a tribute to the 90s.

Another soundtrack for one of my favorite science fiction novels.

Inspired in part by some of the great pioneers of electronic music in the 1970s, Jarre, Tangerine Dream and others. Also a sort of tribute to one of my favorite authours, Stanislaw Lem.

A kind of ambient/downtempo sort of tune, made me think of foghorns and lighthouses for some reason.

Background noise and pads in the song are taken from a visit to Po Lin monastery in August 2011. The sounds were mangled and abused until I felt better about standing in the shadow of a giant Buddha. Then they were added to the song.

The white noise in the song was a waterfall I recorded and slowed down 50 times with Pauls sound stretch.

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Dialogue taken from a 1959 documentary on rules and why children must obey them. The film was taken from the Prelinger archives at archive.org.