Steve Roach (born 1955 in La Mesa, California) is an American ambient music composer and performer.

His approach to ambient music has typically been beatless, although his rhythmic and trance-based groove and tribal-ambient releases are nearly as numerous as his more atmospheric releases. Some recordings are strictly synthesizer based, whereas some recordings include ambient guitar experiments, and other releases cross over with more ethnic influences.

He was an early proponent of the didgeridoo's use in ambient music and learned to play it during his extended trips to Australia during the 1980s. Later work with Mexican musician Jorge Reyes would introduce a Prehispanic element, and these fusions would further establish Roach as one of the founders of the tribal-ambient sound.


Discography:

Moebius, 1979.
Now, Fortuna, 1982.
Traveler, Domino, 1983.
Structures from Silence, Fortuna, 1984.
Quiet Music 1 (cassette), Fortuna, 1986.
Empetus, Fortuna, 1986.
Quiet Music 2...