Keith Richie, born 1969 and based in Mesquite, Texas announces the release of his latest album Ambient Highways.
Keith first became obsessed with electronic music in the early 80’s by being exposed to the fascinating music of John
Carpenter, and later Tangerine Dream which are two of his biggest influences. Additional major influences include
Carbon Based Lifeforms, Enya, Deep Forest, Kraftwerk, Vangelis, and Christopher Franke. Most of his work reflects
those major influences.
Keith’s style is mostly Ambient, Symphonic Electronica, and Soundtrack
In 2006 Keith released his album The Maestoso Interstellar Suite. This album contains a continuous piece of space
music split across 6 movements.
In 2008 he released La Famille Du Solénoïde, which is a musical tour through our solar system, inspired by the book
The Planets by Dava Sobel.
Four years later in 2012 brought the release For the Willow Wept…. For the Willow Wept is a collection of
soothing electronic music about those once lost and those found.
March of the Inanimate was released in October 2014 which is a homage to the classic horror movie soundtracks
produced by John Carpenter and Alan Howarth who co-wrote the music to classics such as Halloween, the Fog, and
numerous others
Ambient Highways, released in August of 2015, represents some of the best music yet by electronic musician Keith
Richie.
Starting with Neutrino and its particle like sequences that rise and fall throughout the track and then being thrown
immediately into a 1940’s noir like state with V Feeling (a homage to the classic Greek composer Vangelis), you won’t
feel as if this album is repetitive at all.
The album’s title song Ambient Highways comprises lush pads and a soft melody surrounding the listener in a blanket of
symphonic electronica.
Additional songs on this release range from a melancholy like feeling to an exuberant state in their overall composition,
yet pulls the listener through theses emotions with the albums crescendoing track Keeping the Dream Alive.
If you’re looking for some ambient-style music that is relaxing and easy to listen to, then check out Ambient Highways
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/ambient-highways/id1026172948
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