Michael Stearns & Robert Rich

Robert & Michael met in 1986, introduced by Stephen Hill of Hearts of Space. Labelmates, their friendship came naturally… explorers of the sonic mystery. In 2024 fellow composer Steve Roach organized a series of performances for the three in Tucson. Although both Robert and Michael had released albums with Steve, the two realized the time had arrived for their own collaboration.

Michael Stearns is a multi-genre music composer and soundtrack designer/producer. His credits include music for Ron Fricke’s non-verbal 70MM films “Chronos”, “Baraka” and “Samsara”, music for NASA, Laserium, Disney films, HBO, ABC, PBS, BBC, Discovery Channel and James Cameron’s “The Abyss”, “Titanic” and “Avatar”. Michael works in his studio “The Guest House”, in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Robert Rich has helped define ambient and electronic music, with over 60 albums across five decades. Rich began building his own analog modular synthesizers in 1976, when he was 13, and later studied computer music at Stanford’s CCRMA while researching lucid dreaming. Rich performs and lectures worldwide. His all-night Sleep Concerts have become legendary.