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Steve Roach

1955 - Today

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Steve Roach (born February 16, 1955) is an American composer and performer of ambient and electronic music, whose recordings are informed by his impressions of environment, perception, flow and space. His work has been influential in the trance and new-age genres. Roach has received two Grammy Award nominations for New Age Album of the Year: His 2017 album Spiral Revelation for the 60th Annual Grammy Awards., and 2018's Molecules of Motion for the 61st Annual Grammy Awards. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Steve Roach is the 1,413th most popular composer (down from 1,406th in 2024), the 14,288th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,562nd in 2019) and the 139th most popular American Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Steve Roach ranks 1,413 out of 1,451. Before him are Gus Kahn, Walter Murphy, Kazumi Totaka, Alla Zahaikevych, John Murphy, and Edvin Marton. After him are Vivian Kubrick, Meredith Willson, Masashi Hamauzu, William Alwyn, Michiru Yamane, and Judith Weir.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Steve Roach ranks 655. Before him are Tracy Hickman, Susie Essman, Christopher Lawford, Anthony Dod Mantle, Ben Wijnstekers, and Janina Ochojska. After him are Linda Martín Alcoff, Carol Ann Duffy, Nikolay Solodukhin, John Paulson, Ann Bancroft, and Rohini Hattangadi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Steve Roach ranks 14,292 out of 20,380. Before him are Lake Bell (1979), Ulis Williams (1941), Jake Abel (1987), Lesley Bush (1947), Dwight Phillips (1977), and Rodger Ward (1921). After him are Michael Arndt (1970), Genevieve Tobin (1899), Sydney Tamiia Poitier (1973), Mike Oxley (1944), Crystal Eastman (1881), and Raymond Hatton (1887).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Steve Roach ranks 139. Before him are Charles Wuorinen (1938), Jimmy McHugh (1894), Randall Thompson (1899), Frank Loesser (1910), Robert Ashley (1930), and Walter Murphy (1952). After him are Vivian Kubrick (1960), Meredith Willson (1902), Jeremy Soule (1975), Justin Hurwitz (1985), Marc Shaiman (1959), and Rhys Chatham (1952).

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