Uploaded August 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Dust to Dust (A Long Way From Home): One possible and not so implausible predicament of such a mission could well be the loss of a crew-mate, the failing of the mission, or the stark realisation that it has become a ‘one way trip’. Dust to Dust seemed like a fitting title to reflect a number of these possible scenarios. Not only playing on the words spoken at a burial service, but the idea of Mars being a ‘dust-bowl’ of a planet. Here the dust is suggested by the sounds of thick vinyl crackle and static. The track comes in two main sections. The first a somewhat dramatic and climactic piece, notating and musing upon the feat of getting to and colonising Mars. Here the sounds are intended to reflect an older era, perhaps when the idea of a Journey to Mars was still very much inconceivable. The second a more somber and poignant reflection considering those who may have been lost along the way upon this epic journey.
Dust to Dust (A Long Way From Home): One possible and not so implausible predicament of such a mission could well be the loss of a crew-mate, the failing of the mission, or the stark realisation that it has become a ‘one way trip’. Dust to Dust seemed like a fitting title to reflect a number of these possible scenarios. Not only playing on the words spoken at a burial service, but the idea of Mars being a ‘dust-bowl’ of a planet. Here the dust is suggested by the sounds of thick vinyl crackle and static. The track comes in two main sections. The first a somewhat dramatic and climactic piece, notating and musing upon the feat of getting to and colonising Mars. Here the sounds are intended to reflect an older era, perhaps when the idea of a Journey to Mars was still very much inconceivable. The second a more somber and poignant reflection considering those who may have been lost along the way upon this epic journey.
