Intro - originally the teaser for the IN VISIBLE LIGHT project Method - conceived as the HIT SINGLE from the IN VISIBLE LIGHT project, now excluded from the condensed version here on alonetone. The lyric of this song deals with the dark, brooding…

.5 The noise I was telling you about. I thought it would make a good single. Now it's buried. Go figure.

4. The calm before the noise.

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1. Originally the final symphonic movement to the album, I moved it to the top because no-one ever listened far enough into the project to hear it. It also has what has come to be the last recorded tracks using the now-defunct variax 300.

5. The 'Hidden" track, appears after a lengthy pause on the CD version. The little artsy trick that all prog albums must have at the end.

4. The prog album's musical climax, with full orchestral treatment. I did NOT get the London Symphony to come to the session, alas.

3. This is the "preferred" track from the 2008 challenge, and I think it stands well by itself. It is the narrative climax to the piece. Thanks, Mick!

2. "This Wall Within Me" exposes the struggle to overcome one's own limitations during the RPM challenge. Story (and struggle) by Mick, music by Alan Hall

1, Intro to the arduous task of facing one's personal wall.

V. The bug-like creatures celebrate their victory over the alien invaders (formerly known as space pioneers).

IV. While the space colonists are sleeping, the alien creatures descend on their camp. A battle between space bugs and the interstellar Orkin man ensues. The space pioneers beat a hasty retreat from the supercharged bugs.

III. The ion storm draws nearer to base camp, and with it, weird alien creatures that are part bug, part raw energy. The bugs play fetch with the elemental forces that surround them.

II. Off in the distance, an ion storm is brewing while the space colonists enjoy cocktails on the spaceship's veranda.

I. The triumphant space pioneers land on the new planet, set up camp and decide to have a party.

Track 10 from the RPM 2009 challenge album.

Track 9 from the RPM 2009 challenge album. This one is the odd-one-out from the album. I wanted to do something in February to commemorate Abraham Lincoln's Bicentennial. Of all the concepts I had, this is the only one to make it on the challenge…

Track 8 from the RPM 2009 challenge album.

Track 7 from the RPM 2009 challenge album.