Michael Stearns

Michael Stearns is an American composer of ambient and electronic music, noted for albums such as Planetary Unfolding (1981) and Encounter (1988), and for film soundtrack work including Chronos, Baraka and Samsara.

Reviews on DeBaser note that Planetary Unfolding (originally 1981) was created using the Serge Modular Synthesizer and that Projekt released a remastered CD reissue. DeBaser's reviews also state Stearns was born in Tucson, Arizona (1948) and that he has collaborated with artists of the Californian ambient scene such as Steve Roach.

DeBaser hosts appreciative reviews of Michael Stearns' ambient and electronic works. Reviews highlight Planetary Unfolding (originally 1981) and its Serge modular synth textures and the 1988 Encounter concept album. Stearns is presented as a key figure in ambient/new age and cinematic electronic music. Projekt's remaster of Planetary Unfolding is noted and Encounter is described as a programmatic, narrative journey.

For:Fans of ambient, new age, space and electronic soundscapes, and listeners of cinematic electronic scores.