A Troubled Resting Place (1996) is a compilation album by the American ambient musician Robert Rich. The first five tracks were originally released on multi-artist compilations. The sixth and final track is Rich’s 1994 mini-CD release Night Sky Replies.

A Troubled Resting Place
Compilation album by Robert Rich
Released	1996
Recorded	January 1993 – July 1995 at Soundscape Studio
Genre	Ambient, dark ambient
Length	65:52
Label	Fathom/Hearts of Space Records
Producer	Robert Rich
Robert Rich chronology
Stalker (1995) A Troubled Resting Place (1996) Fissures (1997)

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In spite of the wide variety of sources of the material in this compilation, there is a constant style throughout the album. It consists of dark, turbulent organic atmospheres.

Track listing

1. ”The Simorgh Sleeps on Velvet Tongues” – 10:14

   (Originally released on The Throne of Drones, 1995.)

2. ”Calling by Stormlight” – 5:10

   (Originally released on Twilight Earth II, 1995.)

3. ”Buoyant on Motionless Deluge” – 8:00

   (Originally released on Swarm of Drones, 1995.)

4. ”Bioelectric Plasma” – 16:42

   (Originally released on DeepNet, 1996.)

5. ”Black Skies” – 5:19

   (Originally released on The Promises of Silences, 1993)

6. ”Night Sky Replies”
   1. ”A Ripple of Sand” – 3:22
   2. ”Night Spinning Inward” – 6:28
   3. A Wheel Questions the Ground” – 7:10
   4. ”The Night Sky Replies” – 4:20

   (Originally released on Night Sky Replies, 1994)

External links

• Hearts of Space Records Album Page