Amoeba

Artist: Amoeba
P: 1992
Eye Catching is the debut album by the American experimental pop music group Amoeba. It is an EP length CD consisting of five songs. This is the only Amoeba album not to feature the two-man lineup of Robert Rich and Rick Davies. The lineup on this album is a quartet featuring Rich, bassist Andrew McGowan, guitarist David Hahn and drummer Matt Isaacson. Rich and McGowan had previously worked together in a group called Urdu (1983-1984).

Artist: Amoeba
P: 2000
Robert Rich is joined by guitarist Rick Davies to produce some of the most soothing meloncholy music around. The additional guestmusicians are:  Andrew McGowan, Don Swanson, Hans Christian, Bobdog Catlin, Forrest Fang, Tom Heasley. Hauntingly elegant. . . Dreamscapes dissolve into nightmares from which you can't awaken, perhaps because you really don't wish to.
Amoeba is a collaboration between Rick Davies and ambient pioneer Robert Rich. The result is a very sinuous merger of atmospheric, gothic and psychedelia. Start with a very sparse electronic air...add a hint of tribal percussion...begin dreamy echo-phased vocals...inject shimmering astral guitar. A variety of other instruments have cameos: steel drums, flute, cello, sax. Do not expect this music to lull you, for it has a sneaky edge that creeps out when you least expect.

Artist: Amoeba
P: 1997
A project of ambient composer Robert Rich, AMOEBA rides a more song-based approach, albeit a very atmospheric, moody one. Rich's drones and sound washes are here complimented by receding, whispery vocals, and sparse percussion. A sort of soft, atmospheric mood pop that's unique and quite beautiful.