Dreamtime Return

Dreamtime Return is a 1988 double album by American ambient musician Steve Roach. The album is based on Australian Aboriginal culture and the concept of the Dreamtime. Much of the album's music was inspired by an expedition Roach took to the Cape York Peninsula with a team of filmmakers producing a documentary about Aboriginal rock art. Production on the album began in 1986 and lasted two years. It is the album with which Roach feels he "came into [his] own as an artist".

Described as "one of the pivotal works of ambient music" and "groundbreaking," the album has been included on a number of lists of the world's best music, including 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die. The album was remastered and reissued for its 30th anniversary in 2018.