range of music, he is an acclaimed New Age artist in his solo career...

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This album is continued with Holding the Space: Fever Dreams II.

Track listing

All tracks by Steve Roach except were noted

1. ”Wicked Dream” (Elton John, Patrick O'Hearn, Roach) – 18:41
2. ”Fever Pulse” – 10:34
3. ”Tantra Mantra” – 29:36
4. ”Moved Beyond” – 14:30

Personnel

• Steve Roach – (synthesizer
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  s, guitar, percussion, bass)
• Patrick O'Hearn
  Patrick O'Hearn
  Patrick O'Hearn is an American multi-instrumentalist musician, composer and recording artist. While his musical repertoire spans a diverse range of music, he is an acclaimed New Age artist in his solo career...
  
   – (bass and guitar on “Wicked Dream”)
• Will Merkle – (bass on “Fever Pulse”)
• Byron Metcalf – (frame drum and percussion on “Tantra Mantra” and “Moved Beyond”)

Concept

When Roach had arrived home after one of his many extended trips to Australia, he had also caught a rare virus native to the country just before his flight. As a result, Roach underwent a series of hallucinations as internal temperatures rose to heights of 107 °F. After 3 weeks, Roach had made a full recovery.

When asked at a later appearance, Roach stated that "After the fever I couldn't wait to get started on Fever Dreams. It was a very intense experience, and I think now I'll be able to harness that kind of experience into this album." Since the fever, Roach has taken measures to apply any necessary immunities

Immunity (medical)

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 before any more of his trips.

See also

• Steve Roach
• Patrick O'Hearn
  Patrick O'Hearn
  Patrick O'Hearn is an American multi-instrumentalist musician, composer and recording artist. While his musical repertoire spans a diverse range of music, he is an acclaimed New Age artist in his solo career...
  
  
• Byron Metcalf
• Ambient music
  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 :...
  
  
• Electronic music
  Electronic music
  Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...